revolute; the base broad, cordatR, with 2 pairs of minute biisai and 1 prominent pair of
supra-basal nerves ; lateral primary nerves about 6 paii-s, rather prominent (as are tiie
reticulations) on the lower sm-face and pubescent; the rest of the lower surface covered Avitl)
dense soft gi-ey tonicntum ; upper sm-face scabrous, papillose, sparsely hispid; length of blade
0 to 6 in.; petioles about -75 in. long, hispid; stipules ovato-lancoolate, scarious, nearly
glabrous, -26 in. long, llecoptacles pedunculate, solitary, axillaiy, globose-unibonate ; when
young scabrous-hispid, much narrowed towards the base, with 3 ovate, nearly glabrous, basal
bracts (matm-e receptacles unknown); pedunclc proper hispid, about -2 in. long. Male
flowers with a 5-cleft penanth and 1 stamen; galls with a similar peiianth, ovoid"achene.
and lateral style. Fertile female flower not seen.
ava., —Te^sinann, De Vrtese.
Pi.ATR 98.—Fruiting-branch of F. conjugata, Jliq. 1, lateral view of receptacle; 2, apex
of r e c e p t a c l e — s i z e ; 3, male flower; 4, gall iiower: enlarged.
90. FICUS CONSPICABILIS, nov. spec.
A tree(?); the young branches and leaf-buds covered with short, deciduous, yellow hairs.
Leaves broadly ovate or elliptic; the apex acute or shortly acuminate; the edges entire ; the
base broad, slightly unequal, sub-cordate, 7-nerved; pnmary lateral nerves about 6 pairs;
secondary nerves subtransverse, little curved; lower sm-face ])ubescent, especially on thè
midrib and ner\'es; reticulations mijmte, distinct; upper sui-face minutely lepidotc; length of
blade about 8 in.; petiole -8 in.; stipules densely covered with long yellow silky hairs.
Eeceptacles large, shortly pedunculate, axillary, solitary, deprossed-tm-biiiate ; both base and
apex A-ery concave; the sm-facc wrinkled, rough, minutely tuberculate, deciduously hispidtomentose
; length from base to apex M in., breadth 1 - 6 in, ; umbilicus much depressed, largo,
with numerous scales ; basal bracts 3, broadly triangular ; pedicel 2 in. long, hisi)id. Female
flowers sub-sessile or pedicellate ; tlie perianth of three distinct dark-coloured pieces ; ovary
ovoid, smooth; style terminal, longer than the ovary in the sessile, shorter tlian the ovary
in the pedicellate flowers.
New G u i n e a , B e c e a r i (Herb. Becc. P. P. 051).
PLATE 99.—A branch of F. conspicabilis, King, with a mature receptacle. 1, a stipule
-of natural size ; 2, part of sui-face of rcceptacle—siiy/i^ enlarged; 3, pedicellate ; 4, sub-sessile
female flower: both enlarged.
often reflexed, scabrous-liispid, globular, slightly depressed at the apex, with rather a
prominent umbilicus; umbihcal scales erect; basal bracts none; when ripe yellow or
pui-ple with yellowish dots, •;> in. to '75 in. across. Male flowers numerous in the upper
part of tlio receptacles, the perianth of 4 or 5 linear-lanceolate scabrid pieces; stamen 1;
ovary of gall flowers ovate-lanceolate, with thick terminal stylo and dilated stigma; the
perianth like that of the male flowers. Fertile female flowers with perianth of 6 or 7
linear-lanceolate smooth pieces; the acheno elongated, obovoid, minutely tubercular; the
style lateral, filiform; stigma obovate.
From the plains to elevations of about 3,000 ft. on tlie hill ranges of Central and
Southern India, and in Ceylon.
A very distinct species, and not varying much. A narrow-leaved form was the
basis of Wight's species kispidissima.
pLiTE 100.—-P. asperrima, Roxb. Fruiting-branch. 1, leaf of the narrow-leaved form
(kispidissima, Wight); 2 & 3, base and apex of a receptacle—o/«aíara^ sise; 4, male flower;
Ó, gall flower; 6, fertile female; all enlarged.
