130 EUSTCE.
Pr.A i ii 1(33.—Two branches of F. ' scaiickns, llosb., with mature recepfaclc'i. 1, apex
of a receptacle; 2, base of the same ; 3, stipules—«¿i of natural sise; 4, male flower ; o, gall
tiower from the same receptacle; 6, fertile female flower (from another receptacle); 7, ferdle
uchene: all enlarged.
151. Frcüs OBTUSA, Ilass/c. in Caí. Hort. Bot.. Bogor. 18iL 75.— Poaonotrophe
Javana, Miq. Loud. Journ. Bot. vii. 75; Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2. 330 ; Miq. in
Ami. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 278, 263.—a l n i f o l i a , Miq. PI. Juiigh. 51;
PI. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2. 330; Miq. in Ann. Mas. Lugd. 13at. iii. 278, 293.
t. X Y). — Po(¡onoiroplie phcenp<,da, Miq. Lond. Journ. IJot. vii. 76.; Fl. Ind.
Bat. i. pt. 2. 3:51.—1?. jnperifolia, Miq. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 293.—Pogonotrophe
piperijhlia, Miq. Zoll. Syst. Verz. 93, 99; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2. 33D.—
Pogouotropke "Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I.e. 330.—J', plalycaula, Miq.
Fl'. Ind. Bat. I.e. 318.
A scandent shrub; the young branches densely covered with soft, short, reddisb-brown
tomentum or pubescence Leaves coriaceoud m-thickly membranous, petiolate, more or less
broadly ovate, ovate-elliptic or sub-obo\'ate-e!liptic, gradually narrowed upwards to the shortly
sub-aciimiiiate, acute, or blunt apex; edges entire, revolute when dry; base broad, rounded,
rarely narrowed or cordate or emarginate, 5-t o 7-nerved (2 pairs being minute); lateral primary
nerves 3 or 4i pairs, proaiinent; the whole of the lower surface, and especially of the midrib
and nerves, softly pubescent or pubcrulous; intermediate nerves rather distinct and straight;
reticulations minute, distinct; upper surface minutely hispid; when young scabrid or scabrous;
the midrib and larger nerves shortly hispid even wlien adult; length of blade 2-25 in. to 5 in. ;
petioles '5 to -6 in. long, tomentose or aub-scabrid, to 7 in. long; stipules lanceolate, pubescent,
or villous externally, "3 in. long Receptacles shortly pedunculate, or sub-sessile, in pairs in
the axils of the leaves or of leaf scars, obovate-globose to depressed-globose; the apex faintly
umbonate when young ; densely covered with minute brown tomentum; when ripe yellowish
brown to crimson, giabrescent or glabrous, about -5 in. across; basal bracts broadly ovate,
jjubeseent; peduncles from 1 to -3 in long, stout, denselyfulvous-tomentose, often almost absent.
Male and gall floAvers not seen; perianth of female flowers S-loaved ; ovary elongate, elliptic,
style long, filiform ; the stigmas of neighbouring flowers united into a thick, umbonate disc;
interior of receptacle hispid.
Malayan.Peninsula and Archipelago.
The forms named phceopoda and platycaula by Miquol differ from Hasskarl's type in
having the leaves very scabrous above and the receptacles sub-sessile. The old leaves of the
form named Pognnotrophe Javam by Miq. are rather scabrid on the lower surface between
the nerves, and in this respect they resemble those of the form named Pogon. aUifolia.
The form named Pog. pipcnfolia by Miquel has acute or acuminate leaves, the under surface
of which is asperulous, with a few scattered hairs, the midrib and larger nerves being adpressedpubescent;
but in my opinion none of these forms is worth separating even as a variety.
This is a very common plant. I have examined a large number of receptacles, and
have invai-iably found them filled with fertile female flowers. No receptacle that I have seen
contains a male or a gall flower. I am therefore driven to the conclusion that this is not itself
a specie«, but the female of a species of which the male plant is as yet unrecognised The
enqviiry can be completed only in the field.
