obovate-votuiidatc with a mnro or less deeply cordate or narrowed base ; apex more or lo=;s
acuminate, sometimes deeply divided into acute lobes; edges irregularly dentate; length
ot blade from 5 to 8 in. ; base S-ncrved; lateral primary nerves about 3 or 4 pairs, rather
prominent; secondary nerves transverse. (The leaves of j'oung shoots are often very large,
have palmate nervation, and arc divided into as many as /) to 7 lobes.) Upper surfaces
of leaves scabrid or sparsely hispid, especially on tho nerves; lower surface (except the nerves
which are nearly glabrous) densely covered with short, usually white, sometimes reddishwhite
tomentum ; p'^tioles 1"5 to 3 in., pubescent or glabrous ; stipules ovate-lanceolate,
jiubesccnt at first, ultimately glabrous, from-3 to- 5 in. long. Receptacles sessile, in pairs,
itxillary, depresssd-globose, rarely ovoid, slightly uinbouate; when young pubescent;
when ripe smooth, bright yellow in colour, and from -3 in. to -i in. across; basal
bracts 3, broadly ovate, blunt. Male flowers few, and only near the mouth of the receptacles
containing gall flowers, sessile, short, broad; the perianth of 3 broad, imbricated,
free pieces; stamens 1 or 2. G-all flowers mostly pedicellate; the perianth of 5 lanceolate
pieces; the ovary ovoid, smooth; stjde short, lateral; stigma infandibuliform, Fertile female
flowers sessile, or shortly pedicellate; the achene obliquely ovoid, with a very tuberculate,
crustaceous epicarp; style lateral, as long as the achene ; stigmx cylindric.
Southern part of the Malayan Peninsula, and over the whole Archipelago, up to
elevations of 4,000 f t . Very common and variable.
I have little doubt that a tri-lobed form of this formed the basis of the Roxburghian
species F. palniaia.
PLATE 186.—F. alba., Reinw. 1, fruiting-branch; 2, ovate-cordate leaf; 3, ovate-lanceolate
leaf; 4, tri-lobed leaf; 5, vertical section of receptacle—o/««/ism/Sizö ; 6, diandrous
male flower; 7, munandrous male flower; S & 9, gall flowers; 10, fertile female flower—
ull enlarged.
172. FICL'S FULV.\, lloiiio. in Bl. Bijd. m-, Miq. in Ann. Mas. Lugd. Bat.
iii. 269, 290; PL Jungk. 54; Miq. Fl. lad. Bat i. pi. 8. 296; Be
Vriese, PI. Bar. du Jard du Liede, fasie, l.—Pogomirophe flavidida, Miq.
FL Ind. Bat. Supp. 176, 43ó.—JF. iZiinzö/irai«, Link and Otto. Icon
rar. i. 6. tab. 31.; Miq. in Lend. Journ. Bot, vii. 407.—^". suhorbicularis,
Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Supp. 173, 425.—P. apiculaU, Miq. Zoll. Syst. Verz-
92, 08; Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2. 296; Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat iü. 269,
290.—i''. chlorocarpa, Miq. Fl. lud. Bat. i. pt. 2. 294.
A amall umbrageous tree. Tiie young branches covered with harsh dark brotvn
Tomentmn. Leaves crowded towards the apices of the branches, long-petiolate, membranous,
snb-rhomboidal, rotund, or obovate-rotund, rarely ovate-elliptic, sometimes sinuate or (in the
leaves of young plants) deeply 3- to 5-lobed; edges minutely and remotely dentate-serrate;
apes acute or very shortly apiculate; base rounded or more or less deeply cordate, 5-to 7-
neiwed; upper surface scabrid, tomentoso on the nerves; lower surface everywhere covered
with rather harsh tawny tomentum; lateral nerves 2 to 4 pairs; length of blade from
4 to 8 in ; petioles 1-5 to 3-5 in. long, pubescent; stipules single, convolute, broadly ovate,
with a truncate base and acute apex, externally covered with deciduous yellow han's.
