Ficus.] OXIX. URTICACEiE. 1473 



19. F. ehretioides (Ehretia-like), F. v. M. Herb. ; Eenth. Fl. Auxlr. vi. 171. 

 " Magura," Tully River, Both. A tree of 40 to 60ft,, quite glabrous or with a 

 very slight pubescence on the young branches. Leaves alternate, on petioles of 

 1 to 5in., cordate-ovate, acuminate, entire or sinuate-toothed, 6 to lOin. long, 

 and 4 to 6in. broad, membranous, with few distant primary diverging veins, and 

 a few fine transversely anastomosing veinlets prominent underneath, the one or 

 two lowest pair of veins starting from the base more oblique but not more 

 prominent. Receptacles on the old wood, obovoid or turbinate-globular, 

 and about lin. diameter. 



Hab.; Eookingham Bay, Dallachjj. 

 Pruit eaten by aboriginals. — Rotli. 



20. r. scandens (climbing), Eo.vb., var. amtraUx, Ql. Aijvic. Jouni. i., 

 part 5. Described by collector as a tall woody climber. Bark on branchlets 

 ribbed and of a rusty colour. Leaves alternate on rather slender petioles of about 

 S or 6 lines, ovate to ovate-oblong, 2 to nearly 4in. long, shortly acuminate and 

 rounded at the base. Primary veins distant, about 5 or 6 pairs, the basal ones 

 far distant from the others ; the smaller veins or reticulation rather obscure, 

 particularly on the underside, from a very close covering of ferruginous scales or 

 short pubescence, which under a lens has a tesselated appearance. Receptacles 

 ■axillary, solitary or in pairs, on peduncles about 1 line ; globose, about -|in. 

 ■diameter, forming at its base a slender stipes of about 2 lines ; the lower half of 

 the globular portion with 5 or more ribs ; the whole covered with very short 

 ferruginous glandular scales or hairs ; orifice umbilical, the branch near the 

 ■orifice rather large and slightly jagged at the end. No male florets in the 

 receptacles examined. Perianth-segments 3, oblong, of unequal length, slightly 

 ribbed on the lower part, fleshy and of a deep r^ed, achene oblong-smooth with a 

 rather prominent margin, style elongated, infra-apical, rather flattened, constricted 

 •below the long straight stigma. I found some galls near the orifice, which were 

 ■white, large, and globose, with a terminal nearly sessile flag-like stigma ; besides 

 i;hese the usual galls are met with near the centre of the receptacle. 



Hab.: Range about Kamerunga, L. J. Niipent. 



The present plant differs but little from F. scandens, Roxb. , as described l:)y Dr. King and 

 ■others. The segments, however, of the perianths are only three ; the receptacles also are 

 ;stipitate on very short peduncles, 



21. r. leptOClada (branches slender), Bentli. Fl. Austr. vi. 172. A 

 " beautfful tree of about 40ft." with slender branches, quite glabrous. Leaves 

 •elliptical-oblong, acuminate, entire, cuneate at the base, 2 to 4in. long, -J to l^in. 

 broad, not scabrous, with rather distant primary veins and transverse reticulations 

 prominent underneath, the lowest pair of veins oblique from a little above the 

 ■base, the petioles 2 to 3 lines long. Stipules narrow, about as long as the 

 petioles, membranous and deciduous, or here and there rigid and persistent. 

 Receptacles shortly pedunculate in the axils, usually solitary, globular, 3 T;o 

 4 lines diameter, the bracts of the orifice forming a short broad neck, the 

 •external bracts small and scale-like alternating on the peduncle. Perianth- 

 segments and inner bracts narrow and often brown as in the section Urostiffina. 

 Style glabrous, dilated at the apex into a short oblique or almost peltate stigma. 



Hab^: Rockingham Bay, Dallacky. 



Bentham found no male flowers in the two receptacles which he opened, and I have no 

 -specimens of fruit. 



22.. P. depressa (depressed), Benth. Fl. Aiistr. vi. 172. A tree, quite 

 glabrous. Leaves alternate, on flattened petioles of -Jin, or more, obovate-oblong, 

 ■about Sin. long and l^in. broad in the imperfect specimen seen, thinly coriaceous 

 smooth, the primary veins rather distant, the smaller veins and transverse 

 ■veinlets fewer and less conspicuous than in any other Au.strahan species, the 



