6 PAL^EOMOllPKE.
aud rolicuktions bsing pale, ths rest of the lower surface pm-plish-brown.
Malayan Islands and Peninsula.
3. Vili. CDSpiDiPERi (spec. Miq. Lond. Jom-n. Bot. TÌi. 434).-_P. e^ooba, Wall.
Cat. laeta, Deoais. N. Ann. Mus. iii. 495 (in fszfj.—F. ntkuhm,
Miq. Lond. Jonrn. Bot. yii. 435.—K^errà, Miq. Lond. Jom-n. Bot. vii. 433 ;
Ann. llus. Lngd. Bat. iii. 203; Wall. Cat, 4477D.—c/mdo, Hoxb
PI. Ind. iii. bU.-^AlUmeerah,,, Enmph. Herb. Amb. iii. 58.
Leaves elongate, gradually n a nwe d above, and more or less acuminate ; slightly rough
below from minute tubercles, not shining, and but little coloured.
Bin-mah Ohittagong, base of the Himalayas ; mountain ranges of Southern India, Ceylon:
rare in the Malayan region, where it has been collected only in Timor and the specimens
have been named F. laeta by Deeaisne.
3. Vìe. PAEAsmoA (spec. Koenig in Willd. Act. Berol. 1798. 35. tab. 3), Vahl. Enum
ii. 188 ; Wall. Cat. 4476A, B, 0, D ; Hiq. m Lond. Journ. Bot. vii. 433 •
FI. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2. 310; Ann. Mus. Lngd, Bat. iii. 276, 293; Brandis
l' or Flora 4 2 0 . - / , amfehs, Komig [Serb. Mms.) in Eoxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 5i53 -
Wight Ic. 653. - .i F sdevfhylla, Eosb. Fl. Ind. iii. 540.
Leaves broad, more or less sub-rhomboid or rhomboid, seabrid or sub-scabrid on both
surfaces, nnuutely tomento,se-hispid below, aud minutely hispid above.
Peniusulai- and Central India ; Behar.
4. Vae. tubeecolaia [spec. Koxb. (nou Miq.), Fl. Ind. iii. 554]; Wight Ic. 651;
Lond. Jom-u. Bot!
Very like Tar. paraiitha, but with narrower leaves, which are sometimes irregularly
serrate.
Ceylon and forests of Western India (not common),—rimifa, 0. P. 2227.
In the Nilgii-i Hi l b aud Ceylon a form occurs which connects the varieties euspiiiftra and
Cuming's specimens from the Phihppiucs (Berh. Cum. 1933 and 1923), referred to as
F Mwmmbo by Miqnel (Dmd. Journ. Bot. vii. 435), are F. rafiformk, Eoxb. (Imcantatoma
Poir.) '
P l a t e 2.-2?. B1., tj-pical; twigs of three forms. 1 & 2, receptacles seen from
above; 3, lateral view of receptacles; 4 & o, stipules-alt of natural size; 6, male flower with
gall pistil; 7, fertile female flower : both enlarged.
Pn,VTE 2«.—i'. BL, var. emfidifera- twigs of three forms. 1, receptacle seen
from above; 2, the same from below; 3, stiY,nlm-all of natural size-i, male flower with
gall pistil; 5, gall flower; 6, fertile female flower; all enlarged.
P l a t e y.-».», Bl. A.-Var. fruitiug-twig; B.-Var.
frurtmg-twig, 1, apex of receptacle; 2, base of the same; 3, st ipules-»« of natural n j .
4, fertale female flower (young): enlarged. '
3, Ficus decaisseaha. Mi,. Fl. Ind. Bai. i, f t . 2, 312 ; 4»«. Mm. Lund Bat iii
2 9 2 . ^ ^ , « » , Decne, N,Aun, Mns, iii. 495 W i l y ) - / . t n ^ ,
Miq, Ann, Mus, Lugd Bat. in. 224, 292. - i?. finula, Miq 1 c 224 292 -
Miq. Loud. Joui-n. Bot, vii. 435; Ann. Mus. Lugd, Bat. 'iii.