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PLATE 163.—A: I'/CUS OITOSN, Hassk. typical form, I?; form with acute leaves. 1, apes
of receptacle; 2, lateral view of receptacle; 3, stipules—all of natural size; 4, female flower
unexpanded; 5 & 6, the same expaiaded; 7, umbonate disc formed by union of the stigmas of
the flowers of one rcceptacle. Nos. 1 ¡fo 6 are enlarged.
152. Ficus ALLUTACEA, Bl. Bijd. 457; Mi(i. Fl. Ind. Bat. pt. 2. 319,
A scandent shrub, with puberulous or giabrescent, minutely-warted, branchlets. Leaves
coriaceous, petiolate, elliptic, ovate-elliptic, or elliptic-oblong; apex shortly cuspidate or acute;
edges quite entire, often revolute; base rounded or narrowed, very slightly biauriculate,
3-nei-ved; lateral primary nerves 6 or 6 pairs prominent below as are the midrib and
minute reticulations; under surface pale-colourcd, minutely tesselate, squamulose (in var.
Tei/smanniana, also puberulous); upper surface smooth, shining; both surfaces without hairs
but the under surface sub-scabrid from the reticulations; length of blade 4 to 7 in. -
petioles thick, '8 to 1'2 in. long, scurfy when dry; stipules 2 to each leaf, ovate-lanceolate
puberulous, --l in. long. Receptaclcs long-pedunculate, in fascicles of 3 to 0 from short
tubercles on the stem below the leaves, or in pairs and axillary; globose, with a slio-htly
prominent umbilicus; smooth, reddish when ripe, and about -3 to -o in. across; basal bracts
3, u)iitcd; pedunclcs slender, glabruus, nearly 1 in. long. Female flowers occupying the whole
interior of the receptacle; their stigmas often united to foi-m a compact hollow ball • the
perianth of 3 or 4 linear-lanceolate, distinct pieces; the achene obliquely elliptic, minutely
papillose, its margins pale; style terminal, pointed; stigma cylindric. Male and gall flowers
VAK, TEYSMANNI.ANA, Branches verrucose; leaves pubescent on the lower surface
especially on the reticulations; receptacles axillary.-i". Tcymanniana Miq
I.e. 319.
On Mount Salak in Java, and iu Sumatra,—rg^^sma««; Perak, in the Malayan Peninsula,
—King's Collector, No. 7226. Not common. Cultivated in the Botanical Garden, Buitenzoro-, '
All the receptacles which 1 have examined, whether from wild or cultivated plants,
contain only fertile female flowers. It is therefore quite possible that this is not itself a
species, but merely the female of something else.
PLATE 164.—A : apex of branch oi F. alliitacca, Miq., with leaves and stipules. B : lower
part of the same branch with nearly mature receptacles. C: branch of var. Teysmanniana,
with mature receptacles.
1, apex of a receptacle; 2, base of the same: 3, stipules—aZ^ of natural sine; 4, young
female flower; 5, female flower with ripe achene: enlarged.
FICUS RECÎIIÏVA, Bl. BiJd. 457 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 pt. 3. 317 ; Suppl. 175, 433
Ann. Mus. Lvgd. Bat. iii. 279, 294.-^1 villipes, Miq. Lond. Journ
Bot. vii. 451.—/'. Spanogheana, Miq. Lc. and in FL Ind. Bat. i. pt.
2. 317.—J: ribtsoidcs, Wall. Cat. 4522; Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat.
ui. 293.—if. adnascens, Wall. Cat. ioTSTi.—Pogonoirop/ie ribesoides, Miq.
in Loud. Journ. Bot. vii. 78.—^. strigosa, BI. Bijd. 4<1; Miq. Fl.
Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2. 318; Miq. in Ami. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 279,
A^-N. BOT, GARD. CALC. TOL. I,