13S EUSYCE.
basal bracts; when ripo orange yellow and about '3 in. across ; poJuncles from '1 fo -5 in.
long., villous, minutely bracteulatc. Mule, gall, and fertile feuuilc flowers with perianth of
4 lanceolate, elongate pieces ; anthers narrow, elongate, with short filaments ; gall ovary
narrowly ellipsoid; style short, thick, sub-terminal; achcne of fertile female flowers
ellipsi'id, style lateral, stigmas usually agglutinated to form an umb^nate disc.
JIalayaii I'eninsuUi and Archipelago, up to elevations of 2,000 ft.
This plant comes very near to F. iaiiaia, Bl., and both are in my opinion, forms o£ reciin'u,
131. F. hirsu/a, Wull, is quoled by IJiquol as a synonym of F. viUosa, Bl. (No. 290 in .^1«».
JJiis. Lxigd. Bat. 204), but I can find no trace of a F. Jiirsuta in Wall. Cut. The name
F. hirsiita, "Wall., is also given by the same author as a synonym under F. viilosa, Bl. {Fl, InJ.
lUit. i. pt. 2. 317), and a figure is given of it under tab. 2lA, but no Wallichian number is
quoted. The figure agrees with the figure of F. viilosa, Bl. B. (on the same plate), with tho
exception that the receptacles are pedunculate, whereas in the figure of dllosa they are sessile.
PLATE 172.—F. viilosa, Bl. A: branch showing leaves, the dcciduous stipules at thu
bases of the leaves, and young receptacles. 1, under siu-face of half a leaf (the longer hairs
removed to show the reticulations) ; 2, twig showing fascicles of yomig receptacles ;
3, a fascicle of receptacles, neai-ly mature ; 4, side view of a receptaclc ; 5, the 3 bracts ou
the pudunule ; G, apes of a receptacle; 7, stipules from the apex of a branch—u/i of mtaral
she; S, fertile female flower—Jiiii.r/Jciiicfeii; 10, the same expanded; 11, male flower with
2 anthers; 9, gall flower: all enlar(/ed.
1.39. I'icus CRISINEIIVIA, 3Ii'j. Fl. Lui. B'U. Suppl. 175, i32.—F. hmigera, Wall. Cat.
4577.—I'"", grossmeruis, Miq. JISS. in Herb. Loud, and Qtr.
A scandent shrub, rooting from the stem and branches. The young branches, petioles
and nerves on tbe lower surface of the leaves covered with long, tawny, coarse, silky,
deiiduous hairs. Leaves petiolate, coriaceous, ovate-elliptic or ovate• oblong ; the apex
acuminate or shortly cuspidate; edges entire and slightly revolute; base deeply cordate or
sub-sagittate, polmately 5- to 7-nerved ; lateral pi-imary nerves 5 or 6 pairs; intermediate
nerves parallel, slightly curved, rather prominent; the under surface tesselate-reticulate ;
tlie midribs and nerves of adult leaves often with fine silky hairs ; upper surface Covered
with very minute, deciduous scales, otherwise glabrous ; length of blade 5 to 10 in. ; petioles
ratlier stout, deciduously hirsute, scurfy, from -a to 1-2Ô in. long; stipules especially
prominent on the barren branchlets, 2 to each leaf, lineardanceolate, flaccid, almost
glabrous, -7 to 1'3 in. long. Receptacles shortly pedunculate, solitary, or in pairs, axillary,
obovate-globose, contracted towards the base and without basal bracts ; apes slightly umbonate,
deciduously hairy, becoming smooth, about -3 or -4 in. across ; peduncles -2 to '3 in
long, bracteate at the base. Male flowers unknown Fertile female flowers sub-sessile, or on
lung, thin pedicels; the perianth of 4 distinct pieces, which completely envelope all parts
of the young pistil except the stigma; young acliene obliquely ovoid; the stylo short,
¿1.1 b-terminal ; stigma large, lanceolate ; ripe achene, male and gall flowers uaknown.
Assam, Chittagong Ilill Tracts, Malayan Peninsula, and Archipelago; (probably also
iu Burmah) ; Mount Arfak in new Guinea,—.Secc/n (P. P. 951).
This apparently does not fruit freely, for the majority of the specimens mot with in
collections consist of leaves only.
