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panides from the stem; obovoid, nearly smooth, with rather prominerit umhiKcus, and 3 banal
bracts abont 1-23 in. across Tvlien ripe; podnncles -o in. or -6 in. long. Male flowers
n.imeOTS and forming a zono near the month of the rocoptacles containing gall ilowors,
scs41o as broad as long; the perianth oi 3 or 4 inflated, loose, membranous pccos, completely
enveloping the 3 broadly ovate, nearly sessile, anthers. Mature gall flowers not seen.
Fertile female »owei-8 shortly pcdieellato ; the perianth of 5 linear pieces; .achene rhomboid •
ovoid narrowed to the base; its surface dull, dark in colour, and prominently tuberonlate;
tlre stjde sub-terminal, elongate, rather stout; the stigma cylindrio.
Amboina and the Molucca Islands.
When dry, the loaves of this at once suggest K »jrfarjte or i . ; but I have
seen this erowin.' (in tho Botanic Garden at Euitenzorg), and in tho living state it appears
sufficiently distinct even in external characters, while the flowers are qmte different.
m ™ 210.-Leaf and branch of F. ». i .», Teysm. and Emn. 1, part of a parncle of
immature receptacles; 2, mature roceptaclos; 3, stipules-.« of „Uralu.e; 4, "expanded
,„ale flower; 5, ti.e anthers of a male flower, the perianth having being removed , 6, fertile
female flower; 7, achene of a fertile female flower: uU aiargci.
196. RcL-sEoxaoonii, mil. C.i.4o08;*i. «. Am. M«.
Br,„„lis For. Flora 423; Kur.. For. Flora JSr,l. J3ur,mh 460._
F. mocroMla, Koxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 556, (not of Dosf); Wight Icon 673.-
F .doriplera. Grifl. Ic. PL As. t. 5o8.-C»rf& «,acropJ,„lla, Mi<l.
Lond. Journ. Bot. vii. 465.-?. rogia, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii.
230, 207 (partly).
A ti-ee, from 10 to 30 ft. high, with wide-spreading head; the young branches pubescent.
Leaves thinly coriaceous, petiolate, broadly ovate to ovate-rotund with very Aort triangula,,
iinioal acumcn entire or serrate- dentate edges, and more or less deeply coruate, raiciy
r n d e d , 5. to V-nerved base ; primary lateral nerves about 3 or 4 pairs, prominent on both
surfaces as are the nearly parallel and almost straight intermediate nerves; reticulations not
very distinct; under surface covered with short, soft pubescence; upper surface rigid,
Ibreecent. o glabrous, except tho midrib and main nerves which are somet.mes deciducuisly
i e r f o n s - length of Wade from 5 in. to 15 in.; breadth 4-5 in. to 12 in ; petioles 1 in.
^ 4 „ ta.. o^ in young shoots as much as 8 in. long; stipules ovato-lanceola e, pubescent,
•6 in to 1 In. long Beceptacles pedunculate, from shortened leafless tauches berne en
t l rler branched or stori, turbiLto or truneate-pyriform, with 8 to 12 ind.stmct verlica
•Los nnihilicus large, and with numerous broad, tomentose scales; base sometrme, oonsb-icted
to : short stalk with 3 ovate to triangular, rather large, basal bracts; when young pubescent
wimn mature glahresoent, russet brown in colour, with a tinge of red or dull purplish nd
Tpotted; abouf2 in. ormore across; peduncle proper -75 in. to f75 - ' " » f
flowers near- the apex of the receptacles containing the gall flowers, sessile ; he porian h of
rbroad, imbricate hyaline, inflated pieces; stamens 2, sometimes 3, and occasionaUy on y
the anihers evate; the filaments long, thick. Galliowers pcdieellato; the pei.anth
gamophyllous below, 2- 01- 3-partito above, only partially covermg the ovoid, ;
g , l e sub-terminal, siiort; stigma dilated. Fertile female flowers sub-sessilo or p e d . c ^ ,
the perianth like that of the gaU; achene minutely tubercular, vised ; the style long, cmved,
lateral, hairy; stigma cylindrio.
