3-nerTed but not cordate base ; the apex acato; tlio edges serrate; upper surface rough
from a few adpressed-hispid hairs; the midrib and nerres shortly hispid; lower surface
pubesccnt, often shortly tomentose; primary lateral nerves 3 or 4 pairs; length of blade 4 to 7
i n . ; stipules lanceolate, nifous-tomentose, about -6 iu. long. Receptacles sessile or very
shortly pedunculate, in pairs, axillary, ovoid when young, nearly globular when ripe and •()
in. across; at all ages densely covered with short, rather soft yellowish hair; apical scales few
and small'-, basal bracts 3, broadly ovate; the interior of the reccptacle between the
insertion of the flowers densely covered with hispid yellow hair. Male flowers with 2 stamens;
the perianth of 4 broadly ovate, hyaline, glabrous pieces. Gall flowers with a perianth
of 4 narrowly oblanceolate pieces, each of wliich is tipped by a tuft of long hairs; the
ovary OToid, smooth; style short, lateral. Fertile female flowers with periantii like the
galls; the achene ellipsoid, sub-rhomboid, wrinkled, and boldly tubercuiate; style long,
lateral, hairy ; stigma cylindi-ic.
I n 13m-mah; in the low country in the Malayan Peninsula; in Penang, Java, and
Sumatra.
This species resembles the forms of Mrta with small unlobed leaves, and I was at one time
inclined to consider it as only a variety of that species, Bat this is a larger tree than hirta ;
the leaves of this have no tendency to be lobed; the pubescence of this is softer, and the
receptacles are more uniform in shape than iu Mrta. Moreover the flowers, both male and
female, differ much from those of hirta.
I have reason to believe that the following specimens of this species were distributed
b y me as F. Mrta, Vahh, viz. King's Collector Nos. 92, 133, 14S, 3738, 4328, and 5834;
JI. 0. Forhes, No. 2967.
PLATE 191.—I". chnjsocarpa, Reinw. A & B: leaves with receptacles, 1, apex of
receptacle; 2, base of the same; 3, stipules—o/ natural size; 4, male flower; 5, gall flower;
6, fertile female flower; 7 & 8, achcnes removed from fertile female flowers: all enlarged;
C—leaf of the form named F. argida by "Wallich.
1 7 6 . FLCOS SCHEFFF-KIASA, UOV. S/'CC.
A small tree. The young parts at first sparsely hii-sutc, afterwards nearly glabrous.
Leaves crowded near the extremities of the branches, rather long-petiolate, chartaceous,
slightly inequilateral, elliptic, with acuminate apex and narrowed, 3-nervtíd, base; or 3-
lobed (one of the lateral lobes sometimes absent), tlie lobes blunt or acuminate, and the ba^^e
cuneate and 5-nerved (3 of the nerves minute); edges entire or remotely sinuate or subserrate,
glabrous, except the midrib and nerves which on the upper surface are adpressedpubescent;
lateral primary nerves 3 to 4 pairs; reticulations rather distinct; length of blade
5 to 6 in.; petioles slender, from 1-25 to 2 in. long; stipules ovate-acute, membranous,
glabrous, -6 to -75 in. long. Receptacles crowded, sessile, in paii-s, axillary, depressedglobose,
with small, few-scaled umbüicus; sparsely hirsute when young ; smooth when ripe and
of a dull lake colour, about -5 in. across, with 3 small, broad, ovate-acuminatc, wavy basal
bracts. J\Iale flowers few and only neai- the mouth of the receptacle, sessile; the perianth
of 4 broadly-ovate, imbricate pieces; stamens 2, lying face to face, their filaments stout,
adnate Gall flowers sessüe or pedicellate; the perianth of 5 distinct, oblanceolate pieces;
the ovary globose, smooth; stylo lateral, very short; stigma dilated. Fertile female flowers
not known.
