1470 CXIX. UETICACE^. \_Ficus. 



under |in. Eeceptacles axillary, pear-shaped, | to fin. long, in pairs, not 

 unfreqaently joined together at the base and spreading in an almost horizontal 

 manner from the branchlet ; bracts at base 3, orbicular, IJ to 2 lines diameter, 

 gibbous. Perianths sessile ; segments 3, oblong in the female florets, shorter and 

 more eymbiform in the male, enclosing a single stamen ; anther with 2 distinct 

 cells, rather large ; pollen smooth, globose ; style entire filiform, slightly 

 enlarging at the stigma. 

 Hab.: The plate referred to representing a tree of this Fig,-growing upon the beach at Cairns. 



10. P. eugenioides (Eugenia-like), F. v. 21. ; 2Jiq. in Ann. Miis. Lugd. 

 Bat. iii. 286 ; Bentli Fl. Austr. vi. 166. A small tree, quite glabrous. Leaves 

 on petioles of f to -^in., oblong laneeolote or elliptical-oblong, obtuse or scarcely 

 acuminate, tapering at the base, IJ to 2Jin. long, ^ to lin. broad, entire, 

 coriaceous, with numerous fine parallel primary veins diverging from the midrib, 

 which is alone prominent with sometimes a pair of very oblique basal veins. 

 Stipules narrow. Eeceptacles sessile, mostly in pairs in the lower axils or at the 

 nodes below the leaves, globular, about 3 lines diameter, the external bracts very 

 short and broad. Male flowers intermixed with the females, the perianth 

 stipitate and obtusely 3-lobed or rarely 4-lobed, filament very short adnate to one 

 of the lobes, anther-cells confluent at the apex, and when open the anther 

 becoming reniform or almost transverse as in F ruhiglnosa. Stigma subulate, 

 acute, more or less dilated at the base. — Urostigma eugenioides, Miq. in Journ. Bot. 

 Neerl. 1861, 238. 



Hab.: Northumberland Islands, E. Brown; Albany Island, F. v. Mueller, IV Hill; Bockhamp- 

 ton, Dallachy, Thozet ; Crocodile Creek and Berseker Eange, Boioman. 



11. P. Hillii (after Walter Hill), Bail. Bot. Bull. 3. Hill's Weeping Fig- 

 tree. Tree of somewhat irregular habit, the upper shoot and branches drooping 

 over to one side, all parts glabrous, or a very slight hoariness on the stipules and 

 young petioles, the shoots thickly and prominently dotted with white lenticelles. 

 Leaves on petioles of ^ to Jin., ovate-oblong, abruptly and very shortly acuminate, 

 tapering from above the middle to a sharply cuneate base, the lamina ending in 

 minute thick glandlike lobes, 2 to 4in. long, 1 to l|in. broad at the widest part, 

 coriaceous and glossy above, paler beneath, the transverse veins close, very fine, 

 looping within the margin in an even intramarginal vein, the venules few. 

 Stipules 4 to fin. long. Eeceptacles sessile, frequently solitary, axillary; 

 globular, about 4 or 5 lines diameter, rosy red with small white dots, basal 

 bracts 3, minute, orbicular, persistent, much thickened at the base, velvety 

 outside. Male flowers few, intermixed with the females. Perianth trimerous ; 

 anthers not exceeding the perianth. Style very slender, long as the ovary.- 

 Stigma short. 



Hab.: Scrubs of tropical Queensland, Walter Hill. 



12. P. leucotricha (white hairs), Miq. in Ann. Mrts. Lugd. Bat. iii. 285 ." 

 Benth. Fl. Austr. vi. 167. A small tree, the small branches and petioles hirsute 

 with spreading white hairs. Leaves shortly petiolate, ovate broadly oblong or 

 elliptical, obtuse or very obtusely and obscurely acuminate, rounded or scarcely 

 cordate at the base, entire, 3 to 5in. long, 1^ to 2|in. broad, rigidly coriaceous, 

 pub3scent, but the down almost disappearing on the upper side, remaining soft 

 and dense underneath, the primary veins rather numerous, fine, and almost 

 transverse. Stipules long and narrow. Eeceptacles axillary, usually in pairs, 

 on peduncles of 2 to 4 lines, globular, somewhat rugose, very villous, attaining 

 |in. diameter, the subtending bracts ovate, about |in. long. Male flowers 

 intermixed with the females towards the orifice ; perianth stipitate 3-merous, 

 with one large anther with parallel cells. Female flowers nearly sessile ; 

 perianth 4-merous. Stigma linear and acute, but rather short. Bracts and 



