upper sm-face; 4, stipule; 5, bract from peduode {Nos. 3 to 5 are imgmficd abnut three
iimes)-, 6, fertile female flower: enlarged.
120. FICUS STOLONIFERA, iiov. Spec.
A tree; the young shoots shortly hispid-pixbescont. Leaves mcmbr-nious, pctiolatc,
shghtly inequilateral, elliptic or oblong-elliptic; the apex shortly acuminatc; the edges
dentate; the base rounded or slightly narrowed, not cordate, obscurely 3- to 5-nerved;
lateral primary nerves about 7 ¡¡airs, i)rominent aiid, like the micb'ib, hispid-tomentose on
both surfaces; under suvfacc minutely hispid, upper sm-face minutely hispid and with
ninnerous suxall, black, harsh papillaj; length of blade 6 to 9 in.; petiole "4 in. long, hispid;
stipules ovate-acimiinatc, oblique, densely pubcscent-hispid cxtcrnall}', -35 in. long.
Receptacles borne on long, thin, flexuose, slightly adpressed-pubescent and rather scurfy,
leafless, stipulate branches; solitary, sessile, or on A^ery sliort peduncles, g-lobosc, glabrous,
•with a few fleshy projecting scales near the apex, which form an ii-regailar annulus round
the depressed tunbilicus; basal bracts none; diameter "6 in. Fertile female flowers without
obvious perianth; ovary pedicellate, ovoid, smooth; style lateral, long, hairy; stigma
clavate. Slale and gall flowers unknown.
Sarawak in Borneo,—¿¿cccan. Herb. Bccc. P. B. Eo. 2799.
In this, as in the allied species, the reccptacles are often buried in the gromid.
This resembles F. hjpogcea in having dentate leaves, but differs in its rcccptacles.
PLATE 132.—F. stolonifcra. King. 1, apex of leafy branch; 2, part of a fig-bearing
branch with mature receptacles—o/ natural size; 3, part of a leaf to show the stiff
hairs ; 4, stipule (iS'os. 3 and i are magnified aoout three times); 5, fertile female flower:
vmcli enlarged.
121. Ficus AUPAKENSIS, nov. spec.
A tree; the young shoots scm-fy and softly pubescent. Leaves petiolate, sub coriaceous,
lanceolate, acute, gi-adually nan-owed to the faintly-3-nerved base; edges entii-e; primary
lateral nerves 6 to 8 pairs, obsolete on the upper, prominent on the lower surface and,
like the midiib and secondary nerves, adpressed-pilose ; the rest of the lower sm'fact;
minutely white, tuberculate, sparsely pilose; upper sui-face sparsely covered with adprensed
whitish hairs; length of blade 4-5 to 7 in.; petiole pilose, 0 in. long; stipules lineai--
lanceolate, glaljrous, nearly 1 in. long. Receptacles borne on long, ramous, sleirder branches
which emerge from the base of the stem and apparently creep on or beneath the sin-face
of the ground, pedunculate, ovoid, scabrid, slightly vcrrucose, -45 in. across; umbilical
scales numerous, prominent ; basal bracts 3, triang-ular.
Mount Arfak, in New Guinea, at from 5,000 to 7,0U0 ft, above ihe sea,—
Beecuri (Herb. Becc. without number).
The receptacle-bearing branches often carry towards their extremities small leaves
and modified stipules.
PI-ATE 133.—-P. Arfakensis, King. 1, leaf branch; 2, rcccptacle-bearing branch; 3,
bract from the same; 4, stipule—ciJ of natural size; 5, part of a leaf: enlarged.
A tree; the young shoots villose. Leaves membranous, elliptic, slightly inequilateral;
the apex produced into a long lineiir acumen; the edges entire, siib-revolute when diy,
slightly narrowed to the blunt S-neiwed base; lateral primary nerves C paii-s, prominent
on°the lower sm-face and, like the midrib and secondary nerves, hisiDid-])ubescent; the
rest of the lower surface minutely hispid; upper sm-face not papillose, glabrous ; length
of blade 6 to 3 in., petiole -5 in., tomentose; stipules lanceolate, villous externally,
•0 in. long. li,eceptacles borne on long, thin, flexuose, tomontose or pubescent, leafless,
stipule-bearing branches, which issue from the stem near the ground; sc.ssilc, solitary, or
in small clusters; obovate, conspicuously umbonate, glabrous, about -C in across; basal
bracts 3, broadly ovate, adpressed-pubescent; fertile female flowers pediccHatc, without
obvious perianth ; ovary pedicellate, smooth, sub-globose ; style lateral, hairy; stigma
cylindi-ic. Male and gall flowers unknown.
Sarawak, in Borneo,—Seccan, Herb. Becc. P. B. No. 2800.
A species approaching F. hgpogaia in the shape of the leaves, but differing as to
the receptacles and the branches on which they are borne. This species produces its figs
either on the surface of the ground or slightly covered by soil.
PLATE 134.—I'. Troubii, King. 1, leafy branch; 2, part of a iig-bcaring branch with
one mature and many very immature figs—i)/ natural stsc; 3, a stii^ule; 4, basal bract
of receptacle; 5, reccptacle; 6, fertile female flower: enlaryed.
123. Ficus PROSTEATA, Wall. Gat. 4536; Mig. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 297.—
Covellia p-ostrata, Miq. in Lond. Journ. Bot. vii. 465.
A small glabrous tree. Leaves petiolate, membranous, alternate, oblaoceolate-oblong;
the apex long, acuminate; tapering from above the middle to the rather blunt 3- to 5-
nei-ved base; primary lateral nerves about 10 pau's, distinct on the lower sm-face, as are
also the secondai-y nerves and minute reticulations; both sm-faces sliining, glabrous; length
of blade 0'5 in. to 7 in.; petioles about '5 in.; stipules linear-lanceolate, convolute, about
•8 in. long. Receptacles borne on very long, flexuose, little-divided, glabrous, leafless
branches; pedimculate, solitary from the axils of scarious bracts (shortened stipules), subpyrifoi
in, verrucosc, and with a few scales on the sides, glabrous; basal bracts 3, ovate,
acuminate, rather ii-regular; peduncle -3 in. long. Male and gall flowers not seen. Fertile
female flowers sessile or pedicellate ; the perianth of 3 or 4 linear pieces, which in the ailult are
detached from the broadly-ovoid, sub-rhomboid, minutely-tuberculatc achene; style about
as long as the achenc; stigma cylindi-ic,
Khasia and Silhet,— Wallich ; Sikkim, at elevations of about 2,000 it.,—Kinfj.
The fig-bearing branches of this tree trail on the surface of the ground; they ai-e
often 10 to 12 f t . in length. This species is closely allied to F. ribes, Reinw., from which
It differs chiefly by its larger size, total want of hairs and larger receptacles. The two
ai-e, however, connected by intermediate forms. Part of the specimens issued by Wallich
as prostrata are midoubtedly rihes, Eeinw. This is not a common species. I have never
been able to find male flowers of it.
PLATE 135.—^. prostrata, Wall, 1, apex of leafy branch, 2, part of a fig-bearing branch
with maturc receptacles ; 3, apex oP receptacle ; 4, base of same; 5, stipules-«/^ of natural
size ; 6, fertile female floAver, young ; 7, ripe achene : both enlarged.