stigma large, deeply divided iato 2 or 3 subulate spreading arms. Neuter flowers containing
no trace of anther or pistil mixed with the fertile females over all parts of the receptacle,
shortly pedicellate ; the perianth of 3 linear-lanceolate segments.
Java, on Mount Salak; near M a l a c c a , — 1 5 y no means a common plant,
and veiy poorly represented in collections.
PLATE 87.—Fruiting-branch of P. mrantiaca, QxiS.. 1, leaf to show nervation; 2, vertical
scction of receptacle - of natural she; 3, fertile female floAver; 4, ovaiy with style and tricrural
stigma; 5, ditto with bicraral stigma; 6, neuter flower: all from the same receptacle
and all enlarged.
78. Ficus PUNCTATA, Tlmnh. Fic. 9; Lond. Journ. Bol. vii. 440; Ann. 3ius. Lugd.
Bat. iii. 268, 289.—i'. macrocarpa, ]31. Bijd. 459.—/'. falcata, Thunb. Fic.
No. ^.^Suncecia falcata, Miq. in Lond. Journ. Bot. vii. 470. tab. xi; Miq.
Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt 2. 329 ; Miq. Choix de PI. Rares do Biiitenzorg, tab. 14 ;
PL Jungh. Ql.—Synaicia serpens, Miq. PI. Jungh. 67; WaU. Cat. 4574,
" F . stipulata."
A much-branched creeping shi-nb; the young branches, petioles, stipules and receptacles
•with dark reddish brown pubescence, ultimately nearly glabrous. Leaves shortly petiolate,
coriaceous, glabrous, shining above, tesselate-punctate below, always more or less
oblique, varying from oblanceolate gradually narrowed to the nearly equal-sided base to
oblong-subrhomboidal with very unequal sides; apex blunt or sub-acute, base rounded
or truncate, very unequally sided. All forms are penni-nerved, with 2 to 4 lateral
primary nerves; in the smaller and more oblique leaves the lateral nerves are. however,
nearly obsolete on one side; basal nerves from a to 5, irregular; reticxxlations rather
distinct on the upper surface, on the lower sm-£ace very distinct and beautifully white,
tesselate-pxmctate; length of blade -5 to 1-5 in., or rarely 2 in.; stipules 2 for each leaf from
the stem near insertion of petiole, ovate-lanceolate, membranous, about as long as the petiole.
Eeceptacles usually pubcscent when young, ultimately glabrous, pedunculate, solitary or in
fascicles from the branches or the main stem; when young often strongly umbonate;
when ripe varying in shape from globular to ovoid, obovoid or pyiiform; colour from
russet browiT to brilliant orange red; often dotted; length from -5 in. to 1-4 in.;
peduncles thick, varpng in length from -25 in. to as much as 2 in., with S ovate-triangular,
rounded, spreading bracts united by their bases so as to form a kind of cup a little above
the base ; the base itself often thickened into a many-bracted woody tubercle. Male flowers
rather numerous in the receptacles containing gall flowers, stipitate, with one oblong
elongate stamen and a perianth of .'i broad distinct pieces. Gall flowers with a perianth of
3 distinct linear pieces; the ovary stipitate, smooth; the style thick, short, subtcrminal.
Fertile female flowers in separate receptacles, mixed with numerous neuters; perianth of
fertile females of 3 hyaline linear distinct pieces; the ovary stipitate, oblong, witli
hyaline margins, smooth; style terminal elongate; stigma bifid. Neuter flowers, containmg
no trace either of anther or pistil, as numerous as the fertile females, and mixed with them,
stipitate, the perianth of 3 distinct linear pieces.
Malayan Peninsula and Archipelago ; not uncommon on trees and rocks.
A very remarkable and beautiful species, varying much in fruit and in the shape of the
leaves even in the same plant, the leaves on the small branchlets from, the lower part of the
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main stem being often much smaller than those from branches near its apex, and occasionally
different in form.
I l i e forms presented by this species may be arranged into two groups : —
(a) FORMA TYPICA. Leaves oblanceolate, slightly unequal-sided, and gradually
narrowed to the base. This is the typical F. puncia 'a of Thunberg.
(¿) VAE. FALCATA. Leaves oblong, subrhomboidal, not tapering to the base. This is
the typical F. falcata of Thunberg, and Bynceda falcata and serpens of Miquel.
PLATE 88.—F. punctata, Thunb. Typical form, with separate figm-es of receptacles of
various ages, and of a stipule: all of natural size.
PLATE 89.—^. punctata, Thunb. var. falcata. Leafy branch and stems with rcccptacles
in various stages of maturity: all of natural size.
PLATE punctata. 1, male flower; 2, gall flower (from the same receptacle);
3, fertile female flower; 4, ¡Distil, the perianth having been removed; o, neuter flower from
tiie same receptacle as the fertile female, closed; 6, the same, opened: all much emarged.
79. FICUS CALLIOAEPA, Miq. Am. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 268, 289, t. \0.fig.B.—
Syncecia Bumvtrana, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt . 2. 329.—^. pomifera, Kurz
For. Flora Brit. Bm-m. ii. 454.
A strong creeping or scandont shrub; all parts glabrous when adult; main stem
flattened. Leaves shortly petiolate, coriaceous, obovate or somewhat rhomboid-obovate,
slightly inequilateral; the apes blunt, slightly and obtusely mucronate, gradually narrowed to
tlie slightly unequal, obscm-ely 3-nei-ved base; edges entire, and slightly recui-ved; lateral
primary nerves 3 to 4 pairs, not very prominent; upper surface shining, smooth, the
reticulations obsolete; under surface smootli, or with a few scattered strigose hau's, especially
on the midrib and main nerves; reticulations very distinct, enclosing numerous depressions
which are filled with minute hairs; length of blade 2-5 in. to 4 in. ; petioles scurfy, -3 in. to -5
in. long; stipules linear-lanceolate, glabrous, 2 for each leaf, shorter than the petiole, persistent.
Receptacles largo, solitary, pedunculate, from the branches or main stem, slightly umbonate,
sub-globular, pyriform or obovoid, gradually narrowed at the base into the short, thick
peduncle, smooth or ( f d e Miquel) muricate-papillose; when ripe yellowish, mottled, from 1-5
in. to 2-35 in. long; peduncle about -5 in. long, with 3 ovate-acnte spreading bracts
about its middle, which being united by their bases form a wide gaping cup ; peduncle
inserted into a more or less knotted, many-bracteolate tubercle (abortive branch). Male
flowers numerous, stipitate, filling the upper third of the receptacle; stamen 1; the antlier
lai'ge, broad, and thick, the perianth of 3 linear distinct pieces. Gall flowers stipitate;
the perianth of 3 very long and narrow, distinct pieces; the ovary smooth, ovoid-elliptic,
with short, thick terminal style and slightly dilated stigma. Fertile female flowers mixed
with the neuters, sub-sessile or stipitate, perianth with 1 or 2 linear leaves; ovary stipitate,
smooth, ellipsoid, its edges hyaline; the style thin, terminal, much elongate; the stigma
of 2 thin, spreading or recurved ai-ms. Neuter flowers as numerous as the fertile fema-es,
long pedicclled ; the perianth of 3 short linear leaves ; anther and pistil absent.
Burmah, Malayan Peninsula, and Aa-chipelago.
Miquel's figure and description represent the receptacles as muricated, but I have
seen no specimen in the Dutch Herbaria which has that character. I have myself collected