Formosa,—Oi-^/ij»?, Nos 551 and 554.
Maximowicz (l.c.i remarlis that this species comes near F. ciispidata, Eeinw., rostrata^
Lamk., and caudata, Wall. {>«. elamta, Wall.l-an opinion in which I quite agi-ee. The more
ainraitely-Ieaved forms of it also come near F. jiandmla, Hanoe (a spcoies which Masimowicz
says he had never seen), and I beliore tliis is little more than a geographical variety of that
species. F. Forimsana is little known, and is poorly represented in all collections which 1 have
consulted escept tliat of Kew. I have not myself seen male or gall flowers. The fertile
female flower of which I gave a figure was taken by me from Oldham's Herbarium specimen
No 561. Maximowicz (Ball. Acad. St. Peltrsb. xi. 331) describes male and also female
flowers. ' His description clearly indicates that the females he met with were gall
flowcr^^^^^ T77A.—A : b randies of F. Fmmmia, Maxim., with oblanceolate leaves and
immature receptacles and with lanceolate leaves and matare receptacles. 1 apex of a
receptacle; 2, side view of tlie same ; 3, st ipules-ai i of mtural sise ; i , fertile female flower
(from Oldham's Haiariam, Ko. Si t ) : eatargsd.
170. FIOTS Sii-nETEssis, Mi}. Arm. Mac. Lagd. Bat. iii. 223, 291.—?.
Wall. Cat. 4518 [_non Eeinw. ) ; Miq. in Lond. Journ. Bot. vn. 437.
A shrub • the yonn» shoots tomentose. Leaves petiolate, membranous, ovate-lanceolato or
oblanceolate; the apex acute or acuminate ; edges entire, sometimes minutely mrdulate when
drv • tho base bluntish or acute, 3-nerved; primary lateral nerves 3 or 4 pairs ; under sm-face
minutely tuberculate, mere or less hispid-pubescent; the retiealatiens fine; upper surface with
a few adpressed deciduous hairs, ultimately nearly glabrous; length of blade 2 o to 4 in.;
petioles pilose, about -5 in. long ; stipules lanceolate, glabrous, -5 in. long. Beceptacles veiy
shortly pedunculate or almost sessile, axillary, in pairs or solitary, OTOid and much umbonate
when young; umbilical scales numerous; when old nearly globular, sparsely pi ose reddish;
when ripe about -35 in. across; basal bracts 3, minute. Hale flowers pedicellate; the
nerianth of 3 distinct leaves; stamens 3; anthers elongate. Gall flowers witli shorter
Mdieels than the males and a 3-leaTed perianth; ovary rounded, smooth; the style short,
lateral Fertile female flowers neariy sessile; the perianth of 3 distinct pieces; achene
flattened, obovoid, minutely papillose, with the edges thickened, purple, variogated ; style
Ion", lateral, curved, deflexed, not hairy.
° Assam, Silhet, Khasi Hills, up to 4,000 ft. , w
There is a form of this, of which I give a figure, with the leaves much narrowed to the
base and the petioles about -75 in. long; but it is hardly worth separating as a variety. This
plant comes so near i . erccta, Thuubg., differing little except in its smaller size and sessd.
receptacles, that I keep it up as a species with great reluctance, and chiefly as a matter of
convenience. The probability of its identity with K »•«<,!« is strengthened by the occurrence
of var SMdiana oi the latter both in Sikhim and Khasia.
Wallich issued this species as No. 4548 of his Catalogue under the name F umlmata,
Wall This name had, however, been precccapied by a plant collected by Keinwardt in the
Moluccas and described by Blume {Bijd. 454), of which no aulhentic specimen now exists at
Leiden or Utrecht Blnme's description shows Eeinwardt's plant not to have been very
diiferent from this. Miquel, however, regarded the two as differing, and described this as
F. Sdhelensic, which name I retain.
PLATE 194. F. Sil/icietisis, Miq. A: branch with 3"oung ovoid receptacles. B : branch
with mature, globular, umbonate receptacles. C : leaf of the form with attenuate base and longpetiolate
leaves. 1, apex of a receptacle ; 2, base of the same ; 3, siipules—a/i of natarai
size • i male flower; 5, gall flower {/roni ihe same recejitacle as ttle mwie) ; 6, perianth of
feriile female flower ; 7, fertile achene : enlarged.
1 8 0 . FICUS DUEIUSCULA, ; spec.
A tree. All parts glabrous, but rather harsh and sub-scabrid. Leaves petiolate, membranous,
elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate; the apex rather shortly acuminate; the edges
undulate, sub-crenate ; the base boldly S-nerved, biglandiilar; primary lateral nerves 4
to 6 paii-s, thin but strong as are the midrib and secondary nerves; reticulations
minute, very distinct on the lower surface ; both surfaces glabrous, the lower harsh to the
touch; length of blade 5 to 10 in.; petioles swollen at either extremity, varying in length
from 5 in. to 1 in. ; stipules lanceolate, glabrous, -35 in. long. Receptacles axillary or in
fascicles of from 3 to 6 from small, troad, flat, ebracteate tubercles from the stem and largeibraachcs,
pedunculate, globose ; their sides slightly ridged towards the sub-umbonate apex,
glabrous, muriculate-scabriJ, "5 in. in diam, ; the base slightly constricted, ebrac^eatc ;
peduncle thin, ••k in. to -8 in. long, with a few scattered small bracteoles, scabrid.
Male flowers with 'Z stamens and a 5- or 6-cleft, hairy, perianth ; gall flowers with a
perianth similar in shape, but not hairy ; the ovary ovoid ; the style short, lateral. Fertile
female flower with the achene ovoid, smooth, mucilaginous externally when ripe ; the style
lateral, longer than the ovary, curved; tho stigma obovate; the perianth as in the
gall flower.
Soron, New G u i n e a ,—B e c c a r i {llesh. Becc. P.P. No. 188); H. 0 Forbes, No. 765. "
A species allied to F. Madurmsis, Miq., and to the Australian F. magnifolia. Mull., but
with shorter petioles and more muricate receptacles. This also comes near Iravieuspis, Miq.,
but its leaves are not obovate and their bases are not cordate, as in that species. They are,
moreover, longer, more pointed, and have shorter petioles. This also resembles F. balica,
Miq , and F. copiosa, Steud.
The receptacles in Foibes's specimens are axillary, and are more muricato than in
Beccari's No. 188. The leaves are also ratlier longer. It is possible that when better material
shall be forthcoming the two forms may bo found to be separable specifically : at present
I include them undei' one species.
PLATB195.—F. duriuscula, King. 1, apes of leafy branch; 2 fascicles of mature receptacles
from t\\Q stem—of natural size; 3, & iQaQ-^ia-oiQ—slightly enlarged \ 4, a stipule—
enlarged ; 5, male flower ; 6, gall perianth ; 7, gall ovary from the same receptacle (ia/cert
from Beccan P. F. No. 188) ; 8, fertile female achene: enlurijed. (From Forbes's No. 7C5.)
l 8 l . Ficus MACILENTI, nov. spec.
A shrub. The young shoots with a few scattered short, stiff hairs, ultimately glabrous.
Leaves unequally petiolate, thinly membranous, narrowly elliptic; the apex shortly
acuminate; the edges with a few distinct teeth; base rounded, boldly 3-nerved; primary
lateral iierves about 8 pairs, horizontal; both surfaces glabrous when adult except the stout
]nidrib which has a few scattered hairs in the youug leaves; all the nerves sparsely
A-VM. B c r , GAUD. CALC. VOL. I.