P l a i e 102.—Two brandies of F. scandens, lloxb,, with maturo receptados. 1, apex
of a rci-eptacle ; 2, base of the same ; 3, s t i p u l e s—o f natural size; male ilower ; 5, gall
Üower from the samo receptacle ; 6, fertile female flower (from atiotlier recepta ele) ; 7, fertile
uclieiie : all eularged.
Ficus OBTUSA, Ilassk. in. Cai. Ilort. Hot. Bùgor. 184i. 75. F
Javana, Miq. Lond. Journ. Bot. vii. 75; Fi. Ind. Bat. i, pt. 2. 330; Miq. in
i \ n n . Mus. Lugd. liat. iii. 278, 263.—a l n i / o l i a , Miq. PI. Jmigli. 51;
l-'l. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2. 330; Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 278, 293.
t. X T).—Pogonoirophe phccnpnda, Miq. Lond. Journ. Bot. vii. 70.; FI. Ind.
Bat. i. pt. 2. 2,'M.—F.])iperifolia, Miq. Mus. Lngd. Bat. iii. l'ò'ò.—Pogonotvophs
j'ipen/Uia, Miq. Zoll. Syst. Verz. 93, 99; Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2. 33).—
Fogoi'otrophe Borne7f-is, ì,i\^. FI. Ind. Bat. l.c. 330.—i'. plaiycmla, Miq.
FI. Ind. Bat. l.c. 318.
A scandent shrub; the young branches densely covered with soft, short, reddish-brown
tomentum or pubescence. Loaves coriaceous »r thickly membranous, petiolate, more or less
broadly ovate, ovate-elliptic or sub obovate-elliptic, gradual l y narrowed upwards to the shortly
sub-acmninate, acuie, or blunt apex; edges entire, revolute when dry; base broad, rounded,
r a r e l y narrowed or cordate or emaryinate, 5- to 7-n(."rved (2 pairs being minute) ; lateral primary
nerves 3 or -i p.airs, prominent; the whole of the lower surface, and especially of the midrib
and nerves, softly pubescent or puberulous; intermediate nerves rather distinct and straight;
reticulations minute, dist inct ; upper surface minutel y hispid; when young scabrid or scabroust
h e midrib and larger nerves shortly hispid even when adult; length of blade 2'2o in. to 5 in. •
petioles '5 to -6 in. long, tomentose or sub-scabrid, -4 to 7 in. long ; stipules lanceolate, pubescent,
or villous external ly, -3 in. long Receptacles shortly pedunculate, or sab-sessile, in pairs in
t h e axils of ths leaves or of leaf scars, obovate-globose to depressed-globose; the apex faintly
umbonate when young ; densely covered with minute brown tomentum ; when ripe yellowish
brown to crimson, giabrescent or glabrous, about -o in. across; basal bracts broadly ovate
pubescent; pedmiclesfrom 1 to -3 in long, stout, denselyfulvous-tomentose, often almost absent.
Male and gall flowers not seen; perianth of female flowers o-lcaved ; ovary elonijate, elliptic,
style long, filiform ; tlie stigmas of neighbouring flowers united into a thick, umbonate disc •
interior of receptacle hispid.
Malayan Peninsula and Archipelago.
The forms u'uued phceopoda and platijcauli by Miquel differ from Hasskarl'a type in
liaving the leaves ver y scabrous above and the receptacles sub-sessile. The old leaves of the
form named Poymotroj^ke Javawi by Miq. are rather scabrid on the lower surfacc between
t h e nerves, and in this respect they resemble those of the form named Pogon. alnifolU.
The form named i'<jg. pipenfoUa by Miquel lias acute or acuminate leaves, the under surface
of which is asperulous, with a few scat tered hairs, the midrib and larger nerves being adpressedpubescent;
but in my opinion none of these forms is worth separating even as a variety.
This is a very common plant. I have exarnined a large number of receptacles, and
liave invariably found them flllcd with fertile female flowers. No receptacle that I have seen
contains a mule or a gall flower. I am therefore driven to the conclusion tliat this is not itself
a speeiefi, but the female of a species of which the male plant is as yet unrecognised The
enquiry can be completed only in the field.
