tTROSTIGMA.
covered with reddish-brown ilocculent deciduous tomentuiQ, otherwise glabrous; leaves
coriaceous, narrowly elliptic or oblanceolate (broadly sub-obovate-clliptic invar. Murtoni),
with a rather short, blunt, abrupt acumen, edges entire, base nai-rowed, 3-nei-ved; lateral
primary nerves distinct, not very prominent, from 5 to 8 paii-s; length of blade 3 to 7 in.,
breadth 1'5 in. to 2-5 in. ; petioles -75 to 1-25 in. long ; stipides membranous, ovate-lanceolate, at
fii'st densely tomentose, ultimately glabrous, -70 to 1-25 in. long, caducous; receptacles crowdcd
near the apices of the branches, axillary, sessile, depressed-spheroidal, ilocculent when young,
glabrous when ripe, about -4 in. to -6 in. across; apical bracts flat, shining; basal bracts 3,
broadly ovate, keeled, sometimes bifid; male flowers numerous, scattered over the whole
sui-face of the receptacle, pedicillate; the anther single, sessile, the perianth of 2 concave
pieces; gall and fertile female flowers similar, sessile, the perianth of 5 pieces; the gall
achene ovoid-reniform, that of the fei-tile female broadly ovoid, tuberculate, the perianth
degenerate into gelatinous tissue.
Java and Sumatra.
Besides Blume's type specimen at Leiden and Zoll.'s {Gat. 5G1) there are but few
examples of this in liorbaria. The speciBs comes noiir jHwccTfij Bl., and especially so throui^Ii
the variety Murtoni, but it is tomentose and has narrower leaves than procet-a.
All parts larger and less flocculent than in the typical form; leaves sub-obovatc-elliptic
to ovate, with ronndcd or sub-cordate base; apes blunt; receptacles -6 in. across.
Southern part of the Malayan Peninsula. Origmally collected at Malacca by Griffith
(4.593), recently collected in Perat (Kin^s OoUector, 53.30, 6460, 6692, 2512, 323). This
form is intermediate between typical proeera, Bl. and typical camociata, BI. To the former
It approximates by its more or less obovate-elliptic leaves, large receptacles, and smooth
coriaceous basal bracts ; to Gonsociaia it approximates in tomentum.
PLATE 36.—Fruiting-branoh of consceiata, Bl. Separate drawings of stipules and base
and apex of receptacle : of iial/ural she.
PLATE 37.—Fi-uiting-branch of F. oomoeMa, BI., var. Murtoni. 1, basal bracts after
removal of receptacle ; 2, apex of receptacle; 3, base of receptacle showing bracts ; 4, terminal
bud of a twig showing stipules; of natural sine.
PLATE 82'.—1, vertical section (from the side) of a male Sower, showing tlie relation of
the anther and perianth ; 2 anther, the perianth being removed; 3, gall flower; 4, achene of
fertile female : all enlarged.
34. Ficus lUvoLuCEAiA, Bl. Biji. 447; Miq. (sub Urost.') Fl. Ind. Bat. i. f t . 2. 334 ;
Ann. Mus. iMgd. Bat. iü. 286. -1- . macrooitlsn, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd Bat'
iii. 217, 287, n. 76.
A large epiphyte ; the young parts puberulous, but ultimately all parts glabrous except
the stipules and basal bracts of the receptacles; leaves coriaceous, broadly elliptic or oval,
abmptly and shortly apiculato ; edges entire; base rounded or sub-acute, 5-nerved (2 of
the nerves minute); lateral nerves about 5 paü-s, not very distinct; length of blade 3 to 4 in. ;
petioles '5 to -8 in. long ; stipules coriaceous, lanceolate, puboscent outside, •75 to I S in. '•,
receptacles axillary, in pairs, sessile, umbonatewhen young; when ripe ovoid, yellow with red
sides; apical scales broad, shining; basal bracts ovate-rotmrd, blunt, slightly united by their
bases, covered outside with deciduous brown scales, large, fleshy, and completely enveloping
the um-ipe receptacles ; male flowers scattered over whole interior of receptacle sessile
i-Z perianth of 4 or 5 long pieces ; anther single, ovate, apiculate, on a long filament, which
is sLllen near its apex; gall and fertile female flowers scss. e, the perianth o 5 lanceolate
pieces aii long as the style; ovary of gall ovoid, smooth, of fertile female tuberculate and
broader than the gall; style of both longer than ovary.
Vestern Java, at elevations of from 2,000 to 4,000 !t.-Forhes, ><os. 629 and 696.
This species, by kilbng the tree on which It is epiphytal, often becomes an mdependent
tree. It c o L s v i y near to F prooera, BL, and I keep it up as a species with some reluctance
Its parts are all smaller than those ot f rocera, and the leaves never inchne to be obovate
in siape. The main veins are by far less distinct, the petioles pi^portionately shor er
and the petioles thinner in textm:e than those ofyr»-™- Both have the same largo fleshy
bracts at the base of the receptaclcs.
PL.1TE 38-Fruitlng-branch of F involuerata, Bl. 1, receptacle seen from above;
2 & 3, receptacles seen from the side ; 4, basal bracts ; 5, stipules: all of natural »»
PLATE 8 2 > . - l , male flower; 2, unexpanded female flower; 3, female flower ; 4, achene
of fertile female: all mUrged.
35. Fieus EIOIDA, Miq. Ann. Mas. Lugd. Bat. iii. WO.— Urolt. i
Joui-n. Bet. vi. 578.
m, Miq. Loud.
A tree ' perfectly glabrous ; leaves petlolate, coriaceous, lanceolate-acuminate or broadly
oblanceolate, with the apex abruptly shortly and acutely cuspidate; the edges entire, r e c c e d ;
the base acute, S-nerved; primary lateral nerves 3 to 4 pau-s, prominent beneath, the
reticulations fine; upper surface dotted; length of blade 5-5 In. to 6-5 m. ; petioles stout,
•75 Inch Ion"- stipules coriaceous, ovate-acuminate,-7 In. long ; receptacles axillaiy, sessUe,
inpali-s sub-o-lobose, smooth, -Sin. across; basal bracts 3, large, orbicular, glabrous; male
flowers numerous, scattered, pedicillate, clavate when unexpanded, the perianth of 2 broad
concave pieces ; anther sagittate, on a short filament; gall flowers sessile or pedicillate, the
perianth of 3 pieces, style short, achene ellipsoid; fertile female flowers sessile, the
perianth of 4 or 5 narrow pieces, style elongate, achene tuberculate.
Pcnang,—PK%s; Perak,-ii. H. Kunstkr, No. 6044.
There are two specimens of this at Kew, both with immature receptacles.
PLATE 39.—Prulting-branch of F rigida, Miq. with immature receptacles. 1, apex of a
receptacle ; 2, base of same ; 3, stipules: of natural sice.
PLATE 82^—4, unexpanded male flower ; 5, anther, the perianth being removed ;
6, perianth of gall flower, the achene being removed; 7, achenc of same ; 8, fertile female
flower: all enlanjed.
36. Fious PEOCBKA, Bei!>,ii>. in Bl. Bljd. 445; Miq. {sal Urost.) Ft. Ind. Bat. i.
pt. 2. 336 ; S t i f f . 176, 436 ; Ann Mas. Imjd. Bat. Iii. 287.
A large tree; the young shoots puberulous, but ultimately, like all the other parts,
; leaves coriaceous, elliptic, or sub-obovate-elllptie, rarely ovate, apex with a very