42 UEOSTIGMA,
broad, blunt, sometimes tnmcatc apox, entire edges and miieh-narrowcd, strong-ly 3-rierved
base ; lateral ¡primary nerves about 5 pairs, very prominent below, as arc the reticulations ;
lencrth of blade 2-5 to i'o in., of petiole -3 to '6 in. ; stipules lanceolate, about '5 in. long;
receptacles much crowded near the apices of the branches, axillary, sessile, in pairs,
depressed-spheroidal, reddish-yellow, smooth, and from '2 to -25 in. across "when ripe ; apical
scales broad, flat, shining, sm-rounded by a ring; basal bracts S, large, free, ovate-rotund ;
male ilowers few, and only near the apex of receptacle, sessile, the perianth of 3 broa.d
pieces, longeir than the single ovate, sagittate, nearly sessile antlior ; gall and fertile female
iîowers sessile, with similar perianth of 4 or 5 small ovate pieces; ovary of galls ovoidacuminate,
wi thlong straight terminal style; achene of fertile female ovate-rotund, tuberculatc,
the style sub-terminal and bent at right angles.
Borneo,—AVMii^s ; ^si-vs.,—Zollinger-, Malayan Peninsula,—Kmstler [King's Collector),
104T, 6018.
A very distinct species.
PLATE 4S.—Fruitiiig-branch of F. trmcata, Miq. ; separate di-a-wings of base and apex
of receptacle and stipules : all of natural size.
PIATE 83'.— 1, male flower ; 2, gall flower ; 3, fertile female achene : all enlarged.
46, FICUS OJÌTUSIFOLIA, FI. Ind. iii. .540 ; Wight le. t. 663 ; Kzirs For. Flora
Brit. Burm. ii. 443.— Uro&t. ohhisifolium, Miq. in Lond. Jom-n. Eot. vi. 569.
—F. hnrji/oKa, Herb. Ham. in Wall. Cat, 45T0A, B.
A large tree, very often epiph}i:al at fii-st, all parts glabrous ; leaves thickly coriaceous,
short-petioled, shining, oblong-elliptical or obovate-clliptical ; apex rounded, blunt, or very
slightly and bluntly apiculate ; edges entire, slightly undulate ; base acute, faintly 3-nervcd ;
primary lateral nerves obsciu-e, about 8 to 10 paii-s ; the secondary nerves nearly as prominent
as the primary, the reticulations obsolete ; length of blade 4 to 7 in. ; petioles -5 to -75 in., stout ;
stipules lanceolate or ovate-acuminate, '6 in. to 1 in. long ; receptacles rather crowded, in pairs,
sessile, axillary, but chiefly in the axils of the scars of fallen leaves, globular, slightly trigonous,
depressed at the apes, yellowish when ripe and dotted ; basal bracts 3, coriaceous, large,
blunt, rounded, cordate ; male flowers scattered, very numerous, on long pedicels, the perianth
of 3 lanceolate pieces ; gall flowers pedicillate or sessile, the perianth of about 4 pieces,
ovary spherical, white, style sub-terminal, elongate : fertile female flowers sessile, the achene
ovate-rot\md, tuberculate and viscid from degeneration of its epidermal cells, the style lateral,
as long as the achene, stigma infundib\iliform.
Tropical forests of the base of the Eastern Himalaya ; in Assam and in Bui-mah ; Perak,
in Malayan Peninsula.
PIRATE 49.—Fruiting-branch of F. ohtuaifolia, Roxb. ; sepai-ate figui-es of base and apex
of receptaclcs and of stipules of the ovate-acute form : all of natural siee.
PLATE 83^.—1, male flower ; 2, gall flower ; 8, achene of fertile female : all enlarged.
Siib'series 6.—Leaves coriaceous or sub-coriaceous, the frimara and secondary nerves
equalli] prominent, close together, straight and anastomosing little except near the margin.
Ficirs CLUSIOIDES, Mifj. in Ann. Mus. Liigd. Bat. iii.
in Lond. Joum. Bot. vi. 570.
