Synoecia.—Floicers unisexual or neuter; male flowers with 1 ntamen; male ond
gall flowers in one set of receptacles, fertile female and neuter flowers in
another set {netUers alsent in apiocarpa); climbers with large colo^ired
receptacles, the leaves iesselate beneath.
Leaves scabrous 77. F. uuravtiaca.
Leaves not scabrous.
Leaves less than 2 jnches in length, often dimorphous 78. P. punctata.
Leaves more than 2 inches in length, Iheir apices blunt, their surfaces
not conspicuously differing in colour 79. J", cailicarpa.
Leaves more than 2 inches long, with acuminate apices, the lower
surface conspicuously white, tesselate 80. F. Singa'ana.
Neuter flowers absent 81. F. t
77. Ficus AUBANTIACA, Grif. (KOK Wall) Notulw, pt. 4. 394; Icon, t bU. Jig. ii.
Grif. Uerh. \Km I)istrib.)^m\.—F. trachycoma,mf\. in Zoll. Syst. Verz.
92; Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2. 304; Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 293; Tcysm.
and Binuend. in Nat. Tijdschr. Neerl. Ind.—F. Guillielmi^ i. De Vriese
MSS.
A scandent, scabrous shrub, with very large receptacles. Leaves petiolate, thickly coriaceous,
ovate-elliptic, slightly inequilateral, apiculato or acute, "with entire recui'ved edges and rounded
3-nerved base; lateral nerves 8 or 9 paii-s, strong but not very prominent) landcr sm-face
scabrous from numerous harsh, broad, elevated pustules (often of a pale colour), between which
are scattered short stiff bristles; upper surface hispid when young, but afterwards shining
and smooth; length of blade 2-5 to 4 in.; petioles stout, scabrid, -5 to-6 in. long; stipules
ovate-lanceolate, subulate, glabrous, -6 in. long, 2toeachleaf. Receptacleslarge, pedimculate,
solitary, scabrous; when yoxmg very prominently umbonate; umbilicus with large scales;
when ripe nearly smooth, ovoid-cylindric, tapering to base and apex; of a rich russet
red colour; about 2'3 in. long and 1-5 in. broad; ebracteolate at the base; peduncle
•5 in. long, scabrid, \i ith 3 broad rounded bracts at its origin from the asis. Slale
and gall flowers not seen. Fertile female flowers intermixed with neuters, sub-sessile;
the periajith of 5 linear distinct pieces; the ovary ovoid; style lateral, short, thick;
AXX. BOT. G-AED, CALC. VOL. I.