1468 CXIX, URTICACE^. [Ficiis. 



3. P. nesophila (found on islands), J7/(/. in Ann. Mus. Liif/d. Bat. iii. 286 ; 

 Benth. Fl. Aiistr. vi. 164. A shrub or small tree, quite giabrous or with a very 

 minute pubescence on the stipules and young buds. Leaves on petioles of 

 f to l|in. or sometimes even iiin., ovate or oblong-elliptical, very shortly and 

 obtusely acuminate, rounded or almost truncate at the base, 3 to 6in. long, 

 1| to Sin. broad, coriaceous and shining above, with rather distant primary veins 

 prominent underneath, the lowest pair starting from the base and more oblique, 

 the smaller veins and reticulations conspicuous but fine. Eeoeptacles solitary in 

 pairs, in the lower axils or at the leafless nodes of the previous year's shoots, 

 nearly sessile or on peduncles of 1 line, globular, 4 to 5 lines diameter when ripe, 

 the outer subtending bracts short and broad. Male flowers few in the 

 receptacles. Perianth stipitate, with 8 segments, brown as well as the bracts. 

 Stamen 1, shorter than the perianth; anther-cells parallel. Female flowers 

 very numerous. Stigma subulate, acute, slightly dilated towards the base. — 

 Vrostigma nesophilum, Miq. in Journ. Bot. Neerl. 1861, 237. 



Hab.: Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R, Brown, Gulliver ; Quail Island, Flood, ; Eock- 

 jngham Bay, Dallachy. 



4. P. Cunninghamii (after A. Cunningham), Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. 

 Bat. iii. 286 ; Benth. Fl. Amir. vi. 165. " Mooleeah," Bundaberg, Keys. 

 " Be-ni," Mapoon, Both. A large robust tree of 80ft., quite glabrous. Scales of 

 the leaf bud or tegmenta semidiciduous, 2 or more inches long, often rosy pink. 

 Leaves on petioles of \ to lin., from ovate to oblong-elliptical, shortly and 

 abruptly acuminate, rounded truncate or scarcely cordate at the base, 4 to 5in. 

 long, 2 to 2|in. broad, coriaceous, shining above, but often less so than in F, 

 nesophila, the primary distant veins prominent underneath, the smaller veins 

 fine, anastomosing and often scarcely conspicuous. Stipules narrow, very 

 deciduous, ^ to fin. long. Eeoeptacles solitary or 2 together in the lower axils, 

 closely sessile concealing the small outer bracts, globular and smooth, 4 to 5 lines 

 diameter, nearly white, often spotted or at length quite purple. Male flowers few 

 under the bracts near the orifice ; perianth stipitate, of 8 brown segments, the 

 single stamen rather shorter than the perianth. Female fiowers numerous, 

 sessile or nearly so; stigma filiform, acute, slightly dilated towards the base. — 

 Urostigma Cunninghamii, Miq. in Hook. Lond. Journ. vi. 560 ; U. Fraseri, 

 Miq. in Hook. Lond. Journ. vi. 561 ; Fimis Fraseri, F. v. M. Fragm. vi. 195 ; 

 Urostigma psycliotricefolitim, Miq. in Hook. Lond. vi. 561 ; Finis psychotricefolia, 

 Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 286. 



Hab.: Brisbane Biver and Percy Island, A. Cunningham; Brisbane and Bremer Rivers, 

 Fraser; Keppel Bay, J5. Brown; Eoekhampton, Bowman, O'Shanesy, Dallachy; Eockingham 

 Bay, Dallachy. 



Wood of a light-colour ; soft and porous.^ — Bailey's Gat. Ql. Woods, No. 389. 



Fruit eaten and bark made into a red twine for dilly-bags. — Roth, I.e. 



5. P. Henneana (After — . Henne), ilig. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 216 ; 

 Benth. Fl. Austr. vi. 165. A shrub or tree quite glabrous. Leaves on 

 petioles of 1 to l^in., oval or oblong-elliptical, obtuse or very shortly and 

 obtusely acuminate, entire, rounded or cordate at the base, 3 to 5in. long, 1^ to 

 2^ broad, rather thinly coriaceous, the primary veins distant and prominent, the 

 basal pair very oblique, the others spreading, the veinlets conspicuous but scarcely 

 prominent. Stipules lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous. Receptacles in pairs on 

 peduncles of about 2 lines, globular, \ to fin. diameter, smooth but mottled with 

 white, the subtending bracts very deciduous, leaving a truncate margin under the 

 ripe fig. Male flowers few, shortly stipitate, the perianth trimerous, with one 

 large anther on a very short filament, and the subulate stigma of the females 

 entirely those of the section. 



Hab.: Booby Island, Torres Straits, A. Cunningham, Henne; also perhaps the same species, 

 Eockingham Bay, Dallachy, 



k The species differs from F. nesophila chiefly in the receptacles twice as large on longer 

 peduncles. 



