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Order EUPHORBIACEZ, 
TRIBE Sond ee 
ey 4 
minute male 
broadly cuneiform, toothed. Capsules congealed by e bract, 3-seeded, 
gece — Seed ovoid, nearly sm 
: Walsh River, T. Borctapeaiian, 
Order URTICACEZ. 
Trrz ARTOCARPEZ. 
FICUS, Linn. 
F. gracilipes (n. sp.) (Named from the very slender stalk of 
fruit.) A small tree of a i da drooping habit, and semi-deciduous 
like F. Cunninghamit, glabrous, or the stipules and young shoots 
slightly hoary ; | bark light coloured, branchlets slender. Leaves on 
petioles of 1 to 1} in., ovate o oblo Set brn asd shortly and 
obtusely acuminate, rounded at the base, 23 4 in. long, 1¢ to 2} in. 
broad, deep green on both sides, coriaceo Sar? ossy above, midrib 
prominent, primary veins thet transverse ond parallel but not 7 . 
rb ks e Agee ao between them and close. Stip 
ptacles sila ent solitary, or in pairs, i 
ep 
hern Queensland, Rev. B. adgriaga 
The above is from specimens received f ur Exley off a tree growi 
at Brookfield. The tree had probably been lai. but + iia species is said to be 
found on rocky ground in the neighbouring oO 
us a 
new one seems to approach nearest to F. Henneana, Mig. 1 have used the tera 
ry J ave 
ro ear on account of the great uncertainty of the fall he the leaf in trees of 
this nature; for instance, one may frequ meet with trees of F. Cunningham 
ently 
growing side by side, the one rst ihe: a ay with phe hy foliage. ‘. 
this Sat apenas may be obs served i in Eucalyptus platyphylla and other trees 
F. Hillii (n. sp.) Hill's weeping fig-tr Tree of — 
irregular habit, the upper shoot and Sees “drooping over to one— 
side, all parts glabrou ous, or a very slight hoariness on the stipules a” 
ates by petioles, the shoots thickly and prominen ntly do ‘ed with white 
Hes. i }to 2 in. 
harply cuneate base, the lamina ending in minute thick glandlike : 
. 
re * to 4 in. long, 1 to 1d in. broad at the widest Lie in 
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