This is in most respcets a miniatm-o of F. suit,lata, Bl, and I liavB great doubt
abont the propriety of separating it specifically from that plant. Typical suluhltt,
lil., occurs both as an epiphytic climbcr and as a shrub growing in soil; it is not
found north of Chittagong. This species, on the other hand, is not found so far south as
Ohitlagong, and is usually a small tree growing in soil; but it is occasionally ei>iphj'tal.
I think on the whole this may be merely a northern form of P. mbulala, Bl. The
typo specimens of F. saUcifiim, Miq., collected by Jenkins in the Eastern Himalaya are at
Kow, and they differ in no respect from specimens in Herb. Ind. Or. Hook. fil. and
Thoms. issued as F. eaudcita, Wall., which form the basis of Miquol's more recently described
F. Sikkimmm. The latter name, however, must be retained for this plant, that of F.
saUcifoUa being pre-ocenpied by a species of Vahl. This plant also comes near to
F. ciispidata, Reinw.
PLATE 113.—/'. SilcMmeuu, 5Iiq. Two fruiting.twigs. L,apex of receptacle; 3, base
of the same; 3, bracts at base of peduncle; 4, stipules—aW Gf miiural size; 6, male flower
with S-lcavcd perianth and 1 stamen; 7, gall flower from the same rceoptacle as the male
flower; 8, perianth of fertile female flower; 8, fertile achone: all eulargid.
104. FICUS AIIPELÌS, Bm. FI. Ind. 226 {Etcì. Spi. B/miaj.—F ampelas,
Lamk., Bl. Bijd. 473; Miq. in Lond. Joiu-n. Bot. TÌÌ. 428; Zoll. Syst.
Verz. 93; FI. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2 303; Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii.
272, •¿92.—P. polito,-ia, Lamk. ? Bl. Bijd. Ì72.—F. ruUmulu, Decais. ii.
Ann. ifus. iii. 49(ì.—i". iundana, Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2. 3aj.—
F. javensis, Miq. Lond. Joui-n. Bot. vii. 232 partly {fide MiquelJ. —P.
in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 273, 292 \in partj.
A small tree, often epiphytal and scandent, all parts rough and harsh. Leaves of
a hard brittle textui-e, shortly petiolate, variable in shape, unequal sided, narrowly ovafceelhptic
or lanceolate to oblanceolate; apex acute or rather bluntly acuminate; edges
sub-entii-o, sen-ate or crenate in the upper three-fourths, entire at the narrowed, nnoqual,
3-nerved, acute or obtuse base ; from 2-5 to 3 in. long ; lateral nerves 4 to 0 pairs, rather
prominent below and like the midrib very shortly hispid on both sui-faccs; the rest
of the lower surface pale and dull, tuberculate, scabrous but not Idspid when old; upper
surface shoi-tly hispid when young, nltimately glabrous, shining, hard and harsh, subscabrid
; petioles -2 in. long ; stipules subulate-lanceolate, -2-5 in. long. Rceeptaeles shortly
pedunculate, axillary, in paii-s, sometimes solitary or in fa.seicles, globose, mammillate
when young, with wide, occasionally aport umbilicus, -1-5 to -2 in. across, densely covered
-with small harsh papilla; and with very short hispid hairs, with occasionally 1 or 2
verruciform bracts on the side.s, or near the base, or along the peduncles ; pcduucles hispid,
from -1 to -2 in. long. Fertile female flowers sessile ; perianth of 4 pieces ; achene on a
flattened stalk; style lateral, much elongate; stigma hooked. Male and gall flowers not
seen.
Widely distributed in the Malayan Archipelago, but apparently absent from the
Peninsula.
Rather variable as to shape of leaf and as to the cutting of the edges, but
singularly unvaryiug as to testure and sm-faces of the leaves, which aro of a dark
colour when di-y and sliining and hard to the touch above, even after all the hairs
have disappeared. The lower sm-faco is pale, dull, minutely papillose and scabrous.
Perfect female flowers occur in every receptacle, but I have never been able to find
male or gall flowers in any receptacles of any of the forms that fall midcr this. Ou
the other hand I have never boon able to find perfect female flowers in any receptacle
of P. mfaior, Miq. In that specios only malo flowers and gall flowers have ever been
seen by me. The loaves of the plants known as ampihs, Bl., and asperior agi-ee as to
texture, and they differ but little in .shape. Tho leaves of awpelos are, however, entire,
and those of asperhr aro coarsely serrate. But this is a very slight difference, and 1
beliovo it not unlilcely that mperior may be really the male, and ampdas the fenmlo, of one
and the same species. Observations in the field are requii-ed to settle this, and in tho
meantime it may be convenient to keep up tho species.
PLATE 114.—Fndting-branch of F. ampelas, Bm-m. 1, apex of receptacle ; 2, base of
ditto; 3, stipules \—of nalural size; 4, perfect female flower: enlarged.
105. Ficus mmoNATA, Reinw. in Bl. Biß. 454 {ml of Wall.), Mi¡. in Am. Mut.
Lugd. Bat. 'úL2n.— Oovelliaumbonaía, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2. 323.
A shrub, the yomig branches densely adpi-essed-piloso, rather scabrid. Leaves alternate
or opposite, petiolate, coriaceous, narrowly elliptic, oblong or oblanceolate, inequilateral - the
apex shortly acuminate; edges sub-crenate, undulate towards the apex, entire towards the
slightly narrowed, unequal, 3- to 4-nei-ved base; primary lateral nerves about 7 pairs- under
surface with the reticulations distinct, minutely tuberculate, adpressed-pilose, especially on the
midi-ib and nei-vos, sub-scabrid ; upper surface sparsely adpressed-pilose; leng-th of blade
about 3-0 m. ; petiole adpressed-pilose, -4 in.; stipules lanceolate, nearly glabrous, -4, m lono-
Eeceptacles shortly pedunculate, axillai-y, depressed-globose, adpressed-pdoso scabrid, -6 in
across; basal bracts none; peduncle -1 in. long. Male flowers pedicellate; the perianth of
3 broadly ovate distinct pieces; stamen 1, nearly sessile. Gall flower with a o-amophvllous
perianth, 3-eleft at the mouth; ovary smooth, ovoid ; style short, thick, lateral; stioina dilated
Fertile female flowers unknown. ®
Moluccas,—De Vnrse, Beeeari.
M 4 á u H e "
PLATE N5A.-.P. umhnata, Reinw., branch ivith mature receptacles. 1, apex of a
receptacle; 2, base of the same; 3. stipules-«« , / natural size; 4, male flowej in budo,
the same expanded; 6, gall flower : enlarged.
106. Fietis ASPOIOR, in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 291. - f . esasperata, Eoxb.
(non Vahl.), Fl Ind. iii. 555 ; Wight's Icon 664.
A t « e ( / & Roxburgh), the young shoots scabrous. Leaves petiolate, membranous oblong
or elliptic; the apex acundaate ; the edges coarsely sinuate-sen-ate ; the bise slightly n a C e d
3-nerved, biglandijar ; primary lateral nerves about 6 pairs, thin, but rather prominent benTath
as are also the rather straight cennceting nerves; under surface scabrid and with a few i t i
s Iff ban. ; upper surface scabrid rugose ; length of blade 4 to 6 in. ; petiole -35 in., scabA^
stipules lanceolate, -3 m. long, fugaceous. Receptacles pedunculate, in pairs, axillary, sut
ANN. BOT, GARU, CALC, VOL. I,