156 EUSYCE.
lusplcl-pilosc on the lower surface; length of blade 5 or 6 in.; petioles 1 to 1'5 in.,
slender, glabrous; stipules lanceolate, 4 in. loug. Receptacles sessile, solitary, axillary,
globose, recurved, and covered with soft, long, straight hairs, -25 in. across ; basal bracts
3, minute.
Sarawak, Borneo, at an elevation of about 3,000 Beccari (Herb. Beec.
P . 13, 1696).
This is a weak, straggling species, related iu the form and venation of its leaves to
F. cuspidata, Rcinw. var. simtaia.
PLATE 196.—I macilenta, King. Branch with mature receptacles. 1, apes of a
receptacle; 2, base of the same; 3, stipules: all of natural size.
1 S 2 . FICUS COMITIS, Ì . spec.
Young branches glabrous; leaves membranous, elliptic; the apex shortly and narrowly
cuspidate; the base broad, 3-nerved; primaiy lateral nerves about 8 pairs, diverging from
tlie thick, strong midrib at a wide angle, prominent on both surfaces but specially so on
tlie lower which is thickly dotted with minute white tubercles and glabrous oxcopt on the
midrib and primary nerves which are densely and softly puberulous; reticulations minute,
very distinct; upper surface glabrous, thickly dotted with tiibercles like those on the
under surface but slightly larger; length of blade 4 to 6 in.; petiole from -75 in. to
1'75 in.; stipules lanceolate, -C in. long. Receptacles pedunculate, axillary, in pairs,
sub-globose, or sub-pyriform; the umbilicus rather prominent; adpressed-puberulous,
slightly verrueose, about -25 in. across; basal bracts none; pcdicel "3 in. long, bearing 3
minute bracteoles below its middle.
New Guinea,—D^Albcrtis {Eerh. Bpcean, P. Papuancc, No. 531).
This has been collected only by Count D'Albertis. Its affinities are with F.
chart'icea, "Wall.
PLATR 107.—Branch of F. cow/i'"'. King, with mature receptacles—of natural size.
1, stipule; 2 & 3, receptacles
183. Ficus OuoARDi, nov. spce.
A tree. The young shoots covcred with brown tomentum; the leaves oblong-elliptic,
slightly inequilateral, gradually narrowed upwards to the shortly acuminate apex; the
edges entii-e; the base broad, rouodod, very slightly emarginate, 3-nerved; primary lateral
nerves 5 pairs, prominent on the lower surface which is pretty uniformly hispid-pilose;
upper surface sub-scabrid, with some scattered stiff hairs, especially on the midrib and
nerves, the midrib minutely tomentose; length of blade from C to 9 in.; petiole
about '3 i n , tomentose; stipules ovate-acuminate, tomentose externally, glabrous intercally,
•6 in. long. Reccptacles pedunculate, solitary or in paii-s, axillary, sub-globose, with conical
umbonate apex and broad concave base; the sides rough, minutely tuberculate, and
dcciduously fulvous-pubesccnt or tomentose; the uiubiHcus minute, dosed by stiff yellow
hairs and surrounded at some distance by a wa\'y annulus ; basal bracts none; diameter about
1'2 in. : pcduncle stout, clothed, like the receptacle, with deciduous tometitum, "3 in. long.
Male flowers large, numerous, pedicellate, occupying the upper half of the receptacles
with the gall flowers; anthers 2, long, linear-npiculate; the perianth of 4 distinct pieucs.
2 of which are as long as the stamens and 3 much shorter. Gall flowers smaller
and on shorter pedicels than the males; the perianth of 4 distinct pieces; the achene
globular; style terminal; stigma slightly dilated. Fertile female flowers not known.
New G u i n e a — ( H e r b . Bccc. P. P. No. 937).
PLATE 198.—Leafy branch of F. Odoardi, King. 1, receptacle; 2, apex of the same;
3, stipules—aZi of natural she; 4, male flower ; 5, gall flower: enlarged.
184. FICUS LEUCOPTERA, Miq. PI. Junglu 52; Miq. Fl. Lid. Bat. i. pt. 2. 29o; Ann.
Mus. Lagd. Bat. iii. 270, 290.
Youn" branches minutely adpressed-hispid, ultimately glabrous. Leaves elliptic,
narrowed to either end, thickly membranous; upper surface scabrid from the presence of
minute, stiff, broad-based hairs which disappear iu old leaves and leave the upper surface
nearly glabrous except on the midrib and nerves which are always minutely adpressed-hispid ;
lower surface pale, with very distinct reticulations, covered everywhere with soft, short,
white hairs, except the midrib and nerves which arc adpressed fulvous-sericeous; apex acute ;
base narrowed or rounded, 3- to 5-nerved, biglandular ; edges entire ; p r imary lateral nerves
about 3 pairs, prominent, especially below; length of blade 5 to 7 in.; petioles I'u iiu
to 2'3 in. long, glabrous or nearly so ¡stipules -5 in. long, fulvous-sericeous externally; young
receptacles (ripe are unknown) axillary, solitary, obovoid-globose, the apical scales forming
a small umbilicus; villous or pubescent, not ridged; basal bracts 3, spreading, pubescent;
peduncle pubescent, -2 to '4 in. loug. Male and gall flowers not seen. Fertile female
tlowers pedicellate, with perianth of 4 pieces; ovary ovate-oblong; style lateral; stigma
cylindric; interior of receptaclc with a few hairs.
Java, 3,000 to 4,000 it.,—Jimjhuhn; Borneo,—^«ccan (P. B. 962).
The specimens of this from Java in the Herbaria at Utrecht and Leiden are poor.
Beccari's Bornean spocimcns are excellent, and from one of them the foreguing description
has been drawn up. The species is closely allied to F. fidva, Rcinw.
PLATE 199.—Branch of F. leucoptera, lliq., with young of natural size;
2, lateral view of receptacle; 3, basal view to show the three basal bracts ; 4, a single basal
bract, detached; 1, stipule [Nos. 1 to 4 are mice the natural sise)-, 5, fertile female flower:
much enlarged.
ISo. FictJS rvEiFoPMis, Ilook. and Am. Voyage BcecJteg. ^Hq. in Load. Joimi.
Bot. vii. 437. tab, 6. fig. A; in Ann. 31us. Lugd. Bat. iii. 281, 291; Bentk.
Fl. Eong-Kong 328.—i'. Millettii, Miq. in Lond. Journ. Bot. vii. 438 ;
Maximowicz in Bull. Acad. St. Petersb. xi. 336.—J^. AMU, Miq. Ann, Mns.
Lugd. Bat. iii. 281, 295.—i". rnhpyriformis, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd, Bat.
iii. 229, 294; Kurz. For. Flora Brit. Bxirmah ii. 456.—J". Finlaysoniana,
"Wall. Cat. 4553. —F. ischnopoda, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii, 229, 294;
l i u r z For. Flora Brit. Burnudi ii. 456.
A slu-ub. The young parts pubescent; leaves from oblong-lanceolatc to narrowly
knceolate; the apex obtusely aciuninate; the edges entire and slightly revolute when d ry; base
acute, 3-nerved; main primary nerves 5 to 10 pairs; the reticulations minute and rather
distinct on the lower surface, all of which is glabrous, pubescent, or sparsely liLspid ; upper