Formosa,—O/r/AajH, Nos 551 and 554.
Maximowicz ^l.(!.^ remarks that tliis spocios comes near F. msfidata, Ecmw., mtraia,
Lamk., and »»«¿«fa, Wal l (U. ebmia, Wall.)-an opinion in which I quite agree. The more
sinnately-Icaved forms o£ it also come near F. faminrata, Hanos (a species which Uaximowicz
says he had never seen), and I believe this is little more than a geographical variety of that
species. F. Formosma is little known, and is poorly represented in all collections which I have
consnltcd exccpt that oi Kew. I have not myself seen male or gall Sowers. The fertile
female flower of wliich I gave a figure was taken by me from Oldham's HerUrium specimen
No. 55-4. Maximowicz (Bull. Acad. St. Petersb. xi. 33 U describes male and also female
flovvers. ' His description clearly indicates that the females he met with were gall
""^'^ptiTE T7rA.—A: branches of F. Fonmsma, Maxim., with oblanceolate leaves and
imm-ituro receptacles and with lanceolate leaves and mature receptacles. 1 apex of a
rcecptacle; 2, side view of the same ; 3, stipnles-aii of mb,-d size ; i, fertile female ilower
(from Oldlmm's Iltrbarium, No. 541.): nkrsed.
179. RIOTS SILHETESSIS, Ann. Bat. iii. 223, 391. -?. mnimata,
Wall. Cat. i 5 48(non Ecinw.} ; Miq. in Lend. Journ. Bot. vn. 437.
A shrub • the yonng shoots tomentose. Leaves petiolatc, membranous, ovateJanceolate or
o b l a n c e o k t c ' t he apex Lut e or acuminate ; edges entire, sometimes minutely undulate when
dry • the base bluntish or acute, 3-nerved; primary lateral nerves 3 or 4 pairs ; under surface
minutely tuberculate, more or less hispid-pubescent; the reticulations fine; upper sm-face with
» few adnrcssed deciduous hair.., ultimately nearly glabrous; length of blade 2'0 to i m.;
petioles pLse, about -5 in. long ; stipules lanceolate, glabrons, -5 in. long. Receptacles very
shortly nednnculate or almost sessile, axillary, in pairs or solitary, ovonl and much umbonate
when y o u u - nmbilical scales numerous; when old nearly globular, sparsely pilose, reddish;
when ripe°aboi.t -35 in. across; basal bracts 3, minute. Hale flowers pedicellate; the
perianth of 3 distinct leaves; stamens 2; anthers elongate. Gall Sowers with shorter
oedicels than the males and a S-leaved pcriantli; ovary rounded, smooth; the style short,
lateral Fertile female flowers nearly sessile; the perianth of 3 tli.,tmct picces; achene
flattened, obovoid, minutely papillose, with the edges thickened, purple, variegated; style
long, lateral, cnrved, deflexed, not hairy.
° Assam, Silhet, Khasi Hills, np to 4,000 ft.
There is a form of this, of which 1 give a figure, with the leaves much narrowed to the
base and the petioles about -75 in. long; hut it is hardly worth separating as a variety. 1 his
plant comes so near F. .recta, Thunbg., differing little cxcept in its smaller size and sessile
receptacles, that I keep it up as a species with great reluctance, and chiefly as a matter of
convenience. The probability oi its idcnlity with F. erccla is strengthened by the occurrence
of var. Siitoldima of the latter both in Sikhim and Khasia.
Wallich issued this species as No. 4648 of his Catalogue under the name F. mnltmata,
Wall This name had, however, been preoccupied by a plant collected by Kemwardt m the
Moluccas and described by Blumc iBijd. 454), of which no authentic specimen now exists at
Leiden or Utrecht. Blume's description shoivs Eeinwardt's plant not to have been very
diScrent from this. Miqnel, however, regarded the two as difliering, and described this as
F. Sdheicmh, which name I retain.
ETJSRCE, ^^ ^
P i i i E 194 - F . Sdhdenm, Miq. A: branch with young ovoid reccptacIcs. B : branch
with mature, globular, umbonate receptacles. 0 i leaf of the form with attenuate base and longnetiolate
loaves. 1, apex of a reccptacle ; 2, base of the same; 3, st ipules-»« of mtanl
« » , - 4 , male fiower; 5, gall flower {J'mn tlx same riceftack as the ; 6, perianth of
fertile female flower ; T, fertile achenc :
180. Ficus DURIDSCULA, ucv. spec.
A tree. All parts glabrous, but rather harsh and sub-scabrid. Leaves petiolate, membranous,
elliptic or elhptic-lanceolate; the apex rather shortly acuminate; the edges
undulate, sub-crenate; the base boldly S-nerved, biglandular; primary lateral nerves 4
to 6 paii-s, thin but strong as are the midrib and secondary nerves; reticulations
minute, very distinct on the lower surfacc ; both surfaces glabrous, the lower harah to the
touch; length of blade 5 to 10 in. ; petioles swollen at either extremity, varying in length
from 5 in. to I in. ; stipules lanceolate, glabrous, -25 in. long. Ecceptaoles axillary or in
fascicles of from 3 to 6 fi-om small, broad, flat, ebracteate tubercles from the stem and larger
branches, pedunculate, globose ; their sides sHghtly ridged towards the sub-umbonate apex,
glabrous, muriculate-scabrid, -5 in. in diam. ; the base slightly constricted, ebracteatc ;
peduncle thin, 4 in. to '8 in. long, with a few scattered small bractoolcs, scabrid.
Male flowers with 2 stamens and a 5- or 6-cleft, hairy, perianth ; gall flowers with a
perianth similar in shape, but not hairy ; the ovary ovoid ; the stylo short, lateral. Fertile
female flower with the achene ovoid, smooth, mucilaginous externally when ripe ; the style
lateral, longer than the ovary, curved ; the stigma obovate ; the perianth as in the
gall flower.
Soron, New Guinea,—AVff. Becean {KeA. Beco. P.P. No. 1881; U. 0. Forbes, No. 765. '
A species aUied to F. Madurensis, ¡\Iiq., and to the Australian F. magnifolia. Mull., but
with shorter petioles and more muricatc receptacles. This also comes near brevicuspis, Miq.,
but its leaves are not obovate and their bases are not cordate, as in that species. They are,
moreover, longer, more pointed, and have shorter petioles. This also resembles F. batioa,
Miq , and F. copiosa, Stend.
The receptacles in Forbes's specimens are axillary, and are more muricate than in
Beccari's No. 188. The leaves are also rather longer. It is possible that when better material
shall be forthcoming the two forms may be found to be separable specifically ; at present
I include them under one species.
PLATE195.—rfMrmscii^a, King. 1, apex of leafy branch; 2 fascicles of mature receptacles
from the stem—of natural stse ; 3, a receptadlo—sUf/htl// enlarged ; 4, a stipule—jwucA
enlarged ; 5, male flower ; 6, gall perianth ; 7, gall ovary from the same receptacle {taken
from Beecari F. F. No. 188) ; 8, fertile female achene: enlnnjed. (From Forbes's No. 765.)
181. FICUS MACILEXT..1., UOV. Spec.
A shrub. The young shoots with a few scattered short, stiii hairs, ultimately glabrous.
Leaves unequally petiolate, thinly membranous, narrowly elliptic; the apex shortly
acuminate; the edges with a few distinct teeth; base rounded, boldly 3-nerved; primary
lateral nerves about 8 paii-s, horizontal; both surfaces glabrous when adult except the stout
midrib which has a few scattered hairs in the young leaves; all the nerves sparsely
A s s . BOT. G.IED. CATC. TOL. L