the tnicbib and larger nerves; upi)er surface glabrous or scabrid, with a few short stiff
hairs; length of blade 3-5 to {in var. Sieboldi) 6 in.; edges entire, or obscurely serrate
in the upper half; stipules ovato-acnminate, glabrous or pubescent externally, -S in.
long. Receptacles pedunculate, in pairs, axillary, depressed-globoso, with a prominent
umbilicus, often much constricted at the base and produced into a stalk which equals
the peduncle proper in length; glabrous, or puberulous (shortlyhispid in var. Beechei/ana)-,
when young; smooth or nearly so when ripe and about-o in. across; basal bracts 3, oyatet
r i a n g u l a r ; peduncle slender, puberulous, -o in. to '7 in. long. Male flowers in the
receptacles witli the galls, shortly pedicellate or sub-scssile; the perianth of 3 lanceolate
pieces; stamens from 1 to 8. Gall flowers pedicellate; the perianth of 3 pieces;
ovary smooth, globular, with short lateral stylo and dilated stigma. Fertile female flowers
sub-sessile; the perianth of 4 distinct pieces; style lateral, thick, stigma bilobed.
China, Japan, and Formosa.
A variable plant, of which two varieties may be distinguished.
VAK. SIEBOLDI. Leaves elongate, lanceolate. Receptacles much constricted at
the base. F. Sieboldi, Miq.
J a p a n .
A form of this, with the leaves pilose-Mspid on the under surface, but otherwise
undistinguishable from Japanese specimens, is found in the Sikkina Himalaya and the
Khasi Hills. It is however rare.
VAR. BEECHEYASA. The young branches hispid-pilose. Loaves almost tomentose
on the lower surface. Receptacles shortly hispid, not constricted at
the base. F. Beecheyam, Hook, and Arn.
Formosa, Hong-Kong.
This differs from the typical form only by its haiiiness.
iliquel quite misunderstood Thunberg's F. erecta, and he confused it with various
species, but chiefly with forms of F. foveolata, Wall. (See Am. Mus. Lugd. Bat.
iii. 294). Maximowicz {Bullet, de VAcad. des Science de S(. Petersb. xi. 328) describes
t h e stigma of F. Sieloldi as 3-lobcd. I cannot, however, find more thau two lobes.
Receptacles containing fertile female flowers are rare, and I have never found one
containing quite ripe achenes.
PiATK 178.—i'. erecta, Thunbg. (A.) VAR. BEKCHEYANA. Fruiting-branch with mature
receptacles. 1, apex of young receptacle; 2, base of the same; 3, stipules: of natural size.
(B.) VAR. SIEBOLDI. Loaf and receptacle. 4, base of receptacle; 5, apex of the
same; 6, 7, 8, male flowers with 1, 2, and 3 stamens; 9, perianth of gall flower; 10,
ovary of the same; 11, fertile female flower: all enlarged.
16-1, Ficcs TRICOLOK, Mi<]. PI. Jungh. 53; Fl. Ind. Bat. pt. 2. 295; Ann. Mus.
Lugd, Bat. iii. 290 —F. leuaocoma, Miq. PI. Jungh. 54; Fl. Ind. Bat. i.
pt. 2. 295 ; Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 290.
A tree. Leaves petiolate, thickly membranous, elliptic to sub-obovate-eillptic, with shortly
acuminate, rarely rounded apices, and entire or slightly sinuate edges; bases blunt or
rounded, 3-nerved; lateral primary nerves 2 to 4 pairs ; reticulations distinct and, like the
EUSTCE.
primary nerves, covered with adpressed, bi-ownish, silky hairs on the lower surface; the rest
of the lower surface covered with dense, fine, white tomentuni; upper surface smooth or witli
a few short, adpressed-bispid hairs, especially on the nerves; length of blade from 2-o in.
to 4 in. ; petioles hirsute, from -70 in. to 1 in. long; stipules broadly ovate, acute, sericeous
externally, about -5 in. long. Receptacles .shortly pedunculate, in paii-s in the axils of the leaves
or of the scars of fallen leaves, obovate-globose, or sub-pyriforni; slightly mammillate when
young and densely covered wi th rather stiff, fulvous hairs; purplish and nearly smooth when ripe
and about '3 in. across ; nar rowed to the peduncle, and with 3 rather large, ovate-rotund, nearly
glabrous basal bracts ; pcduncles from -2 to -3 in. long, pubescent or glabrous. Hale flowers
with perianth of 3 broad, coloured pieces ; stamens 1 or 2 ; gall flowers sessile or pedicellate;
the perianth of 4 lanceolate, distinct pieces ; the ovary smooth ; the stylo terminal or lateral ;
stigma funnel-shaped. Fertile female flowers with perianth of 5 distinct pieces ; achene ovoidglobose
; the style elongate, lateral; stigma large, hooked.
VAR. LEUCOCOMA. Leaves oblong-lanceolate; the raidi-ib and lateral nerves
nearly glabrous beneath. Receptacles ellipsoid, their pcduncles nearly
glabrous.—i'. leucocoma, Miq.
Java, at from 3,000 to 6,000 ft.—Junghuhn, Kuvz.
This is perhaps only a form of F. alba, Reinw., with very hairy fruit. The variety
leueoeoma is apparently rare, having been collected only by Junghuhn.
PLATE 179.—A: branch of F. tricolor, Miq., with immature receptaclcs. 1, apex of
receptacle ; 2, stipule. B: branch of var. leucocoma ; 3, apex of a receptacle; 4, stipules —o/'
natural me ; o and 6, monandrous and diandrous male ^ovieis,—opened out ; 7 & 8, sessile and
pedicellate gall flowers; 9, fertile female flower: all enlarged.
165. Ficus GLANDDLIFERA, Wall. Cat. 4481.— Pogonotrophe glanduli/era, Miq. in
Lond. Journ, Bot. vii. 77 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2. 331. - / 1 aumntiaca,
Miq. Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 2QZ.—Foyonotrophe auraniica, Miq. Zell.
Syst. Verz. 93, 99 ; Fl . Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2. S;i2.—Fogonoirophe Sumatrana,
Wiq. Fl . Ind. Bat. Suppl. X76, 430.
A small tree with spreading branches ; the young shoots covered with short, reddish-brown
pubescence. Leaves membranous, petiolate, ovate, or slightly obovate or obovate oblong,
gradually naxTowed above into the shortly cuspidate apex, and below into the broad, rounded,
sometimes slightly emarginate, 3-nerved base; edges quite entire; lateral primary nerves 4 to
5 pairs; the adult leaves when diy of a pecuHar pale olive green colour, especially on the
lower surface, which is minutely reticulate and glabrous except the midrib and nerves which
have some short, soft, adpressed hairs ; upper surface glabrous except the midrib and primary
nerves which are minutely pubescent; length of blade 3 to 4 in. ; petioles "8 to 1 in. long ;
stipules broadly ovate, villous, -2 in. long. Receptacles often crowded, shortly pedunculate, in
pairs from the axils of leaves or of the scars of fallen leaves, sub-globular (containing fertile
females), or ellipsoid {containing male and gall flowers) with slightly flattened apex ; the base
slightly constricted and fui-nished with 3 minute, ovate-acute basal bracts ; when young
softly pubescent; when ripe yellow, nearly glabrous, -35 in. across; peduncles -25 in.
long, covered, like the outer smface of the biisal bracts and the petioles, with minute