259 FLORA VITIENSIS. 
Exprawation oF Prats LXIX., representing Ficus Storchii, Seem.—Fig. 1, longitudinal section of 
receptacle; 2, female flower after the style has fallen off; 8, female flower; 4, pistil; 5, utricules :—all 
magnified. 
ll. F. Pritchardii, (n. sp.) Seem. (Tab. LXX.) ; arborea, glabra ; foliis alternis petiolatis ovato- 
oblongis acuminatis basi acutis obliquis integerrimis penninerviis, vemis primarns utrinque 9-10 ; 
receptaculis cymoso-paniculatis ex trunco erumpentibus globosis pedunculatis basi bracteatis; fl. 9 
perigonio phyllis 8 ovatis obtusis glabris; stylo lateraliBuke Levu Mountain, Island of Kadavu, 
in dense forests about 2000 feet above the sea (Seemann! n, 443), 
Named in honour of Mr. W. 1. Pritchard, F.R.G.S., at the time of my visit H.B.M. Consul in Viti, 
who was present when I discovered this species, A tree 40 feet high, Leaves 5-6 inches long, 23-3 inehos 
broad, underneath densely covered with minute dot-lke warts. Receptacles 1 panicled cymes (perhaps 
branches with abortive leayes), which grow out of the trunk and old wood. Receptacle about the size of a 
large pea. . 
EXPLaNation oF Prarze LXX., representing Ficus Pritchardit, Seem.—Fig. 1, receptacle; 2, sec. 
tion of the same; 3, female flower ; 4, pistil :—all magnified. 
12. F. theophrastoides, (n. sp.) Seem. (Tab, LXXI.) ; arborea, glabra; trunco erecto subsim- 
plici ; stipulis ovatis acuminatis; foliis alternis brevissime petiolatis oboyato-oblongis acuminatis basi 
cordatis pinnatinerviis, nervis primariis utrinque 18-20; receptaculis axillaribus solitariis geminisve 
brevissime pedunculatis globosis, basi bracteis oyatis obtusis cinctis; fl. ? perigonio 1-phyllo pistillo- 
gue glabro—Island of Ovalau, at Port Kinnaird (Seemann! n, 441), 
A small tree, in habit not unlike that of a Theophrasta or Crescentia regia, the trunk forming straight 
eenerally simple poles, crowded at the point with large leaves. Leaves from 13-2 feet long, and from 5-7 
inches broad, leathery, eutire. Receptacle trom 13-2 inches diameter. 
Expianation oF Prarn LXX1., representing Fiews theophrastoides, Seem.—Fig. 1, receptacle ; 2, the 
same cut longitudinally ; 8, bract; 4, female flower; 5, pistil; 6, young utriculus :—wil, with exception of 
Fig. 1 and 2, magnified. 
Suzgorpo lV. ARTOCARPES, 
Represented in tropical Polynesia by Antiaris, Caturus, Artocarpus, and Trophis. 
XVI, Antiaris, Leschen. in Ann. du Mus. vol. xvi. p. 476. t. 22; Trécul in Ann. Se. Nat. 
ser. 3. vol. vil. p, 142. t. 6. f, 158-162, Flores monoici, FI, ¢ in involucro c-floro oo-phyllo, 
foliolis plurifariam imbricatis, receptaculum demum convexum cingentibus, dense congesti. Perigonia 
4. varius 3-phylla, inter se aliquando counata; foliolis spathulatis, apice inflexis, zestivatione imbri- 
catis. Stamina 4, rarius 3, perigonii foliolis opposita, inclusa; filamenta brevissima; anthera 
oblongie, erectie, extrorsz, biloculares, loculis connectivo lineari adnatis, rima longitrorsum dehiscen- 
tibus. Fl. ¢ super receptaculum foliolis imbricatis instructum solitarii. Perigonium 0, Stylus 
brevis, 2-fidus, cruribus filiformibus. Ovarium involucro connatum, 1-loculare,l-ovulatum ; ovulum 
ex apice loculi pendulum, anatropum. Fructus drupaceus. Semen testa chartacea; embryo exalbu- 
minosus, cotyledonibus plano-convexis crassis; radicula supera—Arbores y. frutices lactescentes ; 
foliis (in A. foxicaria) distichis petiolatis integris integerrimis, nonnunquam dentatis, basi siepe 
cordatis, apice acutis v. acuminatis; stipulis 2 axillaribus, non amplexicaulibus ; inflorescentiis axil- 
laribus, masculis geminis v. pluribus femineis solitariis. 
Hitherto only three species of dntiuris were known, viz. A. toxiearia, Lesch. (the genuine Upas-tree 
of J ava), A. innowia, Bl,, and A. macrophylla, R. Br, A fourth species (ramis foliisque utrinque: velutinis) 
is cultivated in the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. A fifth species was found by Thwaites in Ceylon, and 