'i.— Urost. clusioides, Miq-
3- to 5-nerved; lateral primary nerves abovit 8 pairs, very little more prominent than the
secondary nerves; length of blade 4 to 5-5 in,; petiole about 1 in. ; stipules ovate-aciite,
coriaceous, -6 in. long; receptacles axillary, in pairs, sessile, globular when young
and inclosed within the 3 large rounded basal bracts ; receptacles '4 in. across.
P h i l i p p i n e s , — 1 9 2 9 ; Luzon,—FiVZ«/.
PLATE 50.—Leafy twig of F. clusioides, Miq. with immature receptaclcsC u m i n g ' s
Philippine specimen (iVXiquel's typo). Leafless twig with nearly matm-e receptaclcs-//'o™ VidaVs
Luzon specimen. B
A tree ? all parts glabrous ; leaves coriaceous, petiolate, obovate-oblong, sub-spathulate,
apex blunt or veiy shortly and bluntly cuspidate, margin entii-e, thickened, base narrowed ;
48. FICUS GARCINIÌEFOLIA, Mq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii, 218, 287.
A tree ? all parts glabrous ; leaves membranous, petiolate, oblong or elliptic, apex acute,
margin eatii-e not thickened, base narrowed, with no special basal nerves ; primary lateral
nei-ves very numerous (15 to 20 pah-s), not much more prominent than the secondary nerves
and nearly at right angles to the thick midi-ib ; length of blade 5 to 7 in., of petiole
1-5 in.; stipules broadly lanceolate-acuminate, puberulous externally, 1-5 in. long;
receptacles sessile, ellipsoid, 1'2 in. long by '6 in across, glabrous ; basal bract,s 3, ovate-obtuse,
puberulous externally.
T i m o r , V r i e s e .
This species has been collcctod only in Timor. Its leaves resemble those of F. elastica,
Roxb., in venation, but theii- texture is tliinner, the stipules are smaller, and the receptacles
are much larger than in that species.
PLATE Ó1B.—Leaf and rece2:)tacle of F. gaixinicefolia, isliq^.-, 2, leaf from a different
specimen ; 3, stipules : all of natural sise.
49. FICUS BENJAMINA. Linn. Mantissa, 129 {excl. syn. liti Alu, Rheede Jlort.
Malah. i. ¿.26); Bl. Bijd. AoQ-, Bedd. Fl. Sglv. ii. Benfh. Fl. Austral.
vi. 167; Xurz For. Flora Brit. Burm. ii. iAfá.— lIrost. Benjuminn, Miq. in
Lond, Journ. Bot. vi. 583 ; PI. Jungh. SO ; Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2 346 ;
Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii, 288; Dalz. and Gibs. Fl. Bomb. 242,—J", nuda,
Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 288.— Vrost. nudum, Miq. in Lond.
Joum. Bot. vi. 584.—J", eomosa, Roxb. Corom. PL ii. t. 125 ; Willd, Spec-
Plant, iv. 1148; Roxb. F!. Ind. iü. 552; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. ii. 223; Wight
Ic. 658.—.f, pendida, Link. Enum. ii. 450.—i^. striata, Eoth Nov. Spec. PI.
387 ?—F. hoimatoearpa and ncgleeta, Bl. ap. Decne in N. Ann. Mus. iii.
494-5 ; Miq. [sub Urost) in Lond Jo\iru. Bot. vi. 584.—F. papyrífera,
Griff. Icon. PI. As. t. 554.— Varingaparvifolia, Rimiph. Herb. Amb. iü. t, 90.
—F. dictyophjlla, Wall. Cat. 4502A, B, and D.
An umbrageous tree, with di-ooping branches, all parts glabrous ; leaves petiolate, thinly
coriaceous, shining, more or less broadly ovate-elliptic, with a rather abruptly, shortly-acuminate
apex, entire edges, and arounded or sub-acute base; lateral primary nerves very numerous,
close, straight, anastomosing just inside the margin; length of blade 2 to 4-5 in. ; petioles
•4 to 1 in. long; stipules lanceolate, about -5 in. long; receptacles axillary, sessile, in pairs,
globular or ovoid, smooth and blood-red when ripe, about -35 in. across, with 3 short, broad,
rounded basal bracts, or globose, narrowed at the base aud about -75 iu. across (var. comosa) ;