PALiEOMOJÌPHE.
with mature peduuculate reccptades. D.—Group of mature receptacles—o/ 7iatiiral sv^e.
1. male flower with rudimentary pistil; 2, gall flower, from the same receptacle ; 3, young female
ilov7cr ; i , perfect achene from another receptacle : all enlarged.
10. Ficus CELEBICA, i?;, 461; Miij. FL hid. Bat. i. Miq. Ann. Mus.
Lwjd. Bat. iii. 374, S92.~F. ImcifoUa, Miq. in Lend. Jom-n. Bot. vü. 452 ;
Anu, Mils. Lngd. Bat. iii. 292.
A sprawling, almost scandent shrub; the young branches rufous or tawny, hispid hirsute,
but with pale-coloui-ed bark; leaves membranous, shortly petiolate, slightly inequilateral,
narrow^ly elliptic-lanceolate, gradually taperiirg to the long caudate-acuminate apex; base
acute or acuminate, often minutely am-ioled, 3- to S-nerved (2 of the nerves being very
minute); edges remotely and rather irregularly serrate, entire towards the base; lateral primary
nerves 4 to 6 pairs ; the midribs, veins, and reticulations prominent below and covered with short
rufous hairs ; remainder of the under surface minutely papillose; upper surfaco also minutely
papillose, glabrous; length of blade 4 to 7 in. ; petioles -10 to -go in., hirsute ; stipules subulate,
tomentose, about three times as long as the petioles; reoeptacles very shortly pedunculate,
а, t i l k ry or from above the scars of fallen leaves, solitary, in pairs, or in fascicles of 4 to 6;
ovoid and mammillate when young, sub-globose when matm-e, with rather prominent semiapert
mnbilicns, covered with long, rather stiff, straight, yellowish, partly deciduous hairs;
whitish in colour and about -2 in. across; basal bracts abseirt; peduncle from -05 to -1 in.
long; male flowers only in receptacles with gall flowers with 1 stamen and 1 abortive pistil,
perianth 3- to 5-cleit; gall flowers with gamophyllous 3-cleft perianth, the ovary stipitate,
ovoid, smooth, with rather long lateral style; fertile female flowers not seen.
Celebes,-!)« Vriese, Teysmam-, Phi l ippines ,—; Perak,—Äs«er (ÄWs Collector,
3927).
Most of the specimens from the Celebes have solitary receptacles with distinct peduncles
and the leaves taper very much to either end. The Perak specimens have fascicled fruit witli
less tapermg leaves, and they bring this species into relation with F. pisifera, Wall., of which it
must be a near ally. It is also closely related to F. olscura, Bl., tlu-ough the form on which
Blume founded his species saAerrima and which I have reduced to otscura. F. lancifoUa., Miq., is
represented at Kew by a specimen from the Philippines (Cuming, 1944) named by Miquel's
owir hand. It is in my opinion F. celebica, Bl.
Var. Ktostleri.
o f t e n t a M e t . " " " l^»» -e p t a o l e s globular,
PnATE lO.-Fruiting-branch of F eeleUea, Miq. A. -Va r . KuustUri. I, receptacle seen
from he s.de; ., apex o receptacle-»/ 3, perianth rf maleflowe
4, an her and abortive p.strl of the same; 5, perianth of insect-attaeked female floZe :
б, achene of the same r iV». 3 & 0 are from the smne reeeftaeU, and all are enWgeä
SECTION II.-UROSTIGMA.
t J r o s t i g m a . — / c r i i Y e fe'male, and gall flowers in the same receptacle;
stamen I (stamens 2 in Nos. 75 and 76J/ stigma elongate, usmlly acute;
reeepfachs in the axils of the leaves or of the scars of fallen leaves,
tribraeteate at the base (except in Kurzii, nervosa and pubinervis) ; leaves
alternole, entire, coriaceous or sub-coriaceous, rarely memhi-anous ; 'usually
trees or powerful climbers; epiphytal at least in earlij life.
S e r i e s I.—Leaves coriaceous or sub-coriaceous, with short, or moderately long,
stout petioles, which are never jointed to the blade.
Suji-Series 1.—Leavs coriaceous, nwre or less orate, u-ith mo
young (quUe giahroxis in saxopiiila).
lificeptacles shortly peduuculate.
Receptacles oLovoid
Receptacles sessile.
Receptacles smooth when ripe.
Receptacles glotular.
Leaves tliiuly coriaceous, glabrous -when young . . .
„ tliickly coriaceous, pubescent when yoimg . .
Receptacles oblong.
Leaves broadly ovate
„ oblong elhptic, receptacles less than 1 in. long .
„ nan'owly obovate, receptacles 2 in. long . . .
Receptacles tomentose when ripe.
Receptacles less thau 'o in. diam,, tomentum grey . . . .
„ itiore than'5 in. diam,, tomentmn rufous . ,
• less cordate bases, pubcacent when
F. naxophila.
F. Bengakìm».
14. F. Mt/soremU.
15. F.pilosa.
16. F. cucurbitina.
F. tomcnfnsa.
F. hracteata.
Sub-Series ^.—Leaves coviaceom, more or ovite or elliptic, ham not cordate, glaWous at all ime.ts
(F. Forstenii and altissima puhcnUoiis IO/ten ¡/»UIÌÌ/).
Receptaclcs with long peduncles, leaves nan-owly elhptic or lanceolate
Receptacles g-bkdar 19. F. eAr.solepis.
' 1 20. P. pruni/oL
oomcal, more tha a l iu. long 21. F anmlata '
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