^ynCBQidi.—Flowers xmisexual or nexiter; male Jloicers with 1 atamn; male ami
gall flomrs in one set of rfcepiacles, fertile female and neuter flowers in
another set {nexders absent in apiocarpa); cUmhers with large coloured
receptacles, the leaves tesselate beneath.
Leaves scabrous 77. F. auravtioca.
Leaves not scabrous.
Leaves less than 2 inolies in length, often dimorpboiiB 78. Jl p^mclata.
Leaves more than 2 inches in length, their apices blunt, their surfaces
not conspicuously differing in colour 79. J! cailicarpa.
Leaves more than 2 inches long, with acuminate apices, the lower
surface conspicuously white, tesselate 80. i'. Singalana.
Neuter flowers absent 81. i^. i
77. Ficus AURASTiAa.v, Guff, {non Wall.) Notulas, pt. 4. 394; Icon. t. 504./¿r. ii.
Griff. Ilerl. {Km Distrih.) trachijeoma,lii(i. in 2oll. Syst. Vcrz.
92; ri. Incl. Bat. i. pt. 304; Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 293; Teysm.
and Binnend. in Nat. Tijdaclir. Necrl. Ind.—.f. Guiilielmi, i. De Vriese
MSS.
A scandcnt, scabrous slmib, •s^•ith very large recpptacles. Leaves petiolate, thickly coriaceous,
ovate-clliptic, sliglitly iucquilateral, apiculatc or acute, with entire reeui-ved edges and rounded
S-ncrved base; lateral nerves 8 or 9 pairs, strong but not very prominent; under surface
scabrous from numerous harsli, broad, elevated pustiiles (often of a pale colour), between wLich
are scattered short stifE bristles ; upper sm-face hispid -when young, but afterwards shiniDg
and smooth; length of blade 2'5 to 4 in.; petioles stout, scabrid, -5 to -6 in. long; stipules
ovate-lanceolate, subulate, glabrous, -6 in. long, 2 to each leaf. Eeceptacles lai-ge, pedunculate,
solitaiy, scabrous; -when young very prominently umbonate; umbilicus with large scales;
when ripe neai-Iy smooth, ovoid-eylindric, tapering to base and apex; of a rich russet
red colour; about 2'3 in. long and 1'5 in. broad; ebracteolate at the base: peduncle
•5 in. long, scabrid, 'with 3 broad rounded bracts at its origin from the axis. Slale
and gall flowers uot seen. Fertile female flowers intermixed with neuters, sub-sessile;
the perianth of 5 linear distinct pieces; the ovary ovoid; style lateral, short, tliick;
Ann. Bot. Gatid. Calc. Vol, I.