114. Ficus VRIESIAHA, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lvgd. Bat. iii. 234, 296.
A tree; the yomig shoots covered with dense hai-sh brown tomentum. Leaves membranous,
petiolate, elliptic, sometimes sub-obovate-elliptic; the apex shortlj- acuminate; the edges
serrate-dent ate from base to apex; the baso rounded, slightly unequal, obscurely 3-nerved;
primary lateral nerves about 10 pairs, prominent beneath and, liJce the midt-ib, covered with
long, spreading, stiff brown hairs; the rest of the lower siu'face sparsely pilose, miautely
tuberculate; upper sm-face sparsely adpressed-sti-igose, the roidi-ib and primary nerves setose;
len"'th of blade 6 to 8 in.; petiole stout, densely tomentose, about -5 in. long ; stipules linearlanceolate,
pilose, about 1 in. long. Reccptacles borne in fascicles of fi-om 6 to 8 on panicled,
deciduously-tomentose, leafless, stipulate branches rising from the trunk near the ground; long
pedunculate, solitary, pyriform, deeply grooved, pilose when young, smooth and glabrous
when mature, about -5 in. across ; basal bracts 3, ovate, blunt. Fertile female flowers without
perianth; carpel ovate; style elongate, lateral. Male and gall flowers not seen.
Java,—De Vriese.
A specimen in Beccari's Herbarium (bearing no number), collected in the island of Kei,
may possibly belong to this species.
This species is closely allied to F. niohnifera and F. TreuUi, but has more
tomentose shoots and long-pedunculate receptacles which are borne on much thicker
branches.
•I'" PiATE 124.—F. Vnesiana, Jliq. 1, apes of leafy branch; 2, apex of rece]
branch—vf natural size; 3 & 'J, female flowers : enlarged.
1 1 5 . FICUS HYPOGCEA, nov. spec.
A small tree; the young shoots hispid-pilose, but soon becoming almost glabrous. Leaves
petiolate, membranous, broadly ovate-elliptic or sub-obovate-elliptic, slightly inequilateral;
the apex shortly acuminate; the edges minutely serrate; the base cordate or narrowed and
emarginate, 5-nerved; primary lateral nerves about 9 pairs, prominent on both surfaces;
under sm-face hispid-pilose, especially on the midrib and nerves ; upper sm-face lilce the under,
but with fewer haii-s; length of blade 10 to 12 in.; petiole 1 in. to 2-25 in., pilosehispid
; stipules 2 to each leaf, lanceolate, more or less glabrous, except the raidiib which
is pilose externally. Receptacles (borne on long, subterranean, much-divided, puberulous, rootemitting,
leafless branches, which bear near their extremities a few pairs of ovate-obtuse, scarious
stipules), solitaiy or in smaU fascicles, shortly pedunculate, p^i-iform or sub-globose; their
surfaces glabrous, vertically ridged, and bearing numerous small, ii-regular swellings; about
75 in. across when ripe; the apical umbilicus depressed and surrounded by an ii-regular
double annulus of thickened scales ; basal bracts several, irregular, adprcssed. Fertile female
flower pecUcellate, sub-globose, smooth; style lateral, thin, much longer than the ovary,
glabrous; stigma clavate ; perianth none. Male and gall flowers unknown.
Eastern Sumatra, at elevations of from 3,500 to 5,000 ft.,—i7. 0. Forbes, Herb. Forb.
No. 2505 ; Borneo,—.Seecm, Herb. Becc. P. B. No, 2798, Teijsmann, Motley No. 4f)5.
A veiy remarkable species, concerning the receptacles of which Mr. H. 0. Forbes notes
that the " fig-bearing branches issue from the stem very near the ground, and at once become
sub-terrestrial, producing Egs either entirely or partially buried. These figs, when very
young, are devoid of colour on the upper half, but aj-e pinkish in the lower half. When a little
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older they become reddish-pink all over; and when mature they are of a greenish-grey colour."
The irregular swellings which occur here and there on their sides a,re really the bases of
tliickeued bracts which have become confluent with the receptacle.
PLATE 135.—/'. htjpogcea, King. 1, apex of leafy branch; 2, 3, 4, pieces of a fig-bearin"
sublerranean branch; 5, mature reooptade ; 6, another receptacle-seen from the side;
7, s t i p u l e s—o f natural size ; 8, fertile female flowers : enlarged.
116. FICUS CONIA, Harn. MS8. ; Med. Fl. I,„l iii. 561 ; W!)hfs Teon 648 ; Miq. in
Ann. Mus. Lugä. Bat. iH. 282, 296 ; Brandis For. Fhra 431 ; Bedd. Flor
Syhat. 224; Knri For. Flora Brit. Bnrm. ü. 46].—?. con,,lmner<,ta
Eoxb. Fl. Ind. iü. 059; Wight's Icon 669; Wall. Cat. 4531 A to H.
Coiieliia eunia, conglomerala, and inmquilobia, Miq. in Lond Jomn. Bot. vii.
A small tree; young branches sub-scabrid, pnbescent. Leaves alternate, thinly coriaceous
petiolate, inequilateral, oblong-lanceolate to elliptic, with acuminate apex, remotely serrate
or sub-entn-e edges and very unequal semi-sagittate base; the lai-ger basal lobe 3- to 4-nerTed
the smaller 1- to 3-uerTed; primary lateral nerves 9 to 14 pai s , prominent, as are the straio-ht
secondary nerves aud the minute reticulations; the whole of the under surface when young
minutely tomentose or harshly pubescent, glabrescent when adult, but hai-sh aud rigid from
the nerves and reticulations; upper sui-face from scabrid to smooth; petioles -2 to -6 in
long, scabrid; stipules linear-lanceolate, puberulous externally, glabrous internally, -75 in to
1 m. long. Eeeeptacles shortly pedunculate, turbinate, globular or pyriform, with prominent
large-scaled umbilicus and tribractoate base, shortly hispid, yerrucose, and often with
n-regular bracts on their-sides; reddish-browi, when ripe, aud from -4 to -7 in across in
pans or smal fascicles from long, leafless, scaly (occasionally leafy) branches, which ilsue
n great numbers from the larger branches and lower part of the stem. Male flowers near
the ostiole only, the perianth of S pieces; stamen with short filament aud ovate anther Gall
flowers nrestly pedicellate; the perianth of about 4 lanceolate pieces united below the
ovary globular smooth; style lateral, very short. Fertile female flowers pedicellate- the
pci-iauth like a a t of the galls, but the pieces narrower; ovary broadly ovoid, emargin te at
one srde, mmu ely tuberculate, viscid; style long, lateral, with large bifid stigma.
Assa!" KtaTa S V " " ' ' ' ^^ Neutral India.
Assam, Khasia, Chrttagoug, aud Bm-mah up to elevations of 4,000 ft. Not very variabk
considenng Its wide distribution. ve iy variaMe
g l o b u h r r e Z t a ^ r t R- W h has broader, smoother leaves, and mere
ViS. ooNGLOMmATi. Leaves broader and smoother and receptacles more globular
than in type.—i". con^hmerata, fioib.
b e a x b ™ " e X i s ' l ' '' «t i n g - b r a n c h f r om the base of the stem
aUofiaturalsL ' ' '« ' ' P M ' i ; base of the same; 5, stipules: