male flowers, and I thiuk it probable that, like F. ribes, this specics is practically cUccceons,
receptaclcs containing male and gall flowers occuvriag on different trees from those coiitaininsi
female flowers. The species is knowii only from Mr. Forbes's specimens, which were all
¡H'obably collected from one tree.
PLATE 143.—F o r b e s i i , King. 1, leafy twig; 2, end of a receptacle-beai-ing branch
from the base of the stem—of natural sise; 3, female flower: eivarged.
131. Ficus EiBi.:s, n-imo. in Bl. Bijd. 463; Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat iii.
284, 297 ; Kurz For. Flora Brit. Burm. ii. 45«.—i'. pohjcarpa, Wall. Cat.
4509 A, B, C (not of Roxb.)—J", JORR-siro/n, WaU. Cat. 4536 (in part).—
Covellia ribes, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2. 22ò.— Cov. microcarpa, Miq.
Loud. Joiirn. Bot. vii. 466. tab. dk. — Cov. puniculata, Miq. 1 c. 467;
PI. Jungh. 67.
A small tree ; the young branches sparsely strigose, slightly swollen at the insertion
of the leaves. Leaves alternate, petiolate, membranous, lanceolate or oblanceoLite,
inequilateral, slightly falcate; the apex long-acuminate ; gradually narrowed from above the
middle to the narrow sub-3-ncrved base ; the edges entire ; lateral primary nerves 7 to
9 pairs, not prominent; both sides glabrous except the lower which, on the midi-ib and
larger nerves, is adpressed-pubescent ; length of blade 2-5 to 4-5 in. ; petioles strigose,
•3 in. long; stipules linear-lanceolate, convolute, '8 in. long. Receptacles rising from
elongated, ramous, leafless (sometimes stipulate towards the apex) glabrous branches which
issue from the stem near the gi'ound, pedunculate, sub-globose, strongly ribbed ; when young
verrucose, puberulous ; about '2 in. across when ripe ; umbilicus closed by 5 broad scales ; the
base constricted into a stalk about •! in. long at the junction of which with the peduncle
are 3 small bracts; peduncle proper -2 in. long. Wale flowers numerous, the perianth of
2 large, inflated, roundish pieces ; anther single, almost sessile, very broad. Gall flowers mostly
aessile, without perianth ; the ovary broad, obliquely obovoid, sub-rliomboid, with terminal
thick style. Fertile female flowers in separate receptacles, mostly pedicellate ; the perianth
tubular, short, covering only the pedicel of the rhomboid, minutely-tuberculate achene ;
style much longer than the achene; stigma cylindiic or davate.
Java, Sumatra, Singapore, Philippines, — Cwmm^f, 1039; New Guinea,—J^o'iis.
A species allied to MiqueLii and boiryocarpu, but well distinct by its smaller reccpiacles.
PLA.TE 144.—F. ribes, Eeinw. 1, apes of a leafy branch; 2, receptacle-bearing branch
fi-om the stem ; 3, apex of a receptacle ; 4, stipules—all of natural nise ; 5, stamen from
male flower; 6, ovary and style of gall flower; 7, perianth, achene, style, and stigma of
fertile female flower: all enlarged.
132. FICUS CUNEATA, Mg. [not of Wall.) in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 297.—Cofci//«
cuneuta, Miq. in Lond. Journ. Bot. vii. 466. t. 8B ; Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2.
326.
A tree ; the young shoots densely adpressed-pubescent. Leaves petiolate, membranous,
(opposite on the young branches); obovate-oblong or sub-rhomboid; the apex acuminate;
edges sub-crenulate, undulate ; base much narrowed, obscurely 3-nerved ; priuiary lateral
nerves about 6 paii-s, prominent beneath and, like the midrib, covered with adpressed
white hairs; both surfaces thickly covered with minute white tubercles, sub-scabrid;
length of blade 3 inches; petiole adpressed-pubescent, -4 in. long; stipules lanceolate, pilose,
•6 in. long. Receptacles on long, ramous, pubescent, leafless branches from the stem, sessile
sub-globose, densely pilose, slightly contracted at the base into a short stalk; basal bracts 3
minute, pilose. Fertile female flowers without perianth, sessile or pedicellate, sm-rounded at their
bases by the numerous hairs of the interior of the receptacle; carpel elongate obovate • the
style short. Male flowers, according to Miquel, monandrous; the perianth of 4 leaflets.
P h i l i p p i n e s , — N O . 1938.
A species not far removed from F. ribes, Reinw., but distinguished from that
species by its sub-rhomboid, fewer-nerved, densely-tuberculate leaves. This has nothing to
do with the plant issued as F. cunéala by Wallich (Cat. No. 4534), which is, as I°ani
informed by Mr. "W. Botting Hemsley, not a Ficus at all, but Errjthroxylon Burmanicum
Griff.
PLATE UÓC\.—F. ctmeaia, Miq. 1, leafy branch; 2, leafless branch with mature
receptacles; 3, stii^ules-a« of natural size; 4 & 5, sessile and pedicellate fertüe female
flowers; 6 & 7, gall flowers; 8, male flower: all enlarged. {Nos. 6 ío 8 are copicd from
Receptacles on shortemed hranchlets (Uihercles) from the stem
and larger' branches, never from the axils of the leaves:
leaves alternate.
133. FiCUS DIMOEPHA, WO». spcC.
A small tree; the young shoots deciduously hi.spid-tomentose. Leaves petiolate, subcoriaceous,
inequilateral, elliptic or obovate-elliptic; the apex acute, shortly cuspidate'; the
edges rather remotely dentate; the base rounded, sHghtly aui-icled on one 'side,
3-nerved, with an additional minute nerve in the auricled side; primary lateral nerve.s
6 or 7 paii-s, not prominent; the under surface dull, hai-shly pubescent, especially on the
midi-ib and nerves; the reticulations indistinct; upper surface glabrous and shinino-•
length of blade 4 5 to 6 in. ; petiole -5 to -75 in., pilose; stipules ovate-lanceolate, slio-htly
pubescent externally, -7 in. long. Receptacles pedunculate, in small fascicles from the
stem and larger branches, of two forms:-(a) Those containing gall and male flowers, which
are pyi-fform, truncate at the apex, gradually constricted at the base into a long, thin
stalk at the union of which with the peduncle proper ai-c thi-ee deciduous bracts; wrinkled
verrucose, pubescent; total length 2'5 in. of which the stalk forms more than halfbreadth
at apex 1 m, ; peduncle proper-5 in. Male florets numerous under the bracts of
the mouth; stamen 1; perianth of 3 concave pieces. Gall florets elongate, with a short
sub-termmal tyle; perianth minute, 3-cleft. [b) Those containing fertile female florcls, tui-binate
the apex concave and the umbilicus depressed; the base constricted into a stalk -4 in
long; length 1 in., breadth 1-3 in.; peduncle proper -2 in. Fertile female florets
podicBliiite; achene ovate-rotand: perianth undÎTÎded or splitting irregularly.
The elongate reoeptaoles occur mostly on iho stem, the globular on the branches,
i n e lomer contam perfect male flows and scales -.»ith rudimentary anthers and barren
female flowers (galls); the latter perfect fertilised female flowers.