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hispidis intus pubescentibus 2*5 x 3 cm. osteolo nequaquam promi- 
ncnte 4 min. cliam. pedunculo paullo supra basin braoteato piloso- 
hispido 1*5 cm. long.; Jloribus $ sessilibus vel srepius pedicellatis 
pcdiccllis 1*25-3 mm. long.; calycis alte partiti segmcntis (anne 
semper 1) 4 oblongis obtusis fuscis circa 2 mm. long. ; ocario oblongo- 
obovoidco glabro 1*75 x ‘75 mm. ; stylo sublaterali 1-2*5 mm. long, 
liorum sessilium interdum 5 mm. attnmente. 
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Sogere, 171. A small tree. Figs vermilion, covered with short 
hairs. 
This is evidently closely related to F. conspicabilis King, which 
King refers to § tSycidium, although (like the plant under notice) 
only its female llowers are known. From that it can be told by the 
somewhat smaller, narrower, more shortly petioled leaves cordate 
at the base, the somewhat smaller longer stalked tigs not concave at 
base and apex, the four not three segments to the calyx (if, indeed, 
the number given be constant, a point often diliicult to determine 
owing to the slightness of their attachment) and the lateral not 
terminal position of the style. Judging from the specimen the fruit 
would seem to be glabrous except for a very few rather coarse fulvous 
hairs near the top ; but from the collector’s note one learns there is 
.no difference in the indumentum upon the fruit of the two, for it says 
the ligs are covered with hairs in their natural state. 
F. hystricicakpa Warb. in K. Sc hum. & Laut. FI. deutsch. 
Schutzgeb. Nachtr. 244. 
New Guinea, Forbes , sine no. This is evidently related to the 
plant just described. Its leaves are said to be oblong, lengthily 
acuminate at apex, obtuse or subrotundate at base; the stipules are 
much longer and the ligs, on stalks only \ the length of those of 
F. cinnubarina and only 13-10 mm. wide, are covered with hispid 
seta; alluded to in an accompanying note as almost prickly bristles. 
There is nothing among the New Guinea material at the Museum 
answering to these details. 
§ Covellia. 
F. Kibes Keinw. Sogere, 2000 ft., 209, 239. Mt. Meroka, 
2500 ft., 894.—F. Miquelii King. Meroka Range, 2500 ft., 903. 
Tree, 25 ft. more or less. Fruit dark brown. 
F. Chalmersii King, op. cit. 400. Sogere Hills, 3000 ft., 100. 
Tree about 35 ft. Figs on trunk, rich purple-lake with white 
dots. 
F. casearia F. Muell. Sogere, 30C0 ft., 94, 461. 
Ficus hispidioides S. Moore, sp. n. Arbuscula ? ; ramulis tere- 
tibus nodulosis pilis appressis strigillosis albis obtectis dein glabris 
novellis appresse albo-hispiclulis ; foliis petiolatis (pet. scabriusculis 
2-3 cm. long.) plerisque oppositis 5-nervibus late ovato-oblongis 
apice rotundatis vel breviter cuspidatis et tunc apice ipso obtusis basi 
rotundatis obscureque cordulatis margine undulatis pergamaceis supra 
in sicco griseis scabriusculisque (in nervis seabridis) subtus griseo- 
brunneis seabridis costis lat. utrinque 5-6 paruin arcuatis uti costuhe 
