U2. Ficus lepicarpa, BÌ. Biß. 459; Miq. in. Am. J/us. Znt/,l Bat. iü. 283, 297.
— F. volkamei-iccfolia^ Wall. Cat ^ò-i^.— Covellia didyma, Miq. PI. Jungh. 6Ò ;
Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2. '627. — Covellia Icfirarpu, Miq . FI. lud. Bat i. pt. 2. 328.
— Covdlia vcdhmeriaifoàu, Miq. in Loüci. Joiu-n. Bot. vii. -iGi. tab. 8.
A small tree ; tlie young branches swollen at the nodes, deciduously pubescent. Leaves
petiolate, thickly membranoiis, alternate or sub-opposite, obovate-oblong; the apex shortly
and abruptly acuminate; margin entire, rarely sub-repand towards the apex; the base
much narroived, often unequal, S nerved [2 of the nerves minute); primary lateral nerves
Tor 8 paii-s, erect, rather straight; secondary nerves straight, ¡parallel, prominent on the
lower surfacc winch is glabrous and minutely tuberculate; upper surface glabrous except the
midrib and nerves which ai-e pubescent; length of blade 7 to 10 in.; petioles -75 to 1 '25 in.;
stipules large, rather long persistent, ovate-lanceolate, scarious, '75 in. to 1 in. long. Receptacles
sessile, axillary, usually solitary, ellipsoid, sides sparsely and coarsely pubescent, with
many wliite warts and a row of large flat, often white-tipped, bracts below the umbilicus;
umbilical bracts numerous; basal bracts 3, ovate-acuminate, spreading. Hale flowers
very few, near the mouth of the receptacles contaiuing gall flower.?, sessile, short, broad;
the perianth of 3 membranous, inflated pieces; stamen 1, its filament adnate, stout, curved.
(T:dl flowers half-ovoid; the style terminal; stigma much dilated; the perianth a pellucid sac
enveloping the whole pistil except the stigma. Fertile female flowers pedicellate; the
perianth small, shorter than the stalk of the ovciry, gamophyllous, with minute ii-reo-ular
teeth; acheue obKquely obovoiJ, minutely tuberculate; the style lateral, elongate; stigma
oylindric.
Java, Sumatra, P e r ak,—C o l l e c t o r , Nos. 1836, 1902, 2013.
In crevices of rocks, in the beds and by the sides of streams up to elevations of
3,500 ft. iliquel describes the receptacles as sometimes long-pedunculate and borne on
tubercles on the stem, but I have nowhere seen any specimen showing this arrangement, and
Mr. H. 0 . Forbes, who collected many examples of the plant in Java and Sumatra, and who
made notes and sketches at the time of collection, describes the receptacles as always axillarv.
So also does Mr. Kunstler, who collected it in Perak. Receptacles contaiuing male flowers
are rare, and I had to examine a large number of receptacles before I found one. In
that receptacle the males wore but few in number, and lay quite close to the scales under
the mouth : in the same receptacle the gall flowers were young, and it is possible that
the half-ovoid shape which I have figured might have become modified with niatiu-ity.
Although receptaclcs containing true female flowers are very numerous, not many embryocontaining
achenes are to be met with, for a large jn-oportion of the female flowers arc
never fertilised. These unfertilised flowers diSer from the fertilised in having the pericarp
of the achene more membranous and slightly tubercular on the surface: in form the two
sorts are alike.
In Botanische Zeituno for 1885, at page 538, Count Sohns Laubach mentions two
trees bearing the name lepicarpa in the Botanic Garden of Buitenzorg, namely. No. 5,
Covellia lepicarpa, Miq. (the " Boekoe Boekoe" of Sumatra), with ycllo>v milk and
axillary receptacles, in which he found only male and gall flowers ; and Ko. G, CovelHa
lepirarpa, var. Bunjong, with wliite milk and rcccptacles borne on the stem, in which he
found only fertile female flowers. I cannot reconcile my account of /•'. kpiearpa, Miq.
with either Count Sohns Laubach's No. 5 or G. In i". hpicurpa, Miq., as I understand it.
