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abrupt, short, blunt aeiimen; edges thickened and slightly recurved: base romided or
n a n w e d , 3- to 5-nerved (2 of the nerves minute); lateral primaiy nerves about 5 pairs;
leng-th of blade 5 to 8 inches (11 inches in var. crasdramea) ] petioles 1 in. (to 2-25 in.
m var. a-assirmnea); stiirales fleshy, convolute, broadly-triangular, acute, pubescent outside,
1 m. to 1-0 in. long; receptacles axillary, in pairs, sessile, trigonous when young, when
ripe depressed-spheroidal; "7 in. across; orange with vcroiillion sides ; apical scales large and
shining ; basal bracts 3, very large, broad, fleshy, almost completely enveloping the young
and very prominent even in the ripe receptacles; male flowers numerous, scattered, the
perianth of 3 elongated spathulatc pieces; stamen single, on a long filament, which is
tliickencd near the apex; gall flowers sessile or pedicillate, the perianth of 4 or 5 pieces,
ovai-y elongated-ovoid; fertile female flowers sessile, the achene broadly ovate, tuberculate
and viscid when ripe fi-om the degeneration of the perianth.
Var. CR.VSSIGAMFA.—F. mws/rrtOTc«, Miq. {mh i/rosif.) PI. Jungh. 48; FI. Ind. Bat. i.
pt. 2. 339; Ann. Mas. Lugd. Bat. iii. 287.
Jliquel's description of F. crassiramea {Fl. Jungh. 48) is taken from a young twig with
unusually elongate narrowed leaves. The type specimens at Leiden and Utrecht show
erasuramea to be merely a form of procera, Reiuw.
Java and Sumatra, from 200 to 5,000 ft.
P l a t e 40.—Frxuting-branch of F. procera, Reinw. 1, apex of receptacle; 2, base
of same; 3, stipules: of natural size.
P l a t e »2".—4, male flower ; 5 sessile gall flower unespanded; 6, pedicillate gall flower;
7, fertile female achene: all enlarged.
P l a t e 41.—Fruiting-branch of F. procera, Keinw., var, crassiramea. Smaller drawings of
stipules, basal bracts, and receptacle, seen laterally : all of natural size.
37. Ficus HOOKEKI, Miq. tn Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 215, 286.
A tree, with all its parts glabrous; leaves thinly coriaceous, long-petiolate, broadly
elliptic or sub-obovate-elliptic, with short, broad, blunt apical cuspis, edges entire, base rounded
or slightly narrowed, S-neiwed; lateral nerves 6 to 8 pairs, not very prominent; under
surface pale; length 5 to 11 in. ; stipules linear-lanceolate, flaccid, 1-5 to 3-o in. long, caducous;
receptacles axillary, in pairs, sessile, obovate, depressed, when ripe from -5 in. to 1 in.
across; the large basal bracts united to form an entire cartilaginous cup, which envelopes
the lower third of the ripe receptacle; male flowers numerous, scattered, with no proper
perianth, stamen single, on a long fllament which is embraced by the lanceolate scalcs of the
receptacle; gall and fertile female flowers alike, except as regards the contents of the ovary,
the perianth of 4 or 5 linear-lanceolate pieces, achenes of a very dark-brownish colour,
style rather short, thick.
Sikkim Himalaya and Khasi Hills. From 2,000 to 6,000 ft. Not common.
At once distinguished by the singidar cup formed by tlie united basal bracts.
P l a t k 42.—Fniitiiig-branch of F. Hookcri. Small drawings of vertical section of ripe
receptacle and of an unfolding leaf bud showing the large fugacious stipules : all of natural size.
P l v j ' e 82". 1, male flower; 2, female flower: hoth enlarged.
Sub-series 4:.—leaves coriaceous, tapering at base and apex; hasal bracts of receptacles
neither large nor prominent.
38. Ficus GLABEERiMA, Bl.Bijd.iol-, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lagd. Bat. iii. 286.—i^mi
glaberrimum, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2. 340.—-f. angustifolia, Roxb. Fi.
Ind. iii. 554.—?F. Ustijmlata, GrifP. Notulfe Dicot. P I pt. 4. 398. t. 559.
fig. i—F. Tliomsoni, Miq. Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 215, 286; Kurz For
Flora Brit. Burm. ii. 443.—i^. fraterna, Miq. Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii
217, 287.—-P. aurantiaca, "Wall. Cat. 4565 {non Griff.).
A tall glabrous tree, the under sm-faces of the leaves and the young branches being
minutely pubescent; leaves membranous, elliptic, oblong or ovate-lanceolate, apex acuminate,
edges entire, base acute or naai-owed, rarely rounded, 3-nervcd; upper surface shining;
lateral main nerves 8 to 10 pairs, at about right angles to the midrib, not very prominent;
length of blade 5 to 8 in.; petioles -8 to 1-25 in. long, slender; stipules glabrous,
linear-lanceolate, fugacious, -5 in. to -75 in. long; receptacles pedunculate, axillary, in
paii'S, slightly verrucose when young, globular, smooth, orange-coloured when ripe and
about -25 in. in diameter; basal bracts 3, broad, minute, pubescent, deciduous ; peduncles -25 in.
to -35 in. long; male flowers few, and only near the mouth of the receptacles, sub-sessile, the
perianth of 4 lanceolate pieces; stamen 1, the anther broad, the filament short; gall flowers
sessile or on short thick pedicels, the perianth gamophyllous, 4-cleft; fertile females
when ripe with viscid achenes and no perianth.
Damp forests along the base of the Himalaya from Bhutan to Dehra Dhun, in which
latter locality it has only been once gathered (by Mr. Duthie, of the Saharunpore Botanic
Garden); Burmah; the Andaman Islands; Java and other of the Malayan Islands, at elevations
of from 1,000 to 3,500 ft. above the sea. The receptacles of this species are often attacked
b y an insect and become hypertrophied to tlu-ee or fom- times their normal size. There is
considerable diversity as to the persistence of the pubescence on the leaves in this species,
the leaves of some individuals retaining their hairs much longer than others, but all ultimately
becoming glabrous; and there are two distinct forms of the base of the leaf, specimens
from Chittagong having leaf bases broad and rounded, while those from Sikkim and Khasi
have much attenuate bases.
The specimen {Ficus No. 123 Eerh. Ind. Or. IIooJc. fil. and Thorns.) on which Miquel
founded his species F. Thomsoni agrees absolutely with the type of F. glaherrima, Bl. in
Herb. Leiden and with specimens in Herb. Utrecht named F. glaherrima, Bl. in Miquel's own
handwriting. Ficus No. 123 of Hook. fil. and Thomson's Indian Herbarium differs f rom No. 122
of the same herbarium (the type of F. fratema, Miq.) only in the latter being absolutely
glabrous. Moreover this No. 122 agrees in every respect with Roxburgh's unpublished
di-awing of his species angustifolia—a species, by the way, which Miquel does not account for.
Griffith's figure of Ustipulata agrees well with this plant, although his description docs not.
This species comes very near F. nervosa, Heyne and F. puUnervis, BL, and I am inclined to
think the three should be united specifically.
P l a t e 43.—Fruiting-branch of F. glaherrima, Bl. 1, base of receptacle; 2, apex of
receptacle; 3, stipules: all of natural size.
P l a t u 82''^—4, male ; 5, gal l ; 6, fertile female achene: all enlarged.