10 PALIEOLIOUPHE.
Jong; receptacles sessile, axillary, in pairs, often very eloso togetlici-, ovoid, without basal
bracts, densely covered with long, yellowisli, soft, flocculent tomontuin ; about -30 in. across ;
[male flowers not found] gall flowers pedicillate; the perianth of 3 narrowly lanceolate
picces, achene smooth, sub-globular, style short, lateral, stigma dilated; fertile
female flowers occupying the whole cavity of different receptacles from the former, subsessile
; the perianth campanulato with 4 lanceolate unequal segmeiits, the achene ovoid,
t h e style lateral, rather short, stigma sub-cylindi'ic.
"\7cstern Sumatra,— Tensniann.
A species closely allied to F. parietalis, BI., but distinguished from that species by the
dense tomentum of its receptacles and of the under surfaces of the leaves.
Not having many receptacles for dissection, I have been unable to And male flowers.
These doubtless occupy the usual situation under the scales of the mouth in the receptaclea
of which gall flowers occupy the lower part. From the great similarity of this to
t h e next species, I assume that its male flowers will be found to be pscudo-hermaplu-odite,
and I therefore place it in this group.
PLA'IX 7.—F. lasiocurpu, Miq. Branch with mature receptacles. 1, lateral view of
receptacle; 2, apex of the same; 3, s t ipul e s—o f natural size ] 4, gall flower; 5 fertile
female fltjwcr (from another receptacle) ; 6, achene of the same : all enlarged.
8 . Ficus PARIETALIS, Bl. Biß. {excl. var.) ] Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. jit. 2. 307;
Ann. Miis.Lwjd. Bat. iii. 277, 203.—i ' . Junghuhnvmo, Miq., and -f. rtifipiia,
Miq., PI. Jungh. 5Q,b7.—F.conccnirica, Van Hasselt MSS., Miq. Choix de
pi. de Buitenzorgt. 11.—P. cerasiformis, Desf. Cat. Hoi-t. Paris cd. 3. 413;
Miq. in Lond. Jom-n. Bot. vii. 428 ; Lem. Illust. Hortic. V. t. 167.—
F. acuminata, Bot. Mag. t. 3282 (not of Roxb.}.—J'. jM^l^ophylla, Miq. FL
Ind. Bat. 'Supp. 174, 430.—i' . grandifolia, Wall. Cat. 4525 ; Miq. in Lond.
J o u m . Bot. vii. i^i.—F. Tabing, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Supp. 174, 430.
A shrub or tree, often epiphytal; the young branches, receptacles, petioles, and under
surfaces of the leaves rufescent-pubescent, sometimes rather scaberulous; leaves coriaceous
petiolate, oblong-elliptic, ovate-ellij^tic, rarely obovate-elliptic, sometimes inequilateral; apex
rather abruptly and shortly linear-acuminate ; edges entire, re^'olute ; base rounded, blunt, or
acute, sometimes sub-cordate, 3- to 5 nerved ; primary lateral nerves 2 to 3 pairs, intermediate
nerves transverse, reticulations distinct, all sü-ongly prominent on the under sm-face, the whole
of which when young is covered with short straight hah-s, many (sometimes all) of wliich
disappear with age, lea-vang the under sm-face hard, sub-scaborulous, glabrous, or glabresccnt •
upper surface glabrous, smooth, shining, much darker than the lower; length of "blade from
3 to as many as 12 in. ; petioles stout, hispid-pubescent, from -3 to -5 in. long ; stipules
small, ovate-acute, hirsute, about -3 in. long; receptacles pedunculate, axillary, in pairs
(solitary by abortion), globose, or ovoid, tapeiing towards the ebracteate base, apex rather
strongly umbonat e especially when young, hispid-tomentose; when ripe yellow or orange, from
•3 to '4 in. across; peduncles hispid, about -5 in. long, sometimes with 2 or 3 small ovate-acute
bracts at their insertion on the stem ; male flowers few, lying under the scales of the
mouth in the receptacles with the gall flowers, the perianth gamophylious, with 5 narrow
elongate segments; stamen 1, invariably united by the base of its filament to the
pedicel of an abortive pistil; gall flowers when mature large, rounded, with a short lateral
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stylo and dilated stigma, the perianth as in the male ; fertile female flowers with a gamophylious
perianth deeply divided into three linear-lanceolate segments, the achene reniformovoid
with a rather long sub-terminal stylo and c}dindrical stigma.
