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PLATE 115B.—Branch of F. cxoavata, King, with immature receptacles. ' I, apex of a
receptacle; 2, base of the same; 3, stipule—ÍI/ÍI of natiiml size; 4, fertile female flower:
enlarged.
149. FICUS R^VIS, Bl. Bijd. 437; Miq. Ann. 3Ius. Lugd. Bat. ili. 278, 293.—
Pogonotrophc iavis, Miq Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pfc. 3. 330 ; Miq. in Zoll. Syst.
Verz. 99.—Pogmi. Assaviica, JHq. Loud. Journ. Bot. vii. 73.—J', vagans,
RoKb, Fl Inri. Hi. 537.—F. cmodi, Herb. Ind. Or. Hook. fil. and'T. Thorns!
(not of Wall.).— Pogonotrophe da-^i/p/ii/lla, Miq. in Lond. Joum. Bot.
vii. 74 ; Ann. Mus. Lug-d. Bat. iii. 293; Thwaitcs C. P. 333.—F. Coylanica,
Miq. in Ann, Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 293 ; Lond. Journ. Bot. vii. 70.
A powerful epiphytal climber, occasionally (var. Assamiea) a small.tree; the young ¡jarts
usually glabrous, but not uiifrequently pubescent. Leaves membranous, long-petiolate, rotundovate
or broadly orate, rarely ovate-elliptic, nan-owing rather suddenly towards the shortlycuspidate
apex ; margins indistinctly dentate towai-ds the apex or entire ; base broad, rounded,
or emai-ginate, occasionally more or less deeply cordate, rarely slightly narrowed .and blunt
ur sub-c;meate, 3- or even 6- to 7-nerved (the minor nerves being small) ; lateral nerves 3 to
4 paii's, slightlypronainent below; intermediate nciwes transverse to the former, nearly straight,
leticnlations minute; lower sm-face glabrous, puberulous, or even pubescent; upper surface
glibrous, often puberulous on the midrib and nerves ; length of blade 4 to 7 in.; petioles
1 -5 in, to 2-5 in. ; stipules ovate-lanceolate, '3 to '5 in. long. Receptacles pedunculate, axillary,
usually solitary, globular, rarely snb-pyiiform, not umbonate at the apex, but with rather a
broad umbilicus, smooth or puberulous (tomentose in var. dasi/phjlla)-, basal bracts 3, 8mal),
spreading, ovate-triaugular; when ripe greenish-yellow and from -6 in. to 1 in, across;
))eduncles slender, glabrous, from '5 to 1 in. long; interior of receptacle between the flowers
densely hispid. Male flowers, occupying the upper part of the receptaclc with the galKs,
sub-sessile or stipitate ; the perianth of five linear-lanceolate pieces ; stamens 2 or 3, elongate,
sub-sagittate at the base. Gall-flowers with perianth as in the males ; the achene globular,
smooth; the style short, terminal, or sub-terminal; stigma dilated. Fertile female flowers
pedicellate ; the perianth lüce that of the males ; achene elongated, ovoid ; the style terminal,
nearly as long as the achene ; stigma bifid.
From the lower slopes of the Eastern Himalaya, thi-ough the hill ranges of Assam,
the Khasi and Chittagong Hills, Burm-.ih, to the Malayan Peninsula and Aa-chipelago, at
elevations of from 2,000 to 5,000 ft.
As might be expected in a species with such a wide geogi-aphical distribution, there is
some diversity of form in this species. The only forms that seem, however, worthy of
separation as varieties are the following :—
VAR. 1. DASIPHYLLCV. Leaves more or less adpressed-pubescent on the under surface ;
receptacles and peduncles completely covered with tawny tomeutum.
—Pogonotrophe Ceylonica and dasijphjlla, Miq., Thwaites, U. P. 233. This
variety occm-s in Ceylon to the exclusion of the glabrous fonns.
VAR, 2, TOMENTOSA. Under sm-face of leaves tomentose ; receptacles tomentose or
pubescent ; pcduncles 1 in, long. Malaya. Not common.
