M o l u c c a s , — T e n i f l t e , Beccari.
A plant of which I have seen good speciineus only in the magnifioeat Milayan
llerbariuQi of Signor Beccari.
PLATE 132.—JL pungens, Reinw. Branch witli nearly mature receptacles. 1, mature
receptacle ; 2, base of the same ; 3, stijniles ; 4, basal bract : all of naiurul size.
Perianth of ike floiozi's ciliatc; the intenor of the receptade hispid; receptacles
(ixUlary.
111. Ficus MELI-VOCAIJIW, Bl. Bijd 4(30; Miri Fl. I<id. Bat. \. jyt. 2. 302; SuppL
]73, 427.— i». obligua, Miq. in Zoll. Syst. Verz. 98; Ann. Mus. Lugd.
Kat. iii. 273, 292.
A moderatcly-sizcd (40 to 50 ft. high), hispid-tomentose tree. Loaves pefiolate,
membranous, ofren unequal in size and inequilateral, broadly ovate or elliptic, with sub-acute
iipex, entire edges, and 3 to 5-nerved, glandular, broad, rounded, slightly cordate, sometimes
unequal base; length of blade from 4 to 7 in.; lateral nerves from 3 to 8 pairs; the
lower surface minutely hispid-tuberculate; upper surface shortly hispid-scabrous; the
midrib and nerves tomentose on both surfaces; petioles from '6 to -8 in., tomentose;
stipules ovate-lanceolate, hirsute, - "3 in. to -7 in long. Receptacles pedunculate, axillary,
in pairs or solitary, or in fascicles below the leaves; globular or tui-binate, with prominent,
nearly glabrous, umbilical scales and 3 broad, acuminate, small basal bi*acts; when
ripe, yellow (fde Zollinger), miiiutely hispid, almost glabrescent, about -4 to -6 in. across;
peduncles '3 in. long, shortly hispid. Male flowers sessile, monandrous; the perianth of
3 distinct pieces. Gall flowers stipitate; the perianth of 6 pieces; achene smooth, ovoid;
t h e style sub-terminal. Fertile female flowers pedicellate ; the perianth of 3 distinct pieces,
-svhich have tufts of hair at their apices; achene and style lateral; stigma dilated.
Preanger province in Java ; Lampongs in Sumatra.
A distinct and apparently rather local species.—F. scabra, Forst. Seem. Fl. Vit. 249,
appears to me to be little more than a form of this.
PLATE 119.—F. melinocarpa, Bl. Branch with mature receptacles. 1, apex of receptacle;
2, stipules—of natural sise ; 3, male flower ; 4, gall flower; 5, fertile femal e flower: enlarged.
112. Ficus RIEDELII, Toysm. 3Is5.; Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 223, 292.
A small hispid-tomentose tree, the young branches rufescent. Leaves shortly petiolatc,
thickly membranous (almost coriaceous), oblong lanceolate or narrowl}- oblong-clliptic, rarely
ovate-elliptic, often inequilateral; apex usually suddenly and shortly acute or acuminate;
edges sub-entii-e or remotely serrate; base rounded, sometimes emarginate, slightly oblique,
o nerved (2 of the nerves minute); lateral primary nerves 3 to 5 pairs; the whole of the
under surface minutel y tubcrculate, the midrib, nerves, and veins short ly hispid ; upper surface
sparsely hispid, very scabrous from rough points; midrib and veins hispid-hirsute; petioles
liispid-liirsute, stout, about '3 in. long; stipules lanceolate-hirsute, small. Receptaclos very
shortly pedunculate or sessile, axillary, solitary {rarely in pairs), ovoid to sub-globose, umbonatc
when young, densely and completely covered with long stiff tawny tomentum, bearing a
number of lanceolate-subulate bracts irregularly distributed along their sides, but especially
towards the apex and at the umbi l icus; basal bracts ncme; when ripe yellow, -5 in. (to -75 in. ?}
across; pedicels, when present, thick, densely tomentose, about -1 or -2 in. long. Male flowers
stipitate or sub-sessile, monandrous; the perianth of 5 lanceolate hairy pieces. Gall flower.s
stipitate; the perianth like that of the males; achene sub-globose, shining; style lateral;
stirnna bifid. Fertile female flowers unknown; reccptaclc with hispid hairs, which suiTound
the flowers.
Moluccas and Celebes,—Tp^imanM.
The receptacles in the majority of the specimens which I have seen are only about half an
inch across; but in the Leiden Ilerbai'ium there is a detached receptacle, said to belong to
this species (and apparently rightly), which is more than three-quarters of an inch across.
PLATE 1^0.—A, fruiting-branoh of F, Riedelii, Teysm., narrow-leaved form; B, leaf of
broad-leaved form—of natural size. I & 2, vertical sections of rcceptaclcs ; 3, stipitate male
flower: 4, gall flower: enlarged.