PALÍEO.MOEPHE. 7
A shrub, all parts glabrous; leaves sub-coriaceous, short-petiolate, elliptic-lanceolate,
-with entire edges, shortly cuspidate apes, and acute, 3-nerved base ; lateral primary
nerves about 8 paii-s, with the veins and fine reticulations distinct and pale coloui-cd
below; both surfaces glabrous, the lower minutely tuberculate ; length 3 to 7 in. ;
petioles thick, about -35 in. long; stipules linear-subulate, convolute, cui-viug away from the
axis like those of F. subulata, a little longer than the petiole; receptacles short-peduuculate, in
pairs (or solitary by abortion), axillary, mnbouate (es2)ecially when young); when ripe ovoid
or sub-globose, smooth or sub-vei-i-ueellate, ebracteate at the base; from -2 to -3 in. across;
pedicils -15 to -25 in. long, with several minute bracts at theii- bases ; male flowers (only in the
receptacles containing gall flowers), ses.sile, with a 4-leaved perianth, a single stamen, and
an insect-attacked {i.e. gall), smooth, globular pistil; gall fllowers pedicillate, with a g-amophyllous
3-toothed perianth, the ovaiy globular, smooth, with a .short lateral style, and cajjitate
stigma; fertile female flowers (in separate receptacles from the males) with a perianth of
5 lanceolate leaves, the achene ovate, style elongate lateral, stigma capitate.
Vae. teematocaepa.
Koceptacles globose-umbonate, umbilicus often apert from the disappearance of the scales
at its mouth; stipules much longer than the petiole.—F. trematocarpa, Miq.
Vae. fiemula.
. Eeeeptacles ovoid-umbonate, umbilical scales persistent.—F. fírmala, Miq.
Both these varieties have leaves of a thicker textm-e than typical ZlííráeoBa, Miq., but, after
much careful examination of JEquel's original materials in the Leiden Herbañum, I cannot
believe that they are speoiflcally distinct from each other, or that they are moro than
geographical varieties of P. .Deeaieneana, Miq.
Typical Deeaisneana is known only from Timor and New Guinea; tranatoeorpa iiom
Amboiua; and flrraula from Celebes aud Amboina. This species is related to F ademsperma Miq
P l a t e 3 . -A. - i>. lü q . Fruiting-twig, typical form. B.-Var.
C.-Va^r. fi-mula. 1, st ipules-«« of mtturaUüe- 2, male flower with gall pistil aud 4-Ieaved
pei-iauth; 3, fertile female flower ;-4, fertile achene ; 5, gall flower : all enlarged
4. Ficus alenospeema, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 233, 296.
A tree, the youug shoots covered with deciduous tawny tomentum ; leaves membranous
petiolale, ovate-lanceolate, acute, the margin entii-e, base acnte 3-nerved- pi-hiiary lateral
nei-ves about 7 paii-s, prominent, aud, like the midi-ib, adpressed-hairy beneath; the rest of the
lower sm-face glabrous; upper sm-faces glabrous, minutely papiUose; length of blade 3 to 4 in •
petiole -3 m.; stipules Kuear-lanceolate, scai-ious, glabrous, -6 in. Ion»-- recentaeles
pedunculate, m pans, axillary, depressed-globose, slightly cousti-icted below, pubescent when
young, nearly glabrous when old; -3 in. across; the umbiKcal bracts large aud glabrousbracts
at the base of the constricted part of the receptacle 3, minute; peduncle pronei-
-1 m. long; male flowers few aud only in the receptacles with the gall flowers, sessile, L
penauth of 4 broad distmct pieces; stamen 1, the anther ovate-rotund; gall flowers
ovate to globular, smooth, those near the mouth of the receptacle often associated in
the same flower with an abortive anther, style short, lateral, stigma tubular- fertile fem.le
flowers m separ-ate receptacles from the males (? on separate plants) with a 5 eleft g a ^
phyllous perianth, achene ovoid-olliptic, rugose, style sub-terminal, stigma cylindrie
Celebes,—^siiiiimi; Amhoina,—2)e A-efes ; Ternato,-2)e Vriese.