across, with 3 broad, rounded, glabrous, persistent bracts at the base ; male flowers few, and
only near the mouth of the receptacle, sessile, the perianth of 2 broadly-ovate flat pieces,
longer than the stamen; anther ovate, apiculate, with a very short filament; gall flowers
shortly pedicillate, the perianth gamophyllous, with 3 sharp teeth, ovary globular, style
elongate, stigma flat ; fertile female flowers sessile, the perianth of 3 lanceolate pieces,
achene triangular, the sm-face prominently but initiutely tubercular, the style elongate,
stigma small.
At the base of the Sikkim and Bhutan Himalaya, and of the Khasi and Pegu Hills.
A species badly represented in herbaria and not well understood.
PLATE SS. -Frui t ing-branch of F. rlwdodendnfolia, Miq., with separate figiu-es of base
and apex of receptacles and stipules : all of natural sisa.
PLVTE 83"'.—1, male flower; 3, gall flower; 3, ovaiy of gall flower; 4, fertile female
flower ; 5, achene of fertile female : all enlarged.
56. FICUS CAUDICULATA, Trimen in Journ. Bot.x\\ü. 243.
A large tree ; all parts glabrous ; leaves petiolate, thickly membranous, nan-owly elliptic,
suddenly and shortly cuspidate at the apex, the edges entire, when di-y sub-revolute, basé
broad, rounded, or sub-truncate ; the primary lateral nerves prominent, about 12 pairs, nearly
at right angles to the sti-ong broad midi-ib, rcticulations dark-coloured, small, but very distinct
on the lower surface; length of blade 3'5 to 3'5 in. ; petiole stout, about -5 iu.îong; stipules
ovate, much acuminate, about 1 in. long, membranous, rather persistent; receptacles sliortly
pedunculate, axillary, solitary, or in pairs, globular, smooth, bright red when ripe, about -5 in.
across ; basal bracts 3, broad, blunt, united to form a shallow cup ; peduncles 2 in. long • male
flowers few, scattered, sessile, the perianth of 3 lanceolate pieces, which scarcely cover the
single stamen; anther ovate-apiculate, on a short broad filament; gall and fertile female
flowers similar, except as regards the contents of the ovary, sessile or pecKcillate, the perianth
gamophyllous, 4- or 5-cleft, ovai-y ovoid, the style elongate when young, short when ripe
from breaking off.
Ceylon, in the Western Province, at Paregodde and Padun Körle,
This species was first collected by my friend Br. Trimen, Director of the Botanic
Garden, Ceylon. Its affinities are M-ith F. nemoralis, Wall., from which it is well distinct,
having thicker and more elliptic leaves and larger stipules and receptacles.
PLATE 58A.—Fruiting-branch of F. caudiculata, Trim. 1, apex of receptacle; 2, base of
the same; 3, stipules-«Zi of natural size - 4, male flower; 5, sessile fertile female flower-
6, gall flower : enlarged. '
57. Ficus PisocAEPA, Bl. Bijd. 4:U. — Urost. pisocarpim, Miq. Fl, Ind Bat
344.
pt. 2.
A small tree ; all parts except the stipules glabrous; loaves crowded about the extremities
of the branches, membranous, eUiptie, rarely sub-obovate elliptic; apex very shortly and
abruptly cuspidatc, margin entire, undulate, base 3-nerved, blunt, and rounded o/ very
slightly narrowed; lateral primai-y nerves prominent, 5 to 7 pairs, rcticulations fine
distinct; length of blade 1'75 in. to 2-5 in.; petioles slender, -5 to '75 in Ion- - stipule^
ovate-lanceolate, pubescent, externally, -3 in. long; receptacles crowded "along the
branches, m pairs, from the axils of the scars of fallen leaves, sessile, small, turbinate
globose, smooth, -¿o in. across, with 3 board, blunt, basal bracts; male flower few
miOSTIGMA, 49
and only near the mouth of the receptacles, sessile, the pcriaiith of 2 broadly ovate pieces
longer than the stamen ; anther ovate, with a short filament; gall and fertile female flowers
alike except in the contents of the ovaiy, the perianth of 1 or 2 hyaline pieces (in some
absent); fertile achene elongate-ovoid, smooth, style elongate, stigma cylindric.