EUSrCE. 153
S u m a t r a , — B c c c a r i , Becc, Herb. P. S. 165. Mount Dempe, in Eastern Sumatra, at
an elevation of 7,500 ft.,—i7. 0. Forhes.
This species is related to F. alha and F. duviosa, but is in my opinion separable from
both, I have named it in honor of my late lamented fiiend, Dr. Rudolph Scheffer, Director
of the Eotanical Garden at Buitenzorg, in Java.
PLATE Scheferiana, King. Branch with mature receptacles. 1 & 2, lobed
leaves from another specimen; 3, apex of a receptacle; 4, base of the same; 5, stipules
of natural size; 7, unexpanded male flower; 8, one piece of the perianth of male flower;
9, the two stamens; 10, gall flower; 11, ovary of the same, the perianth having beeu
removed: all enlarged.
177. FICUS VARIOLOSA. Lindi. Benth. in Sonic. Lond. Jounu Bot. i. 492; Benth. Fl.
Uong-Eovg 328 ; Miq^. in Ann. Mas. Lugd. Bat. iii, 294; Maxim. Bull. Acad.
St. Petersh. xi. 336.
A glabrous shmb. Leaves thinly coriaceous, petiolate, oblanceolate or oblong-Janceolate;
the apex sub-acutc or obtusely acuminate; edges entire, recurved; base cuneate, not
3-nerved ; lateral primary nerves 8 to 10 pairs, rather hoiizoutal ; reticuhitions wide, indistinct ;
length of blade from 2-5 to 4-5 in. ; petioles -3 to '4 in. j stipules ovate-acuminate, about
•3 in. long. Receptacles pedunculate, axillarj', in pairs, globular; the apex umbonate,
especially when young; the umbilical bracts large ; basal bracts 3, ovate-triangular, spreading,
united below; when ripe glabrous end more or less verrucose, about -4 in. acro.ss;
pedimcle slender, -3 to -5 in. long. Male flowers not seen. Fertile female flowers pedicellate
or sub-sessile; the perianth of 3 or 4 distinct pieces; achene trigonous, minutely wrinkled;
the style long, lateral.
Hong-Kong; Perak, in the Malaj'an Peninsula,—/imj's Collector, No. 7016.
PLATE 193.—Branch of F. vanolosa, Lindi., with mature receptacles. ], receptacle;
2, apes of the same; 3, s t ipules—o f natural size; 4, fertile female flower; 5, achene;
6, perianth : enlarged.
178. Ficus F0R5I0SAKA, Muxir. t Bull. Acad. Si. Petersh. xi. 331.
A small tree? The young branches sparsely pilose when vei-y young, bctt ultnnately
quite glabrous. Leaves petiolate, membranous, oblanceolate, or oblong-lanceolate, tapering
from above the middle to the acute 3-nerved base; the apex rather suddenly cuspidate; the
edges enure or sinuate; primary lateral nerves 6 to 8 pairs, the lower 2 or 3 paii-s almost
horizontal, all prominent on the under surface and, like tiie midrib, shortly adpressed-hispid ;
the lower surface pale in colour, minutely tuberculate ; upper surface glabrous; length of blade
2-5 to 3-5 in.; petiole -4 in. long; stipules lanceolate, glabrous, -25 in. long. Receptaclesshortlv
pedunculate, axillary, solitary, ovoid, constricted towards the base; the umbilical scale's
prominent; when young spai-sely hispid ; when adult glabrous and about -25 in. across; basal
bracts 3, broadly ovate-acute, smooth. Male flowers pedicellate; the perianth of from 2 to 4
pieces, diandrous. Fertile female flowers sessile; the perianth of 4 pieces; the style
elongate, lateral; stigma narrowly cylindric. Male flowers {fide Maximowicz) pedicellate,
diandrous; the perianth of from 2 to 4 pieces. Females (no doubt galledj pedicellate or
sessile; the perianth of 4 pieces; the style sub-terminal; the stigma obliquely truncate;
achene, globose, sub-sessile.