92. Ficus swiNHOEi, nov. spec.
A hispid shi-ub; the leaves petiolate, coriaceous, elliptic or sub-obovate-elliptic; the apex
sub-acute ; the edges slightly sinuate especially towards the apex; the base rounded or slightly
contracted, 3-uei-ved; primary lateral nerves about 5 pairs ; both sui-faces dull and covered with
minute, very short, stiff hairs ; length of blade 2 to 2-5 in.; petiole stout, scabrid, -2 in. long;
stipules lanceolate, hispid, -2 in long. Receptacles pedunculate, solitary, axillary, globular,
contracted at the base; the umbilicus large and prominent; scabrid-hispid, red wlien ripe,
•35 in. across; basal bracts none; peduncle'1 in. long, scabrid-hispid, with 3 broadly ovate
spreading bracts at its base. Male flower not seen. Fertile female with a 4-clcft scabrid
perianth; acliene obliquely ovoid; style lateral.
Takow, Formosa,—Mr. R. Swinhoe.
A small shrub, growing in crevices on the sides of rocks. This comes near F. gibhosa. Bl.
var. parasitica, but the leaves are not rhomboid, and they have more numerous lateral nerves
PLATE lOlC —Branch of F. Swinhoei, King, with matm-e receptacles. 1, apex of a receptacle;
2, base of the same; 3, stipules—aZ/ of natural size; 4, perianth of fertile female flower
4-cleft; 5, achcne: enlarged.
91. FICUS ASPERRIMA, Roxh. Fl. Jnd. iii. 554; Wight's Icon 633; Mtq. in Und.
Journ. Bot. vii. 230; Dnlz. Gibs. Fl. Bomb. 243; Bedd. Ft. Sglvat.
ii. 224.-/'. hi.ipidissi7na, Wight MSS. Miq. in Loud. Journ. Bot. \di.
229; Thwaites C. P. 222Q.-F. politoria. Moon's Cat. 74 (not of Lamk.).
A shrub or tree, all the young parts very scabrous. Leaves collected about the
extremities of the branches, alternate, petiolate, oblong-lanceolate to ovate or obovate
or elliptic; the apex blunt or acuminate; the edges sub-CJitire, serrate-dentate, or crenate
in the upjier three-fourths, and entire towards the rounded or blunt 3-ncvved base;
lateral jirimary nerves 3 to 5 pairs, very prominent and hi.s])id on the lower sui-face,
as are the reticulations; the rest of the lower surface scabrid-hispid; upper surface
pretty miifoi-mly and strongly scabrous, and shortly hispid; length of blade from 1-5 in.
to 5 in.: petioles -4 in. to 1 in. long, stout; stipules minute. Rcccptaclcs pcduncxilato,
Leaves elongate, ovate, or obovate, compicuously narrowed in the lower third.
Ficus OBSCURA, Bl. Bijd. 474 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2. 302 ; Ann. 3fus. Lugd.
Bat. iii. 272, 292.—/'. coronata, Heinw. in Bl. Bijd. ÚHO.—F. soaberrima,
Bl. Bijd. 474; Miq. Fh Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2. 304.—/'. asperiuscula, Kunth
et Bouché Ind. Sem, Hort. Berol. 21 ; Miq. in Lond. Journ. Bot. vii 234; Miq.
Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2. 300; Pl. Jungh. SB.—/: grewioefoUa, Hort Berol (non.
1^1}-—Rcmblas (in part), brevipes, Miq., and hypsophila, Miq. (in part) ; Miq.
PI. Jungh. 58, 60 ; Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2. 304, 305, »03.— CovelUa Zoilingmana
and dasycaula, Miq. Lond. Journ. Bot. vii. 460 ; Fl. Ind. Bat, i. pt. 2. 322,—