i I o NEOMOEPHE.
and less numerous roccptacles; tlio periaiith (often difBeuIt to find) of 3 or 4 narrow, lanceolate,
thin, membranous picces which are slightly united by their bases; the achene obovoid,
minutely tuberculate ; the style lateral, about as long as tho achene; the stigma large, clávate.
Java, Sumatra, Penang, and the Malayan Archipclago and Hong Kong; generally up
to elevations of l,0i}0 f t . ; Assam, (i. Mami; Cluttagong, Lister.
Eathcr variable, especially as to the size and pubescence of the leaves. I have reduced as
a variety of this F. chlorocarpa, Benth., from IIoug-Kong, which, after careful comparison
with the lai-ge suite of specimens of variegata in tho Leiden and Utrecht collections, I do not
find to differ specifically from this. Blume's F. sub-raaomosa is a form with denticulate leave-s,
typical variegata, Bl., having entire leaves.
YAR. CELOROCAEPA. Leaves entire, rounded, or cordate at tho base; the J
I 'o to 2'5 in. long; stipules -i to -5 in. long; receptacles with constricted
bases when young.—F. chlorocarpa, Benth., IIoug-Kong.
The inspissated milky juice of this species forms the substance known in Malaya
as getah lahoe, a gum resin allied to, but different from, caoutchouc or guttah
percha, an interesting account of which by Bleekrode will be found in Ann.
Sc. Nat. ser. iv. vol. iii. 3-30. This species appears to be occasionally cultivated
on account of its fruit, which even in its wild condition is eatable.
PLATE 212.—F. variegaia, BL, a form with denticulate leaves and receptacles in all
5 of maturity—o f natural size. 1, unexpanded male flower; 2, stamens fi-oni a male
flower; 3, gall flower; 4, perianth of tho same; 5 & 6, achenos of the same at different ages ;
7, fertile femal e flower: enlarged.
PLATE 213.—F. variegata, Bl., var. chlorocarpa. 1, young receptacles with much constricted
bases; 2, nearly matm-e receptacles: all of natural size.
198. Ficus GEASDIS, nov. spec.
A tree. The young branches deciduously hispid-tomontose. Leaves large, membranous,
petiolate, ovate-elliptic; the apex acute; edges irregularly and coarsely crenate-dentate ; tlie
base rounded, not cordate, 7-nerved (2 being minute); primary lateral nerves aboiit 8 pairsj
diverging from the midrib at rather an acute angle; the under sm-face finely reticulate and
with numerous minute white papilla?, rather softly and minutely pubescent, especially on
t h e midrib and nerves; upper surface scabrous from rather minute sub-adpressed hairs;
length of blade 10 to 13 in.; petiole deeply channelled, pubescent, rather stout, 2-5 to
3'5 in. long; stipules ovate-acuminate, glabrous inside, puberulous outside, about 1-2 in.
long. Receptacles on short, thick, multi-bracteate, tubercled, leafless branches from tho main
stem, on long, thin peduncles; depressed-globular or shortly pyrifonn; the surface slightly
verrucose and scurfy, but without hairs; red when ripe, 1-4 in. long and 2 in. broad ; the apex
very broad, fiat, slightly dej^ressed; umbilical scales munerous, prominent; basal bracts
large, ovate-triangular, acuminate, glabrous; peduncles nearly 3 in. long. Male flowers
with 1 or 2 stamens; anther ovate, on a thick filament; perianth of 3 obcordate, inflated,
hyaline pieccs. Gall flowers pedicellate or sessile; the style short, sub-terminal; perianth
absent. Fertile female flowesr unknown.
NEOMOEPHE. 171
New Guinea,—t."???. Beacari (Herb. Becc. No. 601).
'Hiis vies with F. Roxburghii in having the largest leaves and receptacles of any
Asiatic member of the genus Ficus.
PLATE 214—i". grondis, King. 1, part of leafy branch; 2, recoptacular branch with
mature receptacles; 3, a i.li'pviXii—of naturalsisc; 4, an umbilical scale; 5 & 6, male flowers
with 1 aad 2 stamens; 7, the 3 pieces of the male perianth separated; S, pedicellato gull
flower: enlarged.
199. Ficus POMirEKA, Wall. Cat. ibì7.—F. Ilamiltoniana, Wall. 4545 A. (" F. pohj.
carpa, Herb. Hum, non Roxb.").—Jl oiigodon, Miq. in Aim. Mus. Lugd. But.
iü. 2'i4, 207.—i''. regia, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. i .- 230, 296(pa i - t ly);
Kurz Für. Flora Brit. Burmah ii. 4öS.
A tree, often 60 ft. high, with nai-row (not spreading) head and smooth wliite bark ;
the young branches pubesceiit. Leaves lanceolate, elliptic, or sub-obovate-elliptic, with acute
or sub-acuminate apex, coarsely, rather remotely and irregularly serrate edges and rounded
or sub-cuneate (but never cordate), 3- to 5-nerved base; lateral jnimary nerves about 4 or b
pairs; intermediate nerves sub-transverse, little curved, thin, but prominent below; reticulations
rather las, not very distinct; under surface minutely papillose, puberulous or glabrous ;
up))er surface puberulous when young, ultimately glabrous; length 4'5 to 8 in,; petioles
pubescent, 1-5 to 3-5 in, long; stipules ovate-lanceolate, pubescent or glabrous; -5 to -70 in
long. Recoptaclcs long-pedunculate, on very much shortened, leafless branches or tubercles
from the main stem and larger branches; sub-globular or sub-pyriform, often with depressed
apex; pubescent, with 4 to 6 vertical grooves; sometimes verrucose ; umbilicus rather prominent,
with large, ovate rounded, pubescent scales; basal bracts 3, ovate acute; when ripe reddish
in colour and 1 in. or rather more in diameter; peduncles 1 to 2'.5 in. long, puberulous, or
glabrous. Male flowers near the mouth of the receptacles containing gall flowers not
numerous, pedicellate, the pedicel often enveloped in a loose, membranous bracteole • the
perianth of 3 large, loose, membranous pieces which completely enfold the anthers; anthers 2,
curved, placed face to face. Gall flowers pedicellate ; the perianth gamophyllous, 3-t¡.ot.hed'
often completely enveloping the ovary; ovary ovoid, smooth; the style short, sub-terminal
stigma dilated. Fertile fomale flowers shortly pedicellate ; the perianth like that of the o-all
flowers; achene minutely papillose; style long, lateral; stigma clavate. °
Sikkim, Assam, Chittagong, Buimah, and Malayan Peninsula, at elevations of from
800 to 3,000 ft.
The broader leaved forms of this have a general resemblance to F. BoxUrghU, but this
IS a tall tree with wliitish grey bark, while Roxburghii is a low spreading tree with brown bark
This, moreover, differs f rom Eoxhurghii in having smaller, more glabrous leaves, not cordate at
tbe base; smaller, more lobul a r , and less hairy receptacles on larger, n.ore slender, peduncles
lire aistnbution of this spccies is further southward than that of Roxhurghii
This reaches no further northward than Sikkim. Sheet B. of Wallich's type of
nmnltomana (^o. 4545) isindeed doubtfully ascribed in his catalogue to Nepal; but Iliaveno
doubt It was so ascribod by mistake, for there is no other evidence wbate.ver of tb« occm-rence
of this speuies in Nepal, mid it is by no means common even in Sikkim.
PL..TE 215. -^; pomifera, Wail. 1, a tubcrcle from the stem bearing a fascicle of nearlv
mature receptacles; 2, base of a receptacle ; 3 apex of the same; 4, vertical section of the sanfe
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