Moluccas,—Eemwardt; Teraate, Beccari.
A plant of wliicli I have seen good specimens only in the magnificent Mtlayan
I f e r b a r i um of Signer Beccai-i.
PLATE 132.—-P. pimfiens, Reinw. Branch with nearly mature receptacles. 1, mature
r e c e p t a c l e ; 2, base of the same; 3, stipules; 4, basal b ract : all of statural sine.
Perianth of tU flows,-s ciliate; tlie interior of tie receptacle hispid; reeeplaeles
axillary.
l U ricos MELnoo.«PA, Bl. Bijd 460; Mlq FL lad. Bat. i. f t . 2. 302; Sufpl.
178, 4 2 7 . - f . ohliqm, Miq. in Zoll. Syst. Ver:i. 98; Ann. Mus. Lugd.
Bat. iii. 273, 293.
A moderately-sized (40 to 50 ft. high), hispid-tomentose tree. Leaves petiolate,
membianous, often unequal in size and inequilateral, broadly ovate or elliptic, m t h sub-acnte
apex, entii-e edges, and 3 to 5-netved, glandular, broad, rounded, slightly cordate, sometimes
unequal base; length of blade from 4 to 7 in.; lateral nerves from 3 to 8 pairs; the
loTver surface minutely hispid-tuberculate; upper surface shortly hispid-scabrous; the
m i d r i b and nerves tomentose on both surfaces; petioles from -6 to -8 in., tomentose;
stipules ovate-lanceolate, hirsute, '3 in. to -7 i n long. Eeceptaeles pedunculate, axillary,
in pairs or solitary, or in fascicles below the leaves ; globular or tm-bmate, with promi
n e nt nearly glabrous, umbilical scales and 3 broad, acumhiate, small basal bracts; when
ripe, yellow (Jlde ZolKnger), minutely hispid, almost glabrescent, about -4 to -6 m.^ across;
peduncles -3 in. long, shortly hispid. Male flowers sessile, monandi'ous; the perianth ot
3 distinct pieces. Gall flowers stipitate; the perianth of 6 pieces; achene smooth, oyoid;
t h e style sub-terminal. Fertile female flowers pedicellate; the periant h of 3 distinct pieces,
which have tufts of hair at their apices; achene and style lateral; stigma dilated.
P r e a n g e r province in J ava ; Lampongs in Sumatra.
A distinct and apparently rather local species.-J'. sodbra, Forst. Seem. Fl. Vit. 240,
appeai-s t o me t o be lictle more than a form of this.
PLATE 119 - F . melimcarpa, Bl. Branch with matur e receptacles. 1, apex of receptacle;
2, s t ipules -»/ natural dz. ; 3, male flower ; 4, gall flower; 0, fertile femal e flower: enbrged.
112. FICDS EIEDELII, Teym. Mss.; Mij. in Am. Mm. lM(jd. Bat. iii. 223, 292.
A small hispid-tomentose tree, the young branches rufescent. Leaves shortly petiolate,
t h i c k l y membranous (almost coriaceous), oblong lanceolate or nar rowl y oblong-elliptic, rarely
ovate-elhptie, often mequilateral; apex usually suddenly and shortly aeute or acuminate;
e d - e s sub-entire or remotely serrate; base rounded, sometimes emarginate, slightly oblique,
.i n e r v e d (2 of the nerves minute); lateral primary nerves 3 to 5 pairs; the whole of the
under surface minut e l y tuberoulate, the midrib, nerves, and veins shor t l y hispid; nppei surface
s-naisely hispid, very scabrous from rough points; midrib and veins hispid-hirsute; petioles
W d - M r s u t e , ^tout about -3 in. long; stipules lanceolate-hirsute, small. Eeceptaeles very
s h r f y pedunculate or sessile, axillary, solitary (rarel y i n paii-s), ovoid t o sub-globose, umbonate
when young, densely and completely covered with long stiff tawny tomentum, bearing a
number of lanceolate-subulate bracts irregulai-ly distributed along then- sides, but especially
towards the apex and at the umbiKcus; basal bracts none; when ripe yellow, -5 in. (to -75 in. ?)
across; pedicels, when present, thick, densely tomentose, about -1 or -2 in. long. Male flowers
s t i p i t a t e or sub-sessile, monandrous; the perianth of 5 lanceolate hai i y pieces. Gall flowers
s t i p i t a t e ; the perianth like that of the males; achene sub-globosc, shining; style lateral;
stigma bifid. Fertile femal e ilowers unknown ; receptacle with hispid hairs, which surround
t h e flowers.
Moluccas and Celebes,-
T h e receptacles in the majority of the specimens which I have seen are onl y about hal f an
inch across; but in the Leiden Herbarium there is a detached receptacle, said to belong to
t h i s species (and apparentl y rightly), which is mor e than three-quarters of an inch across.
PLATE 1^0.—A, fruiting-branch of Riedelii, Teysm., narrow-leaved form; B, leaf of
broad-leaved form—of natural sua. 1 & 2, vertical sections of receptacles ; 3, stipitate male
flower: 4, gall flower : enlarged.