perianth in Icngtli, without rudiments of a pistil. Gall and fertile famalc flowers nearly
alike, the achcnes of both being obliquely. ovoid and shining, the gall achone having
.several prominent cellular rugaj.
Ceylon, from 2,000 wp to 6,000 ft., climbing over rocks and trunks of trees. Very
common.
The leaves of the reeeptaclc-bearing brandies are very unlike those of the creeping
stem and its barren branches; and specimens of the two having been distributed separately,
they hare received different names. Specimens of the fertile branches were originally
di.stributed by the late Dr. Tlnvaites as C. P. Nos. 2224 and 3116 nnil?r the name F. iticha,
]<!. Miqivel, finding that these did not agree with Blame's tj-pe, described and named them
F. Thwaiiesii. Specimens of-the stem and barren shoots in Hermann's Ihrbarhim, i. 21,'
arc, as my friend Dr. H. Trimen informs me, the plania duUa oxycocoides of Linnfcus
{Fl. Zcyhm. No. ¿ys). Similar specimens were issued by Thwaites aa C. P. 2217, and
these -were described by Miquel as F. dioen^iformh. But this name, although published earlier
than F. Thwaitesii, must full to the ground, as the description accompanying it necessarily
contains no account of tlie receptacles.
PLATE 159B.—P. Thwaitesii, Miq. a, stem and barren branches; h, fertile branch—O/
n^dural size. 1, male flower; 2 & 3, fertile female flowers; 4, gall flower: enlarged.
146. Ficus VACCINIOIDES, Flmdcy ajid King.
A small creeping slu-ub, rooting from the stem and larger brandies; the young branches
puberulous. Leaves shortly petiolate, coriaceous, elliptic or obovato-elliirtic, with broad
rounded, rarely sub-acute, ajDices; entire edges and rounded or sub-emarginate, 3-nerved bases •
primary latend nerves 3 to 4 pairs, rather broad and prominent beneath ; lower surface with
wide, sub-tessclate reticulations, minutely punctate, puberulous when young; upper surface
sparsely adpressed-hispid ; length of blade -4 to -5 in.; petioles adi>rossed-pubcseent, about
•1 in. long; stipules 2 to each leaf, ovatc-aeute, scai-ious, puberulous, twice as long as the
petiole, deciduous. Receptacles abnost sessile, solitary, axillary, ovoid, from • 15 to -2 in. across •
the umbilical scales large, puberulous; basal bracts 3, ovate-acute, nearly glabrous. Fertile
female flowers occui)yin? the whole receptade, sub-sessile ; the perianth of 5 nan-ow, distinct
pieces ; adiene ovoid-reniform, minutely papillose; style elongate when }-oung; stigma slightly
dilated. Male and gall flowers not known.
Formosa,— Oldham, No. 53-^.
A curious and beautiful little specics which Maximowicz, who had seen no fruitinsr
specimens, doubtfully refers {Bull. Acad. St. Fetersb. xi. 341) to F. impressa, Chitmp.
(which = foveolata, Wall, var. in my opinion). It is closely allied to F. Thwaitesii, Miq., a
Ceylon plant; also more distantly to F. disHcha, Bl.
PLATE 159A.—Stem and brandies of F. vaccinioi,les, Hems, and King, with mature
j-eceiitacles—of natural size. 1, base of rccei)tacle ; 2, apex of the same ; y, a stipule ; 4, fertilo
female flower [young)', 5, achcne (}iialu}e) : enlarged.
147. FICUS -DisTicRk, Bl. Bijd. 4-58; Miq. in Lend Journ. Bot. vii. 440; Fl. Ind.
Bat. i. pt. 2. 316. tab. 22. fig. B; Miq. in Am. Mus. Lugd. Bot. iii. 294.
—F. eUijjticu, Miq. in Lond. Journ. Bot. vii. 440.
A scandent shrub; the young shoots minutely pubcscent, but ultimately all parts glabrous.
