G-t URO STIGMA.
P l a t k 76.—Fruitiiig-loranch of F. infectoria, Roxb , var. Lamherivma. TWO separate
figures of leaves to show varieties iu form: all of natural sue. Separate views of apex and
base of receptacle : dUjMly eiUcmjcd.
P l a t k 77.—Two fruitiag-branclies of F. infectoria, Roxb., var. WinMima, to show two
(lificrent forms ; separate iigui'es of receptacles and stipules : all of natural size.
Pl.m'k 78.—Fruitiug-branch of F, infectoria, Roxb., var, Forl/citii. 1, recoptacle seen
from above; 2, ditto seen from below ; 3, stipules : all ofnaliirai size.
P l a t e 79.—Fruiting-branch of F. infectoria, Roxb., var. CMiloaarpa: naturul size. 1,
stipule; 2, lateral view of reccptaele ; 3, basal view of the same ; 4, one of the basal bracts :
i\os, 1 io 4 are enlarged.
I n the Kew J-lerbarium there arc two specimens in yoiing loaf from the Philippines
(Cmniiig, 1078} which have long, flaccid, fugiicious scales covering the expanding leaf-bnds,
voi-v- like those of F. tjakela, Bm-m. These two specimens form the types of lliquel's
F. diptdosa, but I believe them to be nothing but young shoots of this variety.
74. Ficrus GEXicuL.vrA, Kurz For. Flora Brit. Barm. ii. 447.
A large tree; all parts glabrous except the pnbeseent stipules; leaves sub-coriaceous,
broadly elliptic or ovate-rotund, shortly and abruptly acuminato, the edges sub-undulate; the
base roimded or naiTOwed, sometimes cmarginate, 3-nerved; lateral primary nerves nearly
at a right angle to the midrib, from 8 to 12 paii-s ; secondary nerves and reticulations distinct
on both surfaces; length of blade 4 to 7 in., breadth 2'0 to 4 in.; petioles 2-5 to 4 in.
1 ong, separating from the blade when dry ; stipn! es about •35 in, long, broadly ovate, pubescent;
receptacles crowded, shortly pedunculate or sessile, in gi-oiips of 2 to 4 in the axils of scars of
fallen leaves, depressed-globular, -25 in. to -35 in, across; when ripe reddish with dots; basal
bract.s 3, broadly ovate; male flowers near the mouth of the receptacles, rather numerous, the
perianth gamophyllo^^s, barely covering the singl e stamen; anther broad, rotund-ovate, on a
short filament; gall and fertile female flowers -N^dtli similar perianth of 2 or 3 lanceolate pieces;
"•all flower with .short, and fertile fomalo with along style.
Tropical zone iu the Siiddra Himalaya, Assam, Cliittagong, Burmah, and Jlalaya.
This is closely allied to infectoria, witli which I at one time thought of uniting it; but
I am now convinced that it is a separable species. Its leaves are always more rotund than
those of ivfecforia, its petioles longer, and its male flowers have a gamophyllous perianth.
P l a t e 80.—i . genicula'a, Kurz. Branch with young receptacles, separate figm-es of base
and apex of receptacles, basal bracts, and stijniles: all of natural size.
P l a t e 84^^—1, unexpanded male flower; 2, expanded male flower; 3, anther removed
from perianth; 4, gall flower; -5, fertile female flower: all enlanjed.
Series III.—Leaves coriaceous, stamens sometimes 2.
75. Ficus c.u.r.o,<A, If-Hid. ML Aead. Berol, 1798, ^ . 103, iai. 4 ; Miq. in :. Mus.
Lugd. Bat. iii. 295 ; Kurz For. Flora BrU. Barm. ii. 454.—i', .
Sliq. PI, Jungh. 63; FI. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, nnerascem, Tlnv.
Enum. Pl. Ceyl. 266; Thwaites, C. P. 2562.—/'. arlooarpifolia, Roxb.
3ISS.
A large tree ; the young branches cancsccnt, ven-ucose; leaves of a rigid, hard, coriaceous
texture, petiolate, elliptic, or oval; the apex rounded or with a short, broad, blunt acumen;
s a ™ e n t i r e , s l i g h t l y l, a s o h - o a d , x o u n d . d , » n , c tm, » s d i g h% to the petid^
; „ „ , g , ultimately glabre» b.tB«h-,eabrid; upper surface smoe h,
„ ° a r p l . c e n t bracts; when ripe ydlew and abeut 1 in. across ; pednncle proper ab » 8
r ong pnboscent-scahrid ; the flowers inte.mi .ed with nnmero.s ovato-lanceolate braeteok,
se iron, the interior of the receptacle along with then, ; male flowers rather n ^ c
scattered, pedieiUate. mon.ndrons, or occasionally diandrons, the per.an> of 3 spatbufloVcrs
OUS, scaii-eieu, . - n J,
and fertile
late pieces; anther small, OTate, on a short thin filament; perianth oi
females sinfilar, gamophyllous below, deeply divided aboye mto 3 o,
segments; style elongate; stigma deeply bifid; ripe acheneobovo.d. ^ ^ ,
4 broadly lanceolate
S o u t t o n Pcninrfar India and Ceylon, Burmah, the Andaman Islands, Java, and
ntobably in other parts of the Malayan Archipelago. . . „
Some of the numerous bracteoles which lie between the flowers are often with dJSeulty
distinguished from the perianth proper. , , ^
H o l l o w Miquel in adopting Willdenow's namo for the plant named
b y Miquel himself and by Thwaites. But I think it rather doubtful whether
Willdenow's dcseription of his calhia really refers to this plant.
P l a t e 8o. - K ealhm, Willd.—Branch with mature receptacles: ofmtvral me.
P l a t s 84-.-1 & 2, menandrous and diandrous male flowers; 3, sessile gall fiower;
4, pcdicillate fertile female; 5, fertile aohene: ill enbrjed.
ffi}. in Uni. Jmm. Bat. yil. 454 ; Tl.
j.—X Champiani, Benth. in K-ew Jeurn.
76 FICUS TASCULOS/\, WaU. Cat. 4482; .
Jungi. 61 ; « M Bal. i. f t . 2. 31
Bet. vi. 76 ; FI, Hong-Kong, 328.
A tree- .11 parts q„i>e glabrous; the leaves of a pale green when dry,
p e t i o t t c eiiptio " ohlate-eblong, with an obtuse or blnntly
" f ' f t e ' i n r^i aTy gl bTlar g l t a t m i—y tuh»enlate, cons,ric.ed and
Ml'; Bentham separates the Hong.Kong plaut under the name «»r"-', but I cannot
find that it difiers from Walhch's type specimens.