Bxwmah ii. 419.—J", hirsuia (not of Schofct), Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 528; "Wight
Icon GTO.
A slu'ub or small tree. The young bmncbes hollow, and the loaves, stipules, and
receptacles pubescent-hispid, often ruf'escent or ta-vny. Loaves membranous, petiolate, very
variable in shape, from 5 to 12 in. long, oblong-lanceolate, ovate-elliptic to ovate-rotund;
apices acute or acuminate, often (especially in the leaves of young shoots) with 3 to 5 acute
or blunt lubes; edges serrate; bases romided or cordate, 3- to 7-nervod; lateral nerves
2 to 7 pairs; upper surface scabrous-hispid, lower densely hispid-hirsute, pubescent, or
tomentose, especially on the nerves ; petioles from -75 to 4 in. long, hirsute ; stipules ovatelanceolate,
acuminate, strigose or hirsute at first, afterwards puberulous, from '5 to '75 in, long,
deciduous. Receptacles shortly peduncuhvte or sessile, in pairs from the axils of the leaves
or of the scars of fallen leaves, globular or ovoid, more or less umbonate espocially when
young; from -3 to 1 in. across; at all times densely covered with long, stifi, often rufescent,
bristly hairs; apical scales nunierous, some of them very large; basal bracts ovate-acuminate,
adpressed-pubescent; perianth of all the flowers of 4 linear lanccolate, smooth pieces. Male
iiower with 2 stamens, occasionally 3, and sometimes only 1. Gall ovary globular or
ovoid, smooth; the style short, lateral; stigma infundibuliform. Fertile female flowers
pedicellate or sessile; the acliene minutely tuberculate, ellipsoid, emarginate at the side to
which is attached the long filiform style ; stigma cylindric.
In the forests at the base of the eastern half of the Himalaya, Assam, Burmah, the
Malaya Peninsula and Archipelago, Cliiua ; at elevations from 2,000 to 5,000 ft.
A widely-distributed and very variable plant. The f.irm described by Vahl is that found
in China and the Malayan coimtrics. In the North-Indian area of the species, this furm is
ahnost entirely supplanted by the broad-leaved, large-fruited, densely-rufescent form issued as
Wall. Cat. 4491 under the manuscript name F. iriloha, Ham. Hamilton's name is a most
unfortunate one, as trees are quite common on which not a single trilubed leaf can be found.
I think it better therefore to retain for this Nortiiern variety Miquel's name of B^zhurcj/iti,
which is separated from typical hirta, Vahl., as follows:-
Typical hirta, Vahl. Leaves obovate-oblong, oblaneeolate, or lyratc; receptacles
abuut the size of a large pea or small cherry.
Var. Rosburghii. Leaves ovate to ovate-rotund, often deeply lobed, from 6 to
12 in. long; receptacles from -o to 1 in. across.-i". Roxlur(/Jui, Miq.
The two forms meet in the Khasia Hills, but I have never seen a specimea of the
variety Uozhurghii from farther south.
The receptacles in some individual plants are sub-globular, with, liowevcr, a tendency
to be umbonate at the apex; in other individuals the receptacles are ovoid and are so much
umbonate towards the apes as to be in some cases almost obpyriform in general outline.
The majority of the globnlir receptacles which I have examined contain fertile female
flowers without any trace of males. In the ovoid receptacles, on the other hand, perfect
male flowers are rather numerous in the usual situation beneath the scales near the mouth
of the receptacles; and in some cases the males are so numerous as to fill the upper half
of the rcceptacle, the remaining space being occupied by gall flowers.
Pl.\te 188.—i'. hirta, VM. 1 & 2, leaves and receptacles; 3, stiimles—of natuml sise ;
4, diandrous male flower; 5, nionandrous male; 6 & 7, gall Rov^eis—all from the same
receptacle: enlarged.
P l a t e 189.—i^. Mrla, Vahl. var. Boxlurghii. 1, twig (reduced in size); 2, an ovoid
receptacle; 3, vertical section of of natural size ; 4, male flower; 5, gall flower from
ovoid vea-gi&dQ- enlarged; G, globular receptacle from another plant; 7, vertical section of the
s-d.mQ—of naniral size; 8, fertile female flower from the globular receptacle: enlarged.
174. Fia-s DUMOSA, vov. spee.
A shrub, 3 to 9 ft. high. Leaves loiig-petiolate, membranous, from ovate-elliptic, acuminate
(rarely sinuate), to palmate with from 3 to 5 deep acuminate lobes; edges of all the
forms irregularly dentate; the apices of the lobes cuspidate; base cordate or rounded, somelimes
sub-auiiculate, 5- to 7-nerved; U2>per surface scabrid, papillose, each papilla bearing a stiff
liair; the nerves tomentose-hispid ; under surface more sparsely hispid, hirsute on the nerves;
lateral primary nerves 6 to 6 paii-s; reticulations distinct; length of blade 5 to 9 in.;
petioles blender, hispid, from 2 to 4-5 in. long; stipules lanceolate, hispid at first, but subsequently
glabrous, about -Sin. lung. Eeceptacles axillary, sessile, in pairs, depressed-globose,
the umbilicus small, few-bracted ; sparsely hispid when young; scarlet to lake-red in colour
and smooth when ripe, and from -5 to 1 in. across; basal bracts 3, minute, ovate, spreading.
Male flowers in the receptacles with the gall flowers, and near the mouth only; the perianth of
4 broad, distinct pieccs; stamens 2 perfect, or 1 perfect and a rudimentary ¡distil. Gall
flowers pedicellate or sub-sessile; tho perianth of 5 lanceolate free pieces; ovary globose,
smooth; style short, lateral; stigma infundibuliform. Fertile female flowers sub-sessile or
pedicellate; perianth as in the gall flowers; achene obliquely ovoid, slightly viscid, minutely
tuberculate; the style elongate, lateral; stigma pyramidal.
Kaiser's Peak, Mount Derape, and other hills in Eastern Sumatra, from 2,000 to
6,000 ft,,—il/r. II. 0. ivories No. 229).
This is closely allied to F. alia, Reinw., but it is well distinct, differing from typical alba
by its larger receptacles; and longer petiolate, thinner leaves which are sjDarsely hispid on both
surfaces and not tomentose below. The occasional occmTence of a rudimentary pistil connects
this with the section PalmomorpJic, the members of wliich it does not, however, in any other
way resemble.
IYate 190.—F. duwosa. King. 1 & 2, branches with immature receptacles; 3, branch with
mature receptacles; stipules; 5 & 6, apex and base of an immatm-e receptacle—a^Z of natural
&ize ; 7, ovate-elongate, sinuate leaf—reduced in size ; 8, diandrous male flower; 9, male flower
with 1 stamen and a rudimentary ¡nstil; 10, gall flower; II, fertile female flower: all
175. Ficus cnRiSocAEPA, Eeinw. in Bhmo's Jiijd. 475 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat, {. pt. 2.
302 ; ¿ufip. 173, 427 ; Ann. Jilus. Lvgd. Bat. iii. 270, 291.—i'. aurata, Miq.
Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 271, m.—Covellia aurata, Miq Fl. Ind. Bat.
Supp. 175, 433.-^-. dcnsiserra, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Supp, 426 —F. arquta
-Wall. Cat, 4489. '
A tree, 10 to 30 ft. high. The young branches hollow and, like the leaves, stiimles, and
receptacles, more or less covered with hispid-rufous or yellowish pubescence. Leaves
membranous, petiulate, elliptic, oblong-lanceolate or oblanceolate, never lobed, narrowed to the