VAU. 3. ASSAMICA. Shrubby; leaves very broad, puberulous, and rather thick
in texture; receptacles in paii-s, with pcduncles nearly I S in, long, siout
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and divergent. Cachar,—^cwfm ; Duplia H i l l s , — I l e r h . Ind. Or.
Jlook. fil. and Thorns. Pogonot. Emodi, Miq.,—lihasi HiWs.
The flowers of all these varieties, as I have satisfled myself by numerous dissections,
are alike.
Miquel identifies F. vagans, Roxb., with F. macrocarpa, Wight Icon 1965 ; but Roxburgh'.^
manuscript di-awing of F. vagans in Herb. Calcutta shows vagans clearly to be identical vvith
authentic specimens of F. Imis, Bl, ; while Wight's figure of R macrocarpa (Icon 1965) shows
the fruit to be in fascicles on the stem as in F. glomerata.
PLATE 161.-_f. Icevis, Bl. A: branch of a pubescent form with young reccptacles.
B : form with leaf contracted towards the base. C : maturo receptaclcs. 5, triandrous
male flower; 2, 3, & 4, gall flowers (from the same receptacle as the male); 1, fertile
female flower (from a different receptacle) : enlarged.
150. FICUS SCANDENS, Uoxi. Fl Ind. iii 536; Wight Icon 643; Mzg. Lond.
Journ. Bot. vii. 452; Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 281, 294; Brandis
For. Flora 421 ; Kurs For. Flora Brit. liurm. ii. 455.-^. fruticosa,
Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 533 ; Wall. Cat. 4501,-i^. crmtacca and triplinervis,
Wall. Cat. 4533A and B. - . ? F. hcderacea, Roxb. Fh Ind. iii. 538.
A scandent shrub, often rooting from the stem and branches ; young leaves pubescent
and the young shoots pubescent or glabrous; ultimately all parts except the receptacle^
glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, petiolate, broadly ovate or ovate-elliptic, with acute or sub-acute
apex, eatu-e edges, and a broad, rounded, or very slightly narrowed, strono-ly S-nerved
base; lateral primary nerves about 3 paii-s, prominent below, depressed on the upper surfaceunder
sm-face sub-areolar, upper surface minutely rugose, slightly rough to the touch when
d r y ; length of blade 2 to 3-5 in. ; petioles -3 to -5 in. ; stipules ovate-acuminate, -So in lon.>-
Receptacles podunculate, in pairs, or solitary by abortion, axillary, globular, not umbonate
but with the umbilicus rather prominent, sometimes constricted at the base into a very short
stalk; scabrid-pubescent when young; when ripe scaberulous, from greenish yellow to red
in colour, and about -35 in. across; basal bracts 3, united; peduncles S to -5 in. lono- ratber
slender Male flowers near the mouth of the receptacles containing gall flowers, sessile • the
perianth of 4 broad pieces; stamens 2, the anthers broadly ovate, sub-sessile- ^all flowers
pe,^celate; the perianth of 4 distinct, lanceolate pieces; the achene obovate, sLo t h • the
style short, thick, sub-terminal ; stigma hooked. Fertile female flowers in separate r^contacles
(and on separate plants),, pedicellate ; the perianth of 4 lineai- pieces ; achene oblong, smooth
with a broad pal« margni ; style elongate, infra-apical ; stigma sub-capitate •
H ' slop«« «f the Himalayas, from Kumaon to Bhotan •
on the Kha . and other bili ranges of Assam; the Chittagong Hill Tracts and Burmah -
the Andamans. Chmbnig on rocks and trees at elevations of from 800 to 2 000 ft
Roxbui^h's species i'. kederacoa and fruticosa are known only from his descriptions
u cutta ileibaumn. These figures agree with each other, as do the de.« cri prions
pracnca ly. The only diflersnces that I oan make out ai-o that while the male flower,
I n 7 o t ^ T d tl t diandious , nnd that TF'. •t ruHoom is said to be noil-scaiidcnt. of are depioted a .
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