l ^ g NE0M0RPHI5,
waved, sub cnlire; primary lateral nerves 5 or 6 pairs and, like the midrib, sparsely adpressod^
pubGnilous on both surfaces; the lower surface with many minute tubercles, dull; the
upper shining, with a ver y few adpressed hairs; length of blade -35 in. ; stipules lanceolate,
acuminate, pilose eiternally, 4 in. long. Ecceptaclos on much shortened, tuberculate,
laaSess branches from the stem; long-pedanculate, globose, gliibious, vertucose, scabrid,
about -35 in. across, with a few scat tered scales on the sides; nmbilical scales large, nnmcrons,
triangular, recurved; basal bracts none; pedicels slender, glabrous, with 1 or 2 minute
bractloles. Mala and gall Sowers not seen. Fertile female flowers sub-sessile; the perianth
^amophyllous, with 5 lanceolato teeth, hyaline, closely enveloping the rather smooth,
obliqucly-ovoid, compressed achene; style lateral, longer than the ovary; stigma olavate.
The Island of A r n ,—B e e c a r i (Hei-b. Beoc., without number).
PL-ITE 222.—F. Armuii, King. 1, apes of leafy branch; 3, shortened branch,
b e a r i n g mature receptacles-»/ mtural she ; 3, receptacle; 4, umbilical bract from same;
o, stipules; 6, fertile female flower, 7; achene of fertile female flower. Nos. 3 t» 1
are enlar/jLd.
206. Ficus ACIDULA, King.
A tree. All parts glabrous except the petioles, the primary lateral nerves, the midribs, and
the under surfaces of the leaves, which are puberufcus. Leaves petiolate, membranous, narrowly
oHon<^-lanccolate; the apes acute; edges ent ire; base slightly narrowed, blunt, 3-nerved; lateral
p r i m a r y nerves 10 to 12 pairs, not prominent; lower sm-face pale in colour, minutel y reticulate,
with many white papill®, pubetulous ; upper surface glabrous, except the midrib and primary
nerves; length of blade 3-5 to 4 in.; petioles varying in length from -6 to 1'5 in.; stipules
k n c e o l a t e scarious, -4 in. long. Eeccptacles on rather short, leafless, b ranchlet s f rom thelatger
branches, sub sessile, sub-globose, mottled, glabrous, 1 1 in. across; the apex a little flattened
and the umbilicus slightly depressed; the base constricted into a short stalk at the union of
which with the very short peduncle proper are 3 minute triangular bracts; peduncle
proper '1 in. long. Male flowers in a zone under the bracts of the mouth, diandrous;
tl.e anthers elonrate, ap.culate, with thick connective; perianth of 3 loose, concavc, inflate.!
pieces Gall flowers pedicellate, with gamophyllous 3- to 4-clcft per iant h which covers only
the lower half of the smooth, sub-globose, ovary; style elongated, lateral. Fertile female
Sowers in the same receptacle as the two preceding, sessile, the gamophyllous, sharply
4-toothed perianth completely enveloping the minutely-tubercalar, obovoid, achene; style
lateral, elongate; the stigma clavate.
Sarawak, B o r n e o ,—J B e e c a r i (Herb. Eeccari, No. 28331.
Simor Beccari, who alone has collected this species, describes the receptacles as acid
_ a character so unusual in a Eg that I have named the species i n accordancc with it. This
externally resembles F. fafryo«.?», Miq., but the leaves of this have much longer petioles
and a difíerent venation. , , . i. i
PLATE 2 2 3 . - ^ - acidula, King. 1, apex of leafy branch ; 3, a receptacle-bearing branch
•with two nearly mature receptacles; 3, mature receptacle; 4, apex of the same; 6, stipules—
all af naiural si™; 6, male Sower, unexpanded; 7, the anthers removed from a male flower .
8, gall flower; 9, fertile female flower; 10, achene and style of fertile female Bower—«¡Í
enlarged.
KEOMORfHE. 177
207. F[CU,S LANCEOLATA. Ham. m Eazb. M. Ind. ili. 557 ; Wìaht Icon 645 ; Miq. in Ann.
Mus. Lvgd. Bal., iii. 297 ; Karz Far. Fiara Brit. Burm. il. 457 ; Wall. Gat.
4512A, B, C.~Covellia lanccalala, Miq. in Lond. Journ. Bot. vii. 465.
A much-branched, glabrous shrub. The leaves alternate, membranous, narrowl y lanceolate,
entire, occasionally remotely serrate; base 3-nerved ; primary lateral nerves 6 to 8 pairs,
little prominent ; under surface minutely tubercular ; length of blade 4 to 8 in. ; petiole
•4 to '5 in. ; stipules lanceolate, '5 in. long. Keceptacles in fascicles of from 6 to 8
from the stem and larger branches, with long peduncles ; wheu young pyriform, when ripe
turbinate ; the apex concave and the base slightly constricted ; glabrous, of a russetbrown
when ripe, with many white warts ; basal bracts 3, ovate-acute, smalt. Male flowers
numerous near the mouth of the receptacles containing gafl flowers, shortly pedicellate ;
the perianth of 3 or 4 large, loose, inflated, membranous pieces, which completely envelope
the anther; anthers 2, ovate, with short filaments. Gall flowers with a perianth like the
fertile females; the ovary ovoid, smooth; the style short, sub-terminal; stigma dilated.
Fertile female flowers with the perianth short, gamophyllous, 3-toothed ; achene obliquely
ovoid, minutely tubercled ; style elongate, lateral ; stigma davate.
Khasi Hills, Chittagong, Burmah, up to elevations of 1,200 ft. ; usually by the banks
of streams.
A species related to F. ghmcraU and to F. Ra^hirghii, Wall.
PLATE 224—F . lanceolata. Ham. 1, leafy branch; 2, fascicle of mature receptacles
from the stem; 3, vertical section of a receptacle—íia/ííí-a^ siVe; 4, male Sower, unexpanded ;
5, the same opened up to show the 2 anthers ; 6, fertile female flower: enlanjcd.
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