Dicotyledons. 189 



104. Ficus retusa, L. 



Common every where ; January, 1898. Ko. 120. 



ITative name : Waringin. 



Distrih. — India, Malaya to Australia. 



105. F. saxophila, BL, vel afF. 

 Distrih. — Java, Timor. 



106. Cudrania javanensis, Trecul. 



Thorny creeper. Plateau near south-east road; August, 1897. 

 m. 11. 

 Distrih. — Old "World tropics. . 



107. Fleurya ruderalis, Gaud. 



'No. 134. 



Native name : Pulus. 



Distrih. — Malay Archipelago, Polynesia. 



108. Laportea crenulata, Gaud. 



No. 133. 



[Native name : Pulus. 

 Distrih. — India, Malaya. 



109. L. murrayana, Eendle, sp. nov. 



Arhor dioica (?), ramulis crassis, glabris, f oliis petiolatis, paulo supra 

 basin rotundatam peltatis, late ovatis, acutis, glabratis, venis subtus 

 sparse stimuloso - pilosis exceptis, marginibus leviter undulatis, 

 siccis atro - viridibus et membranaceis ; inflorescentibus foemineis 

 axillaribus petioles subaequantibus, pedunculis compressis vix alatis, 

 cum ramis ramulisque sparse stimuloso -retrorso-hispidis, floribus 

 capitatis; perianthii segmentis 4 insequalibus, plus minus ovatis 

 vel ellipticis, acuminatis, dorso puberulis ; achaenio discoideo, 

 glabro, cum stigmate subulate terminato. 



Leaves 3^ to 7iins. long by 2i^ to 4iins. broad, petioles 2 to 3 ins. 

 attached about i in. above the base of the leaf, lateral veins about 

 six each side, subprominent below, curving and anastomosing 

 below the margin, united by regular scalariform secondary veins ; 

 reticulations minute, obvious ; cystoliths numerous, evident ; 

 stipules bluntly ovate, sparsely hispidulous. Inflorescence to 2-| ins. 

 long, lateral branches 1:^ in. and less; branchlets subterete; florets 

 sessile. Perianth- segments brown, |- line or less ; stigmas long, 

 ferruginously hairy; achenes f line in diameter. Male flowers 

 absent. 