The leaves coriaceous, putiolute, broadly obovate, cuueuto-obovate, or elliptic; the apex rounded,
EUSYCE. 12 7
Bomotimes minutely retuse; the edges entii-e, sub-revolute; the base cnneate, 3-nerved;
lateral primary nerves 2 to 4 pairs, and like the midrib and secondary nerves very
distinct and pale-coloured on the lower surface which is tesselate-reticnlate and glabrous;
upper surface \miformIy pale, glabrous; length of blade -8 in. to 2-25 in. ; petioles -2.5
in. to -4 in. long; stipules ovate-lanceolate, about -lo in. long. Receptacles pedunculate,
ill pairs, or solitary by abortion, from the axils of the leaves or of the scai's of fallen
leaves, pyriform, with rather prominent umbilicus, constricted at the base into a thin stalk
•1-in. to •2-iu. long at the junction of which with the peduncle proper ai-c 3 small
bracts; when ripe glabrous and from -25 in. to '4 in. across; peduncle proper -I in. long.
Male flowers very few and found only under the scales of the mouth of the receptacles
containing gall flowers; the perianth of 3 or 4 broad, distinct pieces; stamens 2. Gall
flowers with stipitate, ovoid, smooth ovary ; the style lateral, more than half as long as the
ovary; stigma dilated. Fertile female flowers in separate recejitacles, sessile or sub.-ses.sile ;
the perianth of aboiit 3 rather broad, distinct pieces; achene elongate, ovoid; style terminal,
thick; stig-ma dilated.
Java and Sumatra, at elevations of from 2,500 to 6,000 ft. Pliilippines {Cuming,
No. 1927).
In the textm-e and venation of the leaves this approaches F. giblosa, BI., but in other
respects it is quite distinct. This has rather a wide distribution, and therefore it varies
considerably. Miquel I.e. figiu-es 2, but describes 2 to 5 stamens.
PLATK 160. —A: F. disticha, Bl. Fruiting stem and branches with immatiu-e receptacles.
B; form with larger leaves. 1, mature recejitacle; 2, apex of the same; 3 basal bracts-o/
natural size; 4, diandi-ous male flower; 5, gall flower—the sajjie receptacle; 6, fertile
female flower: enlarged.
148. FICUS E.'CCAVATA, nov. spec.
A scandent shrub; the young branches covered 'with tawiiy pubescence. Leaves petiolate,
sub-coriaceous, obliquely ovate or ovate-rotund; the apex rather blunt; the edges entii-e;
base broad, often rather oblique, 5-nerved; primaiy lateral nerves about 2 pairs and, like the
midi-ib, prominent on the under surface which is sparsely sub-adpressed pubescent, with
strongly-marked, open, lacunose reticulations; u^jper surface glabrous, except the mida-ilj
and nerves which are puberulous; leng-th of blade 1-25 to 1-5 in. ; petioles -2 in. long,
pubescent; stipules 2 to cach loaf, o-\'ate-acumtnate, •25 in. long, sericeoas externally,
deciduous. Receptacles sessile, in clusters of 6 in the axils of the leaves, depressed globular,
pubescent, orange red when unripe; the umbilicus prominent; basal bracts 3, ovate-triangular,
glabrous (ripe receptacles are unknown). Fertile female flower.s sub-sessile; the perianth
of four distinct oblong pieces; achene oblong, faintly papillose; the style short, sub-terminal.
Male and gall flowers not seen,
Borneo,—-BeccoW, Herb. Becc. P. Born. No. 1368.
Perak, Malayan Peninsula,—ir%'s Collector, Nos. 5404 and 5985.
This is apparently a veay distinct and well-marked species. In the deep areolar excavations
on the under sm-face of the leaves it resembles F. callicarpa, Miq. ; the receptacles
are, however, totally different. In habit and receptades it approaches F. recurva, Bl., and
t\ Imata, Bl. All the receptacles which I have examined were filled with gall flowers, and
I have not been able to find a single male, nor have I found a single fertile female. Our
knowledge of this plant is therefore very meagre.