OH SOME liEW SPECIES OF
Eusyce.
TICDS PAHIONIASA, King m Journ. As. S,e. Bens„l IT. f i . ¡i. 407.
A glabrous cKmber. Lsares alternate, shortly petiolate, o„riaceo«s, almct exactly ov.l
or ovate-oblo.,g, o„t.re; the ap„ dightly aoute; ti.e b.se rounded or sub-cordate 3.„Led •
prmary l.tera nerves 4 pairs, rather pronrinent on the lower surface, which has wide'
obscnrely tesselate reticnlations; length of blade 3 or 4 in.; width l-S i l to 3 in prt o ^
the a.,Is of the leaves, bat mostly from the scars of fallen leaves, smooth, globular -4 in
w b r c r ' - r f r f ? ' nearly -6 in. long, at tie junction of
wbch with the peduncle proper are 3 minute bracts. Female flowers pedicellate- the
ponanth eeply 4 cleft, the lebes shorter tban the ovate-oblong, smooth, p a " » ^ '
style luck lateral; st.gma widely infmdibuliform. Kale and gall-ilo^ers not seen
New Gmnea,—J3-. 0. Forha, No. 185.
I have not seen the receptacles of this which contain the male and gall-flowers; but
X put It into this section with some confidence from its resemblance, in externals as well
as lu the structnre of the female flowers, to F. dwtkha, Bl.
I have named it in honour of Mr. J. A. Panton, a distinguished Australian explorer
iLiTE 231A.-F. PantoMam, King. 1, leaf twig; 2, piece of a fruiting-branoh; 3
base and apex of r e c e p t a c l e s - . / » » W SB,; 4, male flower:
F i c c s BiEDiiiLEui, King in Jottrn. As. Soc. Singa! Iv. pi. ii. 408.
Scandent; the young shoots puheralons. Loaves coriaceous, shortly petiolate, ovate-oblonor
olbptio-lanceolate; the base ronndedor subcordate S-nerved (3 of the nerves minute) - the
apex gi-adu^ly narr^ed to a short point; tbe edges entii-e; primaay lateral nerves 4 or o
panrs, very bold (as is the midrib) on the under surface which is miiformly covered with
very short soft, brown tomentum; upper surface minutely tuherculate; length of blade about
7 m. ; petiole-4 u,.; stipules convolute, pilose externaDy, rather longer than the petioles,
Eeceptaoles axillary, pedmicnlate, solitary or in pairs, depressed-globose, nearly 1 i„ ¡n
dii»., contracted at the base into a short pseudo-stalk at the junction of wKci with'the
pedmicle proper are 3 broadly ti-iangukr basal bracts; peduncle proper -20 in. long tomentose.
Female flowers with a perianth of 4 distinct flesiiy pieces, l i 'ch are shorter C f c
g d l X w e r o t ' s e r Wbert-shaped. Male and
New Guinea,—S". 0. Foi-ljes, No. 378.
This has a genei-al resemblance to J . r ™ , Bl. in the form and venation of its leaves
and m the perianth of the female flowers. It is, however, well distinct by the larger size of
all Its p„ts, hut especially of its receptacles which are fen timos as large as those of
besides being pedunculate and of a different shape. This also resembles hmcarj,« Miq
I have named this after M. Baenerlen, of the expedition sent by the Geogr.pinc Licty
of Australasia for the exploration of New Guinea.
PLATE SSIB. - J i . i i a ^ r t o ' , King. 5, fruiting-branch; 6, s t i p u l e s - , / „ i » „ i , i . • 7, yomimale
flower ; mlarqed. ^ ' J
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FICUS FROM NEW GUINEA. fl
F i c o s KHIZOPHOEJ3PHYLLA, King in Joum. As. Soc. Bengal \Y.pt. ii. 410.
Scandeut; all parts glabrous. The leaves thinly coriaccous, on long petioles, narrowly
elliptic, tapering equally to either end; the edges entire, cartilaginous, and slightly recurved
when dry; the midiib keeled, andrery prominent on the under surface;'primary lateral nerves
12 pairs or upwards, sub-horizontal, scarcely visible on either surface ; under surface minutely
tesselate, dull; upper surface very smooth, shining ; length of blade 3-5 in.; breadth 1-5 in.;
petiole 1-3 to 1-8 in. long; stipules linear-lanceolate, glabrous, as long as, or longer than,
the petioles. Heceptacles crowded near the apices of the branches, in pairs, shortly pedicellate,
globular, very minutely tuberculate, '25 in. in diam. Female flowers on strong cartilaginous
prismatic peduncles thicker than the prismatico-conical smooth ovaries; style from the base
of the ovary which it slightly exceeds in length, straight, erect; perianth of 3 linear pieces
which rise from the margin of the peduncle. Male and gall-flowers unknown.
New Guinea,—i7. 0. Forles, No. 578.
Without having seen its male and gall-flowers, I put this species without hesitation into
the section Eusyce, on account of its resemblance to F. olecefoiia, King, a spccies from Sumatra
which has leaves very like this in texture and venation, but is smaller in all its parts, and
especially in its stipules. A farther indication of affinity is found in the fact that the gallflowers
of olea/olia and the fertile females of this species have similar prismatic ovaries. This
in foHage also resembles the Australian F. tugmioides. Mull., which, however, has very different
female flowers, and which moreover is monoecious and falls into the section Urostigma. TIic
leaves of this are of a pale greenish yellow when dry; in sliape and venation tliey much
resemble those of RMzophora eonjugata, Linn.
PLATE 232.—J'. rMzophorwphglla, ICing. 1, fruiting-branch; 2, stipules; 3, base and
apex of receptacles—o/no^uriz/ size; 4, fertile female flower: enlarged.
ANN. ROY. BOT. QARD. CALCTRCA, Yoi., I. API