Ficm.] CXIX. UKTICACE^. 1475 



25. r. philippinensis (of the Philippines), Miij, in Hook. I.ond. Jmtni. vii. 

 435 ; Benth Fl. Austr. vi. 173. A small tree, quite glabrous. Leaves on very 

 short rather thick petioles, elliptical or oblong, acuminate, entire, contracted at 

 the base, 3 to 4in. long and about l^in. broad, thinly coriaceous, smooth, the 

 principal primary veins rather distant, almost transverse, prominent underneath 

 as well as the fine smaller veins and transverse reticulations, the basal pair very 

 oblique but not very conspicuous. Stipules 8 to 4 lines long, acute. Receptacles 

 on exceedingly short peduncles, solitary or in pairs, globular, nOt exceeding 3 

 lines diameter, quite glabrous, the bracts of the orifice not prominent. Perianths 

 and internal bracts white-hyaline. Male flowers few, consisting of a single 

 stamen in the axil of and shortly adnate to the single lanceolate or oblanceolate 

 perianth-segment. Female perianth of 2 to 4 short narrow segments. Style 

 short, glabrous, with a terminal concave peltate stigma. 



Hab.: Family Island, Eockingham Bay, Dallachy. 



A single specimen in Herb. F. Mueller, but quite similar to Arcbipelago specimens. The 

 species extends northward to the Philippine Islands, and is also in New Caledonia. — lienlk. 



26. r. moUior (soft), F. r. M. Herb. ; Benth. Fl. Aiisti: vi. 173. A tall 

 tree, the young branches, petioles and underside of the leaves softly pubescent or 

 villous. Leaves alternate, on petioles of about -^in.; oblong elliptical or almost 

 ovate, acuminate, entire, contracted towards the base but usually cordate at the 

 base itself, 4 to Gin. long, 2 to Sin, wide, glabrous and rather smooth above, the 

 rather distant primary veins and transverse reticulations prominent underneath, 

 with 1 or sometimes 2 pairs of basal veins,' oblique, but usually finer than 

 some of the' primary veins higher up. Receptacles on peduncles of 1 to 2 lines, 

 axillary, solitary or in pairs, globular or somewhat obovoid, 4 to 5 lines long, 

 shortly villous, the external subtending bracts small and scale-like ; those round 

 the orifice sometimes protruding almost as much as in F. scahra. Perianths and 

 inner bracts dark brown as in Urostigma. Male flowers very few amongst the 

 larger bracts near the orifice, the 3 perianth-lobes broad and enveloping each 

 other, enclosing a single stamen as in Covellia. Female flowers intermixed with 

 the long rigid hairs or setse of the receptacle as in F. colossea, the perianth- 

 segments narrow and unequal, scarcely exceeding the ovary. Style short, 

 glabrous, with a terminal concave peltate stigma. 



Hab.: Eockingham Bay, Dallachy. 



27. r. Stenocarpa (slender-fruited), F. v. M. Herb ; Benth. Fl. Austr. v. 

 174. A tree, of about 40 nearly glabrous, but all parts, especially the leaves very 

 scabrous, with a minute scattered rigid pubescence. Leaves opposite or more 

 frequently alternate, on rather slender petioles of J to Jin., ovate obovate or 

 elliptical, obtuse or acuminate, entire, rounded or contracted at the base and 

 sometimes oblique, rigidly membranous, green on both sides, 8 to 5in. long, 

 distantly penniveined, with a basal pair of oblique veins. Stipules small and 

 narrow. Receptacles on peduncles of 2 to 4 lines, solitary or in pairs in the 

 lower axils, and unisexual, the males cylindrical and 4 or 5 lines long, the 

 females ovoid or nearly globose and fully as large, all minutely scabrous like the 

 rest of the plant. Outer bracts scale-like on the peduncle below the receptacle. 

 Perianths in both sexes white-hyaline as well as the bracts, the segments oblong, 

 the bracts rather broad or fringed. Stamens usually 2. Style ending in a linear 

 hirsute stigma obtuse and coloured towards the end. 



Hab.: Eockingham Bay, Dallachy ; Fitzroy Island, JValter; Brisbane Eiver, Bail. 



28. r. scabra (rough), G. Forst. Fl. Ins. Austr. Prod. 76 ; F. v. M. Frarjm. 

 X. 114. Rough or Purple Fig. " Noomaie," Rockhampton. " Balemo," 

 Cleveland Bay, Thozet. A tree, sometimes described as small, sometimes as 

 attaining 80 to 100ft., the young branches petioles and inflorescence hispid with 