I find receptacles containing male flowers to be very scarce, but those containing fertile
female flowers ^'ery plcntifal. The fertile female flowers which Count Solms Laubach
(I.e. taf. v. figs. 6, 7, 8) attributes, and no doubt corrcctly, to F. sticiocarpa, Miq.,
agree in all particiilars, except the hairs on the style, with those which I find in
F. Icpicaipa, Miq. The depre.ssod globular figs of Count Solms Laubach's yellow-juiced
F. lejjicarpa (No. 5, " Boekoe Boekoe ") appear to me to be probably those of F. stictucarpa,
iliq. {F. Uucantaioma^ Poir.)
Plate loG.—-F. lepicarpa, Miq. 1, branch with immatm-e receptacles ; 2, branch with
mature rcccptacles ; 3, single, nearly mature, receptacle ; -4, vertical section of a receptacle ;
5, s t i i )ul e s—o f nat.ii.ral size ; 6, unexpanded male flower ; 7, anther—sii^^c vim ; 8, anther—
front view; 9 & 11, gall flowei's; 10, fertile female flower: all enlaryed.
143. Ficus LECCANTATOMA, Foir. Ffic//clop. 3iethod. Suppl. ii. 654; Ann. Mus. Lugd.
Bot. iii. 283, 296.—il venosa, Willd. Hort. Berol. p. 36. t. 36 (not of Ait.)—
F. lemoma, Roem. et Sch. Syst. i. 561.—F. leucopleura, Bl. Bijd. 443.—
F. rapiformis, Roxb. FI. Ind. iii. 551; Wight's Icon 637; Miq. in Ann. Mu.-?.
Lugd. Bat. iii. 282, 296.—.?'. stictocarpa., Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii.
284, '¿.•ill.— Cnvellia siictocarpa, Miq. PI. Jungh. 65; Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2.
327. t. 23A.-i: septica, Rumph. licrb. Amb. iii. 153. t. 96.—J", radlata,
Dene, in N. Ann. Mus. iii. 494; Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 284,
'2Q7.—CorclKa radiata, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2. 328.—i^. Old/iami,
Ilance Advers. in Stirp. Crit. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 5 Ser. vol. 5. 242;
Maxim, in Bull. Acad. St. Petersb. xi. 334.—Covellia venosa, Miq. in
Lond. Journ. Bot. vii. 463; Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2. Covellia
leitcoplcurn, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I.e. 326.— Covellia rapifnrmis, Miq. in Lond.
Journ. Bot. vii. 464; Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2.325.—C o v e l l i a grandifolia,
Miq. ibid. Suppi. 4.<4.— C/jsiogyne leucoslicia, Gasp. Rich. 84.
A galbrous tree; the young branches thick, annulate. Leaves opposite or altemato,
sub-coriaceous, petiolate, ovate or elliptic, sometimes ovate-rotund ; the apex blunt or shortly
acuminate; the edges entire; base broad, rounded or emarginate, 3 to 5-nerved; lateral
primary nerves 5 to 7 pairs, prominent and colom-ed beneath as also are the minute but
very distinct rcticulations; both sm-faces glabrous; length of blade 6 to 12 in.; petioles
•75 to 1-5 in.; stipules ovate-lanceolate, glabrous, from 1-5 in. to 2 in. long, eai-Iy
deciduous. Receptacles shortly pedunculate, axillary, in pairs, depressed-globose, with about
10 to 12 vertical ridges and many wliite rough warts, otherwise nearly glabrous; when
ripe about To in. across, umbilicus depressed; basal bracts 3, ovate-obtuse; peduncle '25 in.
long. Male flowers few, near the ostiole, sessile; the perianth of 3 broad, nmch-imbricated,
membranous pieces; stamen 1, with an adnate, cm-ved filament. Gall flowers sessile or
pedunculate, with a gamophyllous, toothed, hyaline perianth; the ovary rounded, smooth;
the style short, lateral; the stigma dilated, cup-shaped. Fertile female flowers with a
shoi-t, gamophyllous, 2- to 3-toothed perianth which embraces the base of the pedicel of
the obliquel}--ovoid, minutely-tubercular achene; the style longer than the achene,
lateral, bearing a few hairs; stigma clavate.
Java and other of the Malayan islands, from the sea level up to 3,000 ft.
This species, although not an uncommon plant in the Malayan islands, is very poorly
represented in both the Dutch and English collections. It is sometimes cultivated in gardens