62 UEOSTIGMA.
(not B) of "Wall. Cat., ami can still be consulted. Unfortunately Hamilton described as
the normal receptacle of tliis tree (wliich is glabrous) aonic receptacles which arc insectattacked
aud abnormally haiiy (not an luicommon occaiTence in some of the Indian species
of Ficiis). Hamilton's specimens of lacor are, however, immistakcably specimens of one of the
forms of pakur (F. infecioria, Roxb.). Deceived by tlxeir hairy receptacles, Miquel re-named
Hamilton's specimens Urost. leueocaiyim, and described the receptacles as covered with white
hair. But unfortunately he attached his name Urost. loucocarpum to specimens of a plant
near, if not identical w t h F. Chittagonga, Hook. fil. aud Tli. MS. { = F. glomorata, Roxb., var.),
and thus introduced a fm-ther element of confusion. The oldest name of this species
is thus F. lacor, Ham,, the specific name being doubtless a corruption of tlie word
pakur, whicli is still in Bengal the vernaculai- name of this tree. There can be no
mistaking Hamilton's specimens as those of a common form of paJciir. But Roxburgh's
name infectoria, although originally applied by him in error to a different species from
that to which Willdenow first gave it, has been so long identified •^'ith the true pakur of
Bengal, that I think it better to keep it up than to restore the rather barbarous name lacor
originally given by Hamilton.
There is confusion also in the plants issued by Wall, under the No. 4519A to F, and
under the general name F. venom, Ait. I have examined the Wallichian sheets in possession
of the Linnffian Society and in the Herbaria at Kew aud Calciitta, and also those in M. Do
Candolle's herbarium. The plants indicated by the six letters are not equally represented in
all these herbaria; but where they ai-c represented, their names are as follows : —
Wall. Cat. 4519A.—" Jf. infectoria, Herb, Wight" in all four Iierbaria is F. ijaltda,
Bmin.
Wall. Cat. 45196.-"^. ti^Kosa, Ait." is also F. tjakela, Burm. It is absent at
Kew.
,, C is absent in all fom-herbaria.
„ „ D,—"J'. Hb. Ham." is true F. infectoria Roxb. (absent at
Kew).
" >' E is in all four herbaria fragmentary and indeterminable.
„ „ F is uninistakeably F. infectoria, Koxb. (absent at Kew).
In Am. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 286, Mquel reduces here F. luce^ccm, Bl. Bijd. 444 of
which I have seen no autlientic specimen. Blume's description is too meagi'e and Tacru¡ to
be relied on, and I therefore quote this synonym doubtfully. Miquel also reduces here hfs own
Urost. wgeirophylla, which I have satisfied myself by examination of his types to be the same
as his F. Lmilertiana, Miq. Griffith's specimen in the Calcutta Herbarium of his F. affinior i.s
time infectoria, but his figrn-e and description of afUnior (Miulcs 392. t. 653) agree better with
F. EnmpM, Bl. or F. religiosa. Linn. Miquel's species F. Timorensis is founded on a sinoie
specimen from Timor in the Kew Herbarium, wMch I have examined, and which appears^©
me in no way different from typical F. infectoria, Roxb. There are no spccimenb" of
F. Timorensis, lliq. in the herbaria at Loiden or Utrecht.
As might be expected in a plant with such a wide di.stribution, a coiisidorable variety
of forms occur. These can be pretty satisfactorily arranged as gcogi-aphical vaiieties as
lollows :—
Typical inpectokia : bases of leaves cmai-ginate or sub-cordate or slightly narrowed •
receptacles sessile. '
UliOSTIGMA. G3
V a e . 2. La m b e r t u n a .
Mcu. Mi , , in Ann. M™. Lngd. Bat iii. 286 ; Dak. » d G.b. ^
Bomb Hl.-Ur03t. LamUrtimum, Miq. in Lond. Jonrn. Bot. Ti. jW.
H a n , . ( n o n Mi,.) in Wall. Cat. 4527, 4585B.-i-.
H b Ha™, Wall. Cat. 4569.-i7™i . ">9.
Boi;. vi: , Th, . (Bon Wall.) Enun. H. Csjd.
(in part); C. P. 2223. - i /™f . yOTOa/.i.m, Mi,. Lond. Jom-n. Bot. M. Ml.
Lcavo, distinctly ooriaocon.,, thai., l a » , b.oad 7 7 ^ 5 t r s t ' t a ^ '
™,,lv narrowed. roocptacles -3 to .4 in. aorOHS, on pubescent pedicels from 2 to 3 in. Ion .
' " d l r parts'of Western Ponins.lar In.Ua and Ceylon, the Deccan, Gn.erat, on
Momrt Aboo, and sparingly on the S iWi i s in Northern India ; also m Chota Nagporo.
ViK. 3. WiGHTIAKA. „„ „ , , ,„
F mv,«.™. Wall. Cat. 4540 ; Miq. in Ann. M™. Lngd. Bat. m 286 ; Bedd. 11.
Sylyat. ii. 2 2 2 . - i 7 r a i . WigUimum, Miq, in Lond. Jonrn Bot. t i . o66.
Leayes smaller than in tbo other varieties (often only Z'O in. long), naiTowed at tl.o
base ; r"eptacles large in proportion to the leaves, on glabrous or pubescent pedunclos about
" o r l i o southern edge of the Sangetic plain, the Nilgiris, the Decoan, and the Western
Ghats.
V^iE. 4. Fomnsii.
Leaves sub-ooriaceous, ovate or elliptic, with naiTOWed or rounded base and shortly
acmn"ate apex; primary lateral n e ™ very prominent underneath, yellow and sinning
^ j r ^ ^ s of a bright brown colour and has mere numerous and more prominent nerves
than any of the other varieties. Mr. Forbes describes it as an immense tree.
V-\E. 5. CAULOCAEPA. „ -vt i i n«^
M-r. ir, T Tom-n Bot. vi. 068 ; Jo\u-n. Bot. Ncerland, 2-^4
( ¡ r i : ? : : . " : : ^ : : . ' ? « Ann, «»s. Lugd. Bat. m. 235.2^7, wmch
is F. Mi(iudii, King).
I S r l i s t t l V e i v . ^
P h i l i ^ i n e s , - « . crowded in the a.ils of
This i^^rni appro hes^,^^,^^^ is the'plant which Miquel dcseribcd
the scars of ^^ rf ^iich there is no specimen in the herbaria
' i " : wt c w eil M i q ; : t materials'chiefly are. There is a small fragment at Kew
at Loiden, 01 Utiecl t ^ 1 ^^ occupied
bearnig this name ^ ^ .. ^^