Outer ranges of the Himalayas, from the Indus to Bliotan (but rare in the Western
Himalaya); Assam and Khasi Hills ; Cliittagong and Burmese Hills-at elevations of from
1,000 to 5,000 ft.
The males of this are to be found perfect only in young reocptaelcs m which tlie gall
flowers are young. In receptacles from the gall llowera of which tho Blastophaga has
escaped, no trace oven of the perianth of a male flower is to ho found. This duo to tho fact
that, in cutting their way out of the recoptaolo, the fully developed male Blmk^lm» out
through the tnalo flowors which, as well as tho scales, occlude the ostiole.
Miquel's species F. rcgiu. is made up partly of this and partly of F. pomifera, W^all., as
I have satisfied myself by examination of his type specimens of F. rcjia. This spccies is
closely allied to uariegala, El.
P l a t e 211.—-F. EoxhursUi, Wall. 1, mature receptacle ; 2, apex of the same; 3, vortical
.section of tho smu—of natural me; i, male Sower; 6, an anther removed from male flower;
6, gall flower; 7, fertile female-flower : mlarijed.
Feoktispuok to this VoLroiE.-Base of the stem of a living tree in tho Koyal Botanic
Garden, Calcutta, showing tho crowded receptacles.—Pirior«?« % Dr. D. D. Vmm«,jlmii.
M . Fious vabieoata, Bl. Bijd. 459; J%. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. f t . 2. 320; Am.
Mus. Lwjil. Bat. iii. 295.—i'. siiliraccmosa, Bl. Bijd. ^109; Miq. Fl. Ind.
Bat. I.e. 820; Choix do Plantes do Buitonzorg t. 13.—-F. i'«ce»!>>™, Eoxb.
Fl. Ind. iii. 560 ; Wight Icon Wi.—Covdlia racemifora, Miq. Lond. Joern.
Bot. vii. 465 ; Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2. 325.-2'. ghmtrala, Hurt. Buitenzorg
(not of Roxb.)—-f. aiofaoa, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i, pt. 2. 320.—i". arifera,
Bl. in Ann. So. Kat. 4th ser. iii. 333. t. 14.—Ji. ctnflua, Jungh. Java i.
439.—-P. chlorosarpa, Eenth. Fl. Hong-Kong 330 ; Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd.
Bat! iii. 296; Maxim, in Bull. Acad. St. Petersb, xi. SW.—S,i/mmrus
capinm mi stmmiflm, Miq. PL Jungh. U.—Caprif,cus Amboinemil. Kumph.
Herb. Anib. 145. t. 93.
A spreading tree, 20 to 30 ft. high, with pule brown bark ; the young shoots pubescent
or glabrous °LeaT0s thinly coriaceous, petiolate, broadly ovate to ovate elliptic,
acuminate - edges entire, sub-repand, er remotely denticulate; base rounded, emargin.te, or
cordate 5-nerved, (2 of the nerves minute); lateral primary nerves 4 pairs, promment;
iuterme'dinte nerves transverse; reticulations minute; under surface in young leave.,
puberulons especially on the midrib and nerves, in adult leaves glabrous; upper surface
i^labrous • length 4 to 7 in. ; petioles 1 to 2 in. long; stipules ovato-aeuminate, glabrous, from
to-75 in. Ion,-. Eoeeptaelcs pedunculate, in fascicles from tubercles (shortened abortive
btanchesi on the trunk and larger branches, globose, slightly depressed at the apex, and
sometimes with a short constriction at the base. When ripe smooth, i-od with white streaks and
dots, and about -1 in. across; peduncles-75 in. to 2 in. long; base with 3 minute bracts, winch
ai-o eai-ly deciduous and leave an annular scar. Male flowers near the mouth of the receptacle
with the gall flowers; the perianth of 3 or 4 broad, loose, inflated p.ecos; anthers
broadly ovate, with short filaments wdiich unite below into a common stalk. Gall flowers w-ith
a gamophyllous, tubular, 4- to 5-roothed perianth which envelopes the young p.s.il, but i.
m ' c h s L i r than the mature ovary; the ovary ovoid, smooth; sty e short, lateral; the
sti..ma large, funnel-shaped, with a very wide mouth. Fertile fen,ale flowers ou separate
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