Vaxak—Kunstler {King's Collecior), 3555.
I have not seen the specimens from Java on which Blume founded the species, but
Kunstler's plant agrees so well with Blume's description that I ventui-e to publish a figure of
it as true pisocarpa, Bl.
PLATE 59.—Fruiting-branch of F. pisocarpa, Bl. Separate figm-es of base and apex of
receptacles and of stipules : all of natural size.
PLATE 83".—1, male flower; 2, female flower; b
58. FICUS GLABELLA, Bl. Biß. 452 ; Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 286.—Z7ROSI. glabcllum,
Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2. ^-ÍQ.— Urost. canalieulatum, Miq, Lond.
Journ. Bot. vi. 579; Fl. Ind. Bat, i, pt. 2. 340; Zoll. Cat. 2979 [Z7mif.
Moritziamm, Miq. Fl, Ind. Bat. i, pt. 2. 342; Zoll. Cat. 851 ?]; Wall.
Cat. 4502E.—Jl parvifolia, Miq. Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 2^&.—Urost.
parvifolium, Miq. Lond. Journ. Bot. vi. 570; Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2. 343.—
F. affinis, Wall. Cat. 4524 ; Kurz Flora Brit. Burm. ii. 444.—J'. suhpcdunculata,
Miq. Ann, Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 217, 286.—.F. Wiyhtiana, Benth.
{not of Wall.) Fl. Hong-Kong 327.
A tree; the young parts sometimes pubescent, ultimately all parts glabrous ; leaves
petiolate, thinly coriaceous, obovatc-oblong or oblanceolate, (ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate in
vars, affinis and coneinna; ovate-oblong with cordate base in var. papuana); apex rather abruptly
and shortly cuspidate, margin entire; base 3-nerved, acute, or cnneate, rarely rounded, jointed
to the petiole; lateral primary nerves 7 to 10 pairs, not very prominent, reticulations distinct;
length of blade 2 to 4 in. ; petioles -75 in. to 1 in. ; stipules ovate-lanceolate, -4 in. long;
receptacles in pairs, rather crowded, from the axils of the leaves, but mostly from the
axils of the scars of fallen leaves, sessile, or veiy shortly pedunculate, spheroidal; the apex
often slightly depressed ; when ripe smooth, dark-bluish pm-ple, sometimes with yellow dots,
from -2 to '3 in, across; basal bracts minute, broadly triangular; peduncles when present
frora -1 t o ' 2 in, long; male flowers few, and only near mouth of receptacle, sessile, the
perianth of 2 ovate hyaline pieces larger than the single sub-sessile anther ; gall and female
flowers alike, except in the contents of the ovary, sessile or shortly pedicillate; the achene
spherical or ovoid, smooth, the style very long, stigma obovate; perianth leaves 4, hyaline,
free, sometimes absent.
In the Malayan Peninsula and Archipelago, Hong-Kong, the Andamans and Burmah,
and in the tropical forests of the Eastern Himalaya and Khasi Hills,
This is rather a variable species. Miquel's Urost. canaliculatmi (founded on Zol l ' s specimen
2279) is undoubtedly referrible here. But JJrost. Montzianum, Miq. (founded on Zoll.
851), although ultimately rcduced to glabella by Miquei himself, appears to me to differ
in the nervation of the leaves, and I include it here with hesitation. Zollinger's material
of both is, however, too scanty to be made much of. Miquei (in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat.
iii. 286) reduces here F. trinervia, Herb. Keinw,, of which I have seen no specimen.
He also reduces F. pisocarpa, Bl,, which I think is distinct and wHch I keep up. Tliree
varieties may be distmguished.