PLATE 19.—Fniiting-brancli of F. hraeteata, Wall. 1, stipules; 2, baso of reccptacle;
3, apex of reccptacle slio-wing basal bracts : all of natural size.
PLATE Si"".—1, male flower; i, gall flower; 3, fertile female flower ; c
Snb-series 2.—Leaves coriaceous, more or less ovate or dliptw, hases not cordate,
(jlabrous at all times (i?. Forsteiiii and aliissima are puheridous when young).
19. Ficus CHRYSOLEPIS, Miq. in Ann. Mas. Lugd. Bat. iii. 215, 286.
A tree; all tlie adult parts glabrous oxccpt the stipules and basal bracts of the receptacles;
leaves coriaceous, lanceolate-oblong, apex shortly acuminate, edges entire, base narrowed?
3-nerved; lateral prunary 10 to 13 pairs, rather prominent beneath; length of blade about
7 in.; petioles 1-25 in. long, stout; stipules small, membranous, densely covered with long
yellowish hairs, about-6 in. long; receptaclesloug-pedunculate, axillary, solitary, or in pairs,
ovoid-globose when immatinre,. globose when mature, 1'5 in. long b y 1-25 in. broad; the apex
partially closed by 3 large scales, through the interspace between the apices of whicli
t h e smaller more internal scales protrude; bracts of the base of the receptacle 3, minute,
spreading, triangulai-, yellowish, hii-sute externally, rising from the peduncle a little below the
base of the receptacle; peduncle stout, -7 in. long, with a few yellow hairs at the base ; male
flowers very numerous over whole sm-face of interior of receptacle, on long pedicels, the
anther single, sessile, perianth of 2 or 3 pieces ; gall flowers on long pedicels, the perianth of
4 or 5 pieces, the ovaries smooth, much smaller than those of the fertile female floAvers,
which are sessile with tuberculate achenes.
Celebes,—Teijsmann.
Apparently a large tree. The fruit is nearly that of pruniformis, but the leaves and
stipules are very difEerent. It also resembles F. annu-lata, Bl., but the peduncular amiulas
just imder the basal bracts of the receptacle, and which is so characteristic of F. anmdatu,
is absent in this.
PLATE 20.—Branch of F. chrysolepis, lilic[. with ripe receptacles. Separate di'awings of
apex of receptacle and of mnipe receptacle seen from the side.
PLATE 81'.—1, male flower; 2, gall flower; 3, fertile female flower; 4, achene of
f e i l i l e female : ull enlarged.
21. FICUS PRUNIFOHMIS, Bl. Biß. 451 ; Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 266,
286 (.s«S TJrost.)-, Zoll. Syst-. Vers. 91, 97; Fl. Ind. Bat. i. f t 2, 352;
177, 440?—F. depressa, Bl. Bijd. 450; Miq. Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii.
286; Miq. {sub Urost.) Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2. 351 {non Uros'. depressum,
Miq. in Zoll. Syst. Verz. 90, and Lond. Journ. Bot. vi. 576, which =
F. annulaia, Bl.).— Vrost. peracutum, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2. 343.
A powerful stem-clasping epiphyte or large tree; all parts except the stipules glabrous^
leaves coriaceous, long-petiolate, lanceolate, or ovate-lanceolate, apex acuminate, edges entire,
lm.se much nan-owed, rarely rounded, 3-nervcd; lateral primary nerves, 6 to 10 pairs,
prominent beneath; length of blade 4 to 6 in. ; petiole slender, '8 to 1-3 in. long; stipules
linear lanceolate,-6 to '8 m. long, pubescent outside ; receptacles long-pedunculate, axillary,
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solitary, or in pati-s, ovoid, slightly umbonato and reddish when ripe, about 1 in. long, apical
scales small, coriaceous; hasal bracts 3, small, coriaceous, free, ovate, acute, puberulous,
sometimes attached to the peduncle a little below the base of the receptacle; peduncle -5 to
•8 in, long, slender; male flowers very numerous over all parts of the interior of the receptacle,
pedicillate, the perianth of 2 broad concave hyaline pieces ; stamen 1, elongate-ovate,
sessile; gall flowers pedicillate, the perianth gamophyllous, 5-cleft, ovary smootli, style
short, stigma obliquely truncate; fertile female flowers, mostly sessile, the achene ovoid,
tuberculate, style long, lateral, stigma flat, elongate.
Java, Sumatra, Perak (Malayan peninsula) at from 1,000 to 4,000 ft.
Eeadily recognised by its lai-ge long-pedunculate receptacles.
I have not seen F. p<^-acutwn, Miq., but I reduce it here on Miqucl's own authority.
F. depressa, Bl. is manifestly the same as his pruniformis, although he described them as
difEerent on consecutive pages of his Bijdragcn.
The plant of Zollinger's coflecting {Eerb. Zoll. 571), which Miquel named and described
as F. depressa, is not depressa, Bl. but F. annulata, BL, as I have satisfied myself by inspection
of Zoll.'a specimen.
PLATE 21.—Frui t ing-branch of F. pruniformis,'Bl. 1, apex of receptacle; 2, base of
receptacle; 3, stipules : all of natural size.
PL.\TE Hl^.—l, male flower, the perianth being removed; 2, male flower, the anther
being removed ; 3, gall flower; 4, fertile female achene: all enlarged.
21. Ficus ÁSSiVLATA, Bl. Biß. •, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 285; Kurz
For. Flora Bni. Burm. ii. 443.~Z7mi . annutatum, Miq. in Zoll. Syst. Verz.
90; Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2. 352; Supp. i. 440.—i', flavescens, Bl. Bijdr.
449.—Í^rosí. flaveseens, Miq. in Plant® Jungh. 48; Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2.
335; Supp. i. i.ZQ.—Urost. hiverrucellum, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Supp. i.
436.—i'. valida, BL Bijd. 4 4 9 .—v a l i d u m , Miq. FL Ind. Bat. i
pt. 2. ZZ7.—Urost. depressum, Miq. in Lond. Journ. Bot. vi. 576; Zoll.
Syst. Verz. (excl. sjm. F. depressa, Bl.).—Urost. conocarpuvi, Miq. FL Ind.
Bat. i. pt. 2. 350.
A large stem-clasping, semi-scandent epiphyte, rarely an independent tree; all the
parts glabrous or (var. valida) the under surfaces of the leaves and stipules and the pedicels
more or less pubescent; leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong or oblanceolate or ovate-elliptic
with shortly acuminate apex, entii-e, slightly undulate edges, acute, or slightly rounded,
never cordate, 3-nerved base; lateral primary nerves, 10 to 15 pairs, prominent, with
cui-ving suhmarginal anastomoses, reticulations conspicuous; length 6 to 12 in.; petioles
1 to 1-5 in. long; stipules linear-oblong, flaccid, fugacious, 1-5 in. to 6 in. long; receptacles
pedunculate, in pau-s, axülary, ovoid or oblong, prominently umbonate, smooth; when
ripe 1 to 1'5 in. long, gi-eenish orange-yellow, with white spots; basal bracts 3, ovate,
acute, free; peduncles stout, -5 in. to -7 in. long, with a thickened annulus near their
apices and below the basal bracts of the receptacle; male flowers scattered all over the interior
of the receptacle, numerous, pedicillate ; gall flowers numerous, the perianth gamophyllous
3-toothed, achene ovoid, smooth, style long, with long flattened stigma; fertile femal^
flowers very few, the perianth deeply 4-clcft, achene tubercular, stylo shorter than
achene, stigma clavate.