Pt/iTE 173. F. crininervia. Miq. The point of a young shoot with leaves and stipules.
B: adult leaf and mature rcceptades. 1, apex cf rcceptacle ; 2, base of ditto; 3, stipules—
all ofiiahiral size; 4, unexpanded fertile female flower
flower; 6, achene (young) from a pedicellate flower.
5, achene (young) from a sub-sessile
Erect Shrubs or Trees.
160. Ficus DIVERSIFOLIA, Bl. Biß. 456; Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii.
268, 288; Miq. (sul Sgnada) in Loud. Journ. Bot. vii. 470. tab. 9. fig. B.;
Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2. 328; Miq. PI. Jungk. 67.—F. spathalata, Miq. Lond.
Journ. Bot. vii. 441 (oxcl. syn. F. retasa, Horb. Madr. Wall. Cat. 4530). —
F. drAtoidxa, Jack Malay. Miscell. vii. 7\.—F. ovoidea, Jack Malay. Miscell.
vii. 71 ; Wall. Cat. 4526.—/'. sideroxylifolia, Griff, Notulaa PI. Dicot iv. 38D.
t- 551. fig. 2,—F. luteseens, Desf. H. P. ed. iii. 413.—Erythrogijne frwenccns,
Visian. apud Gaspar, ßich. 86; Miq. in Lond, Joui'n. Bot. vii. 453.
A glabrous slu-ub or small tree, often epiphytal. The leaves coriaccous or sub-coriaccous,
petiolate to nearly sessile, minutely tuberculate beneath, for the most part deltoid or cuneateobovate,
much naiTowed and glandular at the base; the apex broad, blunt, sometimes oblique,
rounded, or truncate, occasionally unequally emarginate to bifid; the midi-ib bifm-cating
once or oftener, with a dark-colom-ed gland in one or more of the lower bifurcations, the
edges entii'e; or (but not often on the samo plant) elongate, narrowly obovate, oblanceolatc,
oblong-lanceolate, or sub-rhomboidal; the apex blunt, rounded, or acute, with pinnate venation,
and with glands in the axils of 2 or 3 of the lower lateral nerves; length of blade 1 in.
to (in vai-. Kunstleri) 5 in.; breadth from -75 in. to (in var. Kunsileri) 4 in.; petioles
from -2 iu. to -4 in. long (1-Ó in. to 3 in. long iu var. Kunstleri)-, stijJules linear-lanceolate,
convolute, from '3 in. to '6 in. long. Receptados axillary, solitary, or in pairs ; pedunculate,
depressed-globose to ovoid or pyi-iform, strongly unbonato at the apex, of a dull yellow or
reddish coloui- and smooth when ripe, from -2 in. to •35 in. across; basal bracts 3, short,
broad, spreading, puberulous; peduncle from -2 in. to 1 in. long. Male fiowers occupying the
upper half of the same receptacles as the galls, pedicellate; the perianth of 4 obovate rather
irregular pieces; the stamens 2, lying face to face, longer than the perianth. Gall fiowers
sessile or pedicellate; the perianth of 3 elongated and linear-lanceolate, or short, ovate rather
fieshy pieces; tlie ovary globular and smooth or angular, rough, and ci-ustaceous in textuicthe
style short sub-termioal; the stigma wide, tubular. Fertile female flowers occupyincr
separate receptacles; the ripe achene twice as large as the gall achene, elongated-reniform"
shining; the style lateral, elongate; the stigma with 2 long, narrow arms; perianth of several
small, fleshy ovatedanceolate, fleshy, free pieces.
Malayan Peninsula and islands.
A widely-distributed and therefore a variable species ; usually epiphytal, but often growing
on the ground. The majority of the individuals have leavc-s of the obovate-cuneate type, with
bifurcating midrib; and it is not often that one is met with having also elongated, oblanceolate
leaves with pinnate nervation. The occurrence of such dimorphous individuals was, no
doubt, the occasi.m of Blume's specific no-mQ. diversifolia. Blume's name was not published
until 1825, while Jack's two names, delioidta and ovoidea, were published in 1822. I retain
Blume's name for the spccies in preference to either of Jack's, because Blume's description
recognises the dimorphoustiess of the plant, and covers the two forms which Jack raided to
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