EUSYCE, i^ l
Pl.\ti2 163.—a: i'/cus oJifs«, Hassk. typical form, b; form with acato leaves. 1, apex
of receptacle; 2, lateral view of receptacle; 3, st ipules-a/ i f / natural size; 4, female flower
unexpanded; 3 & 0, the same expanded; 7, umbonate disc formed by union of the stigmas of
t h e flowers of one reccptacle. iVos. 1 to 6 are enlarged.
152. Ficus ALLUTACEA, Bl. Bijd. 457; Miq. Fl. hid. Bat. :pt. 2. 319.
A scandent shrub, "with puberulous or giabrescent, minutely-war ted, branchlet.=;. Leaves
coriaceous, petiolate, elliptic, ovate-elliptic, or el l ipt ic-oblong; apex shor t ly cuspidate or acutc;
edges quite entire, often revolute; base rounded or narrowed, very slightly biauriculate,
3-nerved; lateral primary ueiwcs 5 or 6 pairs prominent below as are the midrib and
minute reticulations; under surface pale-coloured, minutely tessclatc, squamulose (in var.
Tci/smanniam also puberulous); upper surface smooth, shining; both surfaces without hairs,
but the under surface sub-scabrid from the reticulations; length of blade 4 to 7 in. ;
petioles thick, -8 to I'2 in. long, scurfy when d ry; stipules 2 to each leaf, ovate-lanceolate,
puberulous, -4 in. long. Receptacles long-pedunculate, in fascicles of 3 to U from short
tubercles on the stem below the leaves, or in pairs and axillary; globose, with a slightly
prominent umbilicus; smooth, reddish when ripe, and about -3 to '5 in. across; basal bracts
3, united; peduncles slender, glabrous, nearly 1 in. long. Female flowers occupying the whole
interior of the rcceptacle; their stigmas often united to form a compact hollow ball; the
perianth of 3 or 4 lincar-lanceolate, distinct pieces; the achene obliquely elliptic, minutely
papillose, its margins pale; style terminal, pointed; stigma cylindric. Male and gall flowers
Vak. Teysmanxiaxa. Branches verrucose; leaves pubcscent on the lower surfacc,
especially on the reticulations; receptacles axillary. — F. Tegsnumniana, Miq.
I.e. 319.
On Mount Salak in Java, and in S u m a t r a , — P e r a k , in the Malayan Peninsula,
—King's Collector, No. 7220. Not common. Cultivated in the Botanical Garden, Buitenzoro-.
All the receptacles which I have examined, whetlier from "wild or cultivated plants,
contain only fertile female flowers. It is therefore quite possible that this is not itself a
species, but merely the female of somotLnng else.
P l a t e 104.—A: apex of branch of F. allutacea, Miq., with leaves and stipules. B: lower
part of the same branch with nearly mature receptacles. C: branch of var. Teysmamiam,
witli mature rcccptacles.
1, apex of a reccptacle ; 2, base of the same: 3, stipules—all of natural she; 4, young
female flower; 5, female flower with ripe achene: enlarged.
1Ó3. Ficus recuuva, HI. B¡jd. 457; 31 iq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. ¡ot. 2. 317; Siqipl. 175, 432 ;
Ann. J/ifs. Lvgd. Bat. iii. ¿79, l^ò-i.—F. villipes, Miq. Lond. Journ.
Bot. vii. 451.—/'. Spanogheana, Miq. I.e. and in Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt.
2. 3 1 7 . - J : ribr'soidcs, "Wall. Cat. 4522; Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat.
iii. 293.—a d a a s c e n s , Wall. Cat. 'iòl^M.—Pogonotrophe ribesoides, Miq.
in Lond. Journ. Bot. vii. IS.—F. strigosa, Bl. Bijd. 4tl ; Miq. Fl.
Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2. 31S ; Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 279,
Axx, Dor. G-aui), Calo. Vol. I,