Malayan Peninsula and Archipelago.
This varies within certain narrow limits and by no means in proportion to the
number of names which have been given to it; it is always recognizable by its strongly
transverse-veined leaves and hispid, tomentose, pedicilled receptacles. It is allied to F.
urophjlla in externals, as well as in the fact that the single anther of the male flowers
is invariably accompanied by an abortive pistil. A verylarge-leaveds pecimen of this
ii-om Penaiig, differing in no particular from Blume's tj-j^e, was issued as F. aron-iifnlia
b y Wallich, who had probably never seen Blumct's t}-pical plant. Miquel's species phlehophylla
was founded on a specimen from Sumati-a M'ith lai-ge oblong-elliptic leaves. F. rufipila
and Jxinghuhniana of the same author have leaves with broader, often sub-cordate bases,
and hairier than usual; otherwise they are exactly like Blume's plant. A curious
variety, with concentric rings on the exterior of the receptacles, is figured in Miquel's
Choix de Flantes de Bidlenzorg. A plant exactly like that figured in Bot. Mag. t. 328^ as
acuminata and cerasiformis may still be seen (18S4) in cultivation under the latter name
in the Botanic Garden at Utrecht, 'i'he receptacles containing the male and gali
flowers are slightly larger and more umbonate than those in which the fertile female
flow(;rs are collected.
PiATiJ ^.—F. pariaialis. Bl. A.—Fruiting-t-wig with young receptacles containing fertile
female flowers. B.—Leaf and receptacle of the form named F. concentrica by Van Hasselt.
1, receptacles containing male and gall flowers—"/ natural size-, 3, perianth of male flower
(expanded); 4, anther and abortive pistil from the same; 5, gall flower; 6, fertile female
flower ; 7 ripe achene from the last—enlarged.
9 . FICUS UROPHYLLA, "Wall. Cat. 4483 ; in Lond. Journ. Bot. -
Bat. i. pt. 2 306.
429 ; Fl. 2nd.
An erect shrub or small tree; the young branches and petioles scurfy or sub-scabrid
when diy; the receptacles more or less harsh; leaves sub-coriaceous, broadly ovate or ovateelliptic,
the apex vi'ith sudden long or short narrow tail, the edges usually entii-e, sometimes
sinuate towards the apes, the base always entire, gradually narrow-ed to the petiole, 8-
nerved; lateral primary nerves 2 or 3 pairs, and like the midi-ib and secondary nerves bold
and harsh beneath; upper surface of leaf smooth and shining, lower dull and harsh; length
of blade 2-5 to 4 in.; petioles -25 in. to -4 in.; stipules subulate, minute; receptacles
shortly pedunculate, axillary, sub-globular, umbonate, scabrid-hispid, without basal bracts
reddish-yellow when ripe; -2 to -3 in. in diameter; peduncle hispid-Iiii-sute, from -2 in to
•4 m. long; male flowers with perianth of 4 pieces, stamen 1, invaaiablv jointed to a
rudimentary pistil; female perianth 3-cleft, fert i l e achene obliquely ovoid, rough, the style
short, divergnig; barren (gall) achene smooth, globular, the style short, slightly hooked.
Assam, Khasi, Chittagong, Bia-mah, and JIalaya.
'1-his species in external characters almost exactly resembles F. rostrata, Lamk. (see
under that species), ^i hese two afford an excellent example of agi-eement in externals being
associated with considerable difference in the flowers.
PUTE 9.-F. urofhjlU, Wall. A.-Twig with pcdimcriate immatm-o reoopiades ]i _
Loaf of another form, also with immaturo sessile reeeptaelos. C.- Leaf of ii thii-d form,