Keceptacles crowdcd towards the apice. of the brauche,?, sessile or very shortly pedunculate,
in pairs in the axils of the leaves; from ovoid to globo.e; apex umbilicate; densely fulvoustomentose
vcllowish red when ripe and about-5 in. to Tò in. across ; basal bracts 3 ovatetonientose
jc i ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ,eccptacl.s with gall flowers,
i : pi e c e , much longer than the . oblong a . h e . ;
fi a t n t s short, adnate. Gall flowers sessile or shortly pedicellate; the pe.anth of .
. lanceolate pieces; tho ovary ovoid, shining, smooth; t o sty e shor, latera ,
^t i r ifundibulifoL. Fertile female flo.ers sessile or pedicellate ; the perranth hke
S of the gall flowers; the achene obliquely ovoid, minutely tuberculate; the per,carp
hiii-d and crustaceous. ^ , , it, i
Malayan ArdiipÄgo imd Pcnmsula, AllJaman Wands, and Bimnali.
Tins is not very well represented in collections, altliongli it is by no means an
nnconrmo,. troe in Western Java. A form of this .-¡ill rra,rower leaves smoother on
the nnper smiace than those of tho type, was separated as a variety m,der the nan,e
crhcuhrü by Miqnel; bnt it scarcely deserves separation even as a va„ety. The plant
issued as Herb. Zoll. 651 was originally named F. film, Eeinw., by Zollmger Inm.sc 1,
but Minuel made a spocies of it under the name « p i M . Miquol had previously g.von the
name apicuMa to a species collected by Wight I No. 1016 Ihrb. Wi,U). which I have not
seen, but wl.ich, judging from Iliquel's description ([.ond. Journ. Bot. yi. 570!, was a
K-.S/.Ì7I«»,. The reduction ef F. chWocarpa, Miq,, to this apiculula was made by Hiquel
himself. I have seen no specimen of it.
Keceptacles containing u.ale and gall flowers are by no means common. Count bohns
Laubach states {Hot. Zdt for 1885, p. 516) that during his stay at Bmtenmrg he had
never been able to find one with male flowers. Some specin.ens which I myself collected
in the Preanger Province of W. Java boar such receptacles, aud from one of those the
figures given by me have been drawn. The forms oi this species may be grouped into
two sets, as follows:—
FOEMA TYPICA. Leaves rounded, more or less lobed. This is the form originally
named fdva by Reinwardt,
VAK. MIKOH. Leaves ovate or elliptic, Under this (all the forms described as
flavidtila and clihrocarpa by Miqucl.
PLATE 187- F. film, Reinw. 1, fruiting-branch of firme tu firn ; 3, leaf and receptacles
of var. mmor; 3, stipules of No. \-oJ mtur.xi S.W; 4,' male diandrous flowet;
5, gall flower; 6, ovary of the same, the perianth being removed; 7, S, 9, fertile female
flowers at various stages of growth; 10, fertile achenc; nil mUrgnd.
173. FICL-S IURTA, Valli. Emm. ii. 201; J2...TÌ. Ä IÜ. 52s ; II'wM / » « 872;
Ihq. in r.omi. Jom. Bot vii. 456; Miq. Fl. Ini. Bat. i. pi. 2. 297.
tab. 18; Miq. in dna. Mns. Lmß. Bai. iii. 290; Bmlh. Fl IIoiig-Kowi,
320; Ami. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 290.—i", sriosä, Bl, Bijd. 477; Miq, in
Lond, Joiirn. 15ot. vii. 456; Hoot. &. Arn. Bcechcy. Voy. 210. t. .«).—
F. sdifira, Steijd.—2?. UbisdfiUa, Champ, Hook. Journ. Bot. and Kew
Gard. Misceli, vi, 77.-3?, RoxhirgUi, Miq. (non Wall,), Lond, Joiirn, Bot.
vii. 456. - F. IrilolM, Hain, Wall, Cat, 4491A, B, C ; Miq, in Ann, Mus,
Lugd, Bat. iii, 270, 290 ; Brandis Forest Flora, 423 ; Kurz For. Flora Brit.