Ficus] CXVII. MORACEiE. 999 



Var. berdensis. 



A beautiful, evergreen tree, 20 to 30 ft. high or of vast size, copi- 

 ously lactescent, broadly f rondose ; branches palUd, firm, glabrous, 

 terete ; branchlets spreading, furrowed in the dry state, leafy, 

 nodulose, somewhat puberulous towards the extremities ; leaves 

 alternate, entire, ovate, very acutely acuminate or cuspidate at 

 the apex, obtusely narrowed truncate or subcordate and often 

 unequal at the base, thinly and rigidly coriaceous, glabrous, 

 pale green especially beneath, sub-glaucescent especially above, 

 somewhat trinerved or unequally 5-nerved at or near the base, 

 minutely punctate, 1^ to 5^ in. long by ^ to 2-| in. broad ; venation 

 clearly marked and in relief on both faces ; lateral veins about 

 8 to 10 on each side in addition to the basal nerves, erect-patent, 

 nearly straight for half their length, dividing and anastomosing 

 within the margin ; intermediate veinlets shorter ; reticulation 

 complex ; petioles furrowed, pallid, ^ to l-t in. long ; stipules 

 deciduous; receptacles mostly 2 together, axillary, subsessile or 

 sessile, crowded, pisiform, i to ^ in. in diameter, at first almost 

 hyaline and bright rosy, in full maturity purple, obsoletely hairy 

 with short white hairs, bracteate at the base, marked at the apex 

 with the small imbricate-lobulate orifice, but little juicy ; bracts 

 small, obtuse, puberulous or glabrescent ; male, female, and gall 

 flowers in the same receptacles ; male flowers with a solitary 

 stamen ; female flowers with an elongated stigma. 



MossAMEDES. — At the rocky sides of the river Bero ; fl. and ripe fr. 

 end of July 1859. No. 6379. On the gneiss rocks at the banks of the 

 river Bero near Boca do Rio ; without fl. or fr. July 1859. No. 6381. 



3. F. tuberculosa Welw. ms. in herb, sp. n. 



A tree, 20 to 25 ft. high, densely frondose all over and even 

 from a little above the base ; trunk nearly a foot in diameter ; 

 branches erect-spreading ; branchlets patent, sparingly lactescent, 

 leafy towards the apex, minutely papillose-pulverulent, smooth, 

 often with nodular protuberances or abbreviated shoots j to ^ in. 

 thick from which the peduncles take their origin ; leaves alternate, 

 crowded at the extremities of the branchlets, less crowded below 

 but usually with short internodes, entire, broadly ovate or oval, 

 cuspidate at the apex, obtuse or rounded-truncate at the some- 

 what unequal 3- to 5-nerved base, glabrous or nearly so, thickly 

 coriaceous in the living state, deep green and somewhat glossy 

 above, paler beneath, 3 to 9 in. long by 1|^ to 5^ in. broad; 

 lateral veins about 7 or 8 on each side in addition to the basal 

 nerves, impressed above, acutely prominent yellowish in the living 

 state and turning purple in the dry state beneath, spreading 

 at rather a wide angle, feebly anastomosing within the margin ; 

 tertiary veins patent, slender; reticulation minute, impressed; 

 interspaces inconspicuously papillose beneath, punctate above; 

 petioles moderately robust, ^ to 2f in. long, puberulous or 

 minutely papillose-pulverulent ; stipules comparatively small, 

 i in. long, from a broad base ovate, abruptly very acute, 



