Amboina,— Teysmnnn.
A very remarkable and distinct species, collected onlj b j Teysmann. It bag the
habit of F. cuni'i, but has much larger leaves and smaller receptacles.
PLATE 139—Part of a leafy branch of F. mpriocarpa, Miq. 1, frui t ing-branch of the
same with mature receptacles; 3, terminal bud showing the large stipules; 3, base .of
receptacle; 4, apss of the same—all of niiural size; 5, female flower: enlarged.
128. Ficus MINAHASSJE, Miq. in Ann. Mu'i. Luijd. Bat. iii. 231, 296. —
chcria ¿Hnahassce, Teysm. et Ds Vriese in Nat. Tijdscbr Ned. Ind. xxiii.
213-1-t.—rrismatosyce Minahassw, Herb. Teysm.
A tree, with its young shoots densely setose and its receptacles in capituliform
clusters. Leaves membranous, petiolate, broadly ovate-eniptic, with acute or minutely
acuminate apex; the edges with very minute callous serrations; the base deeply
cordate, with 7 to 9 radiating nerves; lateral primaiy nerves 6 to 9 pau-s; secondary
nerves neai-ly transverse, little cm-ved; reticulations rather lax,—all rather distinct on
t h e lower sui-face, which is covered with long, stiff, spreading, tawny hairs; the upper
sm-face scabrid-bispid; the midrib and nerves pilose-hispid; length of blade 7 to 12
i n . ; petioles 1-5 in. to 2-o in., setose; stipules large, persistent, oblong-lanceolate,
sparsely setulose externally, glabrous internally, 2 in. long. Receptacles small, sessile,
prismatic, obpyramidal; the apex flat, verrucose, and with a prominent umbilicus; the
base with 3 large, glabrous, adpressed bracts; individual receptacles about -1 in. to -15 in.
across, collected into dense, rounded, sessile or bracteolate, pedunculate capitula, each
about 1 in. in diameter, which are attached along long, thin, leafless, scaly brandies
which proceed from the stem and main branches. Male flowers few, near the apes of
t h e receptacles containing gall flowers. Females sessile, rounded; the perianth of 3 or 4
rounded, very concave pieces; author 1, nearly sessile, lying in the hollow of one of
t h e pieces of the periantli. Gall flowers sub-sessile; the perianth of 3 rounded, stalked,
concave pieces; the ovary ovoid, smooth; the style short, thick, lateral; stigma slightly
dilated. Fertile female flowers in separate receptacles from the former; the acheue obliquely
ovoid, slightly tuberculate; the style longer than the achene, thickened below, thin
above; stigma infundibuliform; the interior of the receptacle lined with stiff hairs.
Celebes,—Teysmann.
This is another of the numerous magnificent things collected during one of his
journeys in the lialayan Archipelago by tlie late indefatigable M. Teysmann. It has
apparently been collected by no one else. It is distinguished from all other known
species of Ficus by the extraordinary ai'rangement of its recoptacles, of which the accomp
a n y i n g drawings give, but a poor idea.
T h e male flowers are few, and not easy to find. Miquol says he found only
remains of them; and his description of tlie female flower shows that he had seen only
t h e insect-attacked form which occupi(»ii the receptacle with the males. I have, however,
succeeded in finding perfect males.
PLATE 140.—Jl Minahassce, Miq. 1, apex of a leafv branch; 2, piece of a fruitingbranch
showing the arrangement of the receptacles in caDitules; 3. stipules : o/ natural size.
PLATE l i l . — F. Minaha&sce, Miq. .5, apex of a fruitine-branch bearing capitules of
iuimature receptacles; 6, a single receptacle; 7, bracts from iruiting-branch—o/ natural
size ; 8, side view of a single receptacle; 9 & 10, apex and base of the samQ—slightly enlarged;
I I , uncxpandcd male flower; 12, single stamen of male flower embedded in one of the
pieces of the perianth; 13, gall flower; 14, fertile female flower; 15, achene of fertile
female: all enlarged.
129. FICUS STIPATJ, nov. sper.
A tree; the young branches softly pubescent. Leaves shortly petiolate, membranous,
slightly inequilatei-al, oval-elliptic or occasionally obovate-elliptic, narrowed to each end; the
apex with a long narrow tail nearly 1 '5 in. long; base sub-cordate, 5 nerved ; edges waved, subentire;
primaiy lateral nerves about 8 pairs, stout and, like the micbilD, prominent on the lower
surface which is softly pubcscent, the reticulations being very di.stinct ; upper surface
glabrous, shining ; length of blade 10 to 12 in.; petioles stout, softly pubescent , - ¡Hn. long;
stipules 2 at the base of each petiole, linear-lanceolate, crect, pubescent, -Sin long. Keceptacles
in dense clusters from very short tubercles from the branches issuing from the stem
near the root, apparently hypogceal or sub-h}TiogceaI, on long peduncles, globular, slightly
umbonatc, glabrous; basal bracts none; peduncles slender, scabrid, -75 in. to l'25in. long.
Male and gall flowers not seen. Fertile female flowers with no apparent perianth, some of
them enclosed in scales of the receptacle; carpel obovoid; style long; stigma clavate.
Province of Padang, in Sumatra, at an elevation of about ],300 it., — Sig. Beecari Herb
Becc. P. S. No. 64^.
I n foliage this resembles F. geocurpa, but the small, crowded receptacles are totally
different f rom those of that species.
PLATE \A2.-~F. stipata, King. 1, apex of leafy branch ; 2, part of root-branch with
fascicles of nearly mature r e c e p t a c l e s — s i z e ; 3, matoi-e r e c e p t a c l e—e n l a r g e d ;
4, carpel: much enlarged.
130. FICUS FORBSSII, not), spec.
A tree; the young branches, petioles and nudi-ibs of the leaves covered with dense,
short, tawny tomentum. Leaves thickly membranous, shortly petiolate, elliptic or obovateelliptic
; the apex suddenly and shortly cuspidate; gradually narrowed from above the
middle to the blunt 3-nervcd base; the edges entire; primary lateral nei-ves 12 to 20
pairs, prominent on the lower surface, as are the midi-ib and straight transverse secondary
nerves; the whole of the rest of the lower surface sparsely covered with stellate tawny
h a i r s ; length of blade 12 to 15 in.; petiole stout, -25 in. long. Receptacles in lax
umbels from long, leafless, glabrous, little-divided branches which issue from the stem
near its base; pcduncidate, globose, glabrous, '25 in. across, slightly umbonate at the
apex; the base constricted into a short stalk at the junction of which with the peduncle
proper are 3 ovate-acute bracts. Male and gall flowers not seen. Female flower without
obvious perianth; ovary obovate, about half as long as the style.
Sumatra,—J/r. 11. 0. Forbes (Herb. Forb., without number).
The reccptacular branches ramify very little; at theii- apices there are whorls of
stipule-like lanceolate bractcoles. The stellate pubescence is very peculiar. This species
comes very near F. riles, Reinw., from which it differs chiefly in its leaves. The
female flowers of this arc exactly like those of F. riles. I have been able to find no