173 KEOMOliPHE.
-an Of n-ihtrd me ; 5, male flower, nncxpondod; 6, stamens of the same, the perianth having
been removed ; 7, gall fl"wers; 8, fertile female flower : aU nilarged.
200. Ficus D'ALBiiUTisn, mu. spcc.
A tree. The yonng branches with atinnlar swellings at the nodes, and completely coveted
with elosely-adpressed, minnte, rusty pnbeseenoe. Leaves broadly ovate or elliptic, sometimes
„hovale-olKptie ; the apes aente, shortly enspidato; the edges minutely dentate or sub-entu-e ;
base rounded, emarginate or sub cordate, sometimes nneqenl, o-nei-ved; primary iatera
nerves about 7 pairs; both surfaces closely covered with very minute, adpressed hairs ; tne
upper surface slightly harsh, the lower soft; length of blado about 9 m. ; petiole about o
i„ pubescent, swollen at its inserti.m on the stem; stipules ovate-lanceolate, acuminate,
adpressed-pubescent erfernallv, l o in. long. Keceptacles in small clusters from leafless
ebracteate tubercles from the ¿em, pedunculate, pjriform, the sides with numerous vertical -
r i d . ' c s a n d clothed with short, adpressed, apparently deciduous, scurfy pnbeseenoe-, length
1-2 in, breadth X in.; the umbilicus large, elosod by 5 broad, romidod scales', basal
bracts 3, ovate, deciduous ; pedencle stout, glabrous, -70 in. long. Female flowers sessile or
dedioellate, slightly rugose ; the style long, terminal, hairy. Male and gall flowers unknown.
F l y Eiver, New Gmiu^-li'Albf^tii (no numberl. Sumatra,—»«oi-i (Herb. Beeo.
I'. S. No. 7oC.) , , . ,
PLATE SIE.-J?. D'Allertmi, King. 1, apes of leafy branch; 2, branch with a fascicle
of mature receptacles; 3, stipule-«« of »«i.rai s.ii; 4, piece of a leaf to show the
minute hairs ; 5, sessile and pedicellate fertile female flowers: enlarged.
201. FICES SYCOMOHOIDES, Mig. in. Am. Mus Lugd. B'tt. iii. 230, 205.
A spreading tree. The young branches pilose Leaves petiolate, thinly coriaceous, ovateelliptic
• the ape°x shortly acute; the edges with a few h-iegalar coarse teeth towards the apex,
or entire; base rounded, S-nervcd ; lateral primary nerves about 3 pairs, prominent bel .w, as
are the strong, transvei-se, secondary nerves; upper surface glabrous ; the lower pubescjnt,
.specially on the nerves; length of blade 3 to 5 in ; petioles '8 in. to 1 in, long; s ipales
hmceolale, acuminate, tomentose externally with glabrous edges, 5 in .long. Eeceptaoles m
sbert panicles from the stem and older branches, turbioate, much depressed, suJden y
contracted into pedicels about -5 in. long vvhiol, are tribraetoate at the base; when ripe
..bout -5 in. across, glabrous or puberulous, marked by about 8 vertical ridges, which
„re most conspicuous near the umbilicus, Male flowers near the apex of the receptacles
which contain the gafl flowers, sessile, bro id; the periamh of 3 or 4 broad, lax, thin
nieces which completely envelope the 2 almost sessile, broadly-ovate, apiculate anthers.
Gall flowers with a perianth of 3 broad, ovate-rotund, distinct pieces; the ovary ovoid,
shining, smooth; the style short, lateral, with a rather large, infundibuliform stigma.
Fertile female flowers not seen.
A m b o i n a , — i i Ireles.
This resembles F. variegoU, HI., in a general way, but has mnch smaller and more
pnbesccut leaves; the receptacles of this are also mud, smaller and more depressed tlian
ihose of V«.,i.g«.tii, and the male flowers are much smalk-r and broader. Besides those
NEOMORPHE. J 7 3
collected by De Frètes, I have seen no specimens of this, and none of the receptacles of
his collecting contain perfect female flowers.
The vernacular name of this is miessoe. Count Solms Lanbach (JDoiamsrJte Zeiimq,
vol 44. p. 562) nieritions specimens which are preserved under the name imessoe in the
Herbarium at Baitenzorg ; but, as lie describes the pcriiinth of the gall flowers of these
as fimbriated in a remarkable nianner unknown in any named species of Ficvs, I conclude
til at the moessoe of Buitenzorg and that collected by De Kretes in Amboina must bo
difEerent jjlants. My descriptiaiis and figures arc founded upon De Fretes's original
specimens and they show no such peculiarity i;f the perianth as Count Solms Laubadi
uesc'ribes. Tliis Huitenzorg moessoe is probably a new species.
PLATI3 217.—F. St/comoroidcs, 3Iiq. Leafy twig. 1, 2, •'•i, receptucles seen from the appx,
base, and side; 4, stipulas—&/ natural size ; 5, unexpandcd miile flower ; G, stamens from male
fl.)\vtT; 7, gall flower: enlarged.
202. FICUS GLOMERATA, Pu>xb. Coram. PL ii. No. 123; WiM. Spsc. iv. 1148; Rnxh.
Fl. Ind. iii. 5.58; WiyM Icon 667; Miq. in Ann. Mos. Lu,id. Bat. iii. 297;
Bald. Fl. Sijlr. 224; Kiirs For. Flora Brìi. Burm.ii. 4-58; Brandis For.
Flora 422. tab. 49; Benih. Fl. Ausir. vi. 178; Wall. Cat. ^ óUAa n d 13.—
Covellia ¡jlomer-j.t'1, JJiq. in Lond. Journ. Bot. \ii. 465; Dak. and Gibs.
Fl. Bombay, 24.3.—J'. Chiltagmga, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii.
. 228, 294.—i-. racemosa, Walk (nonlioxb.) Cat. mollis, Miq.
(non Vahk) in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 283, 2QQ.—Covellia mollis,
Miq. in Lond. Journ. Bot. vii. 466 ; Fl. lud. Bat. i. pt. 2. 326.
A tree. The young shoots glabrous or pubescent, slightly scabrid. Leaves petiolate,
membranous, alcernate ; from ovate-oblong, obovate-oblong, to oblong-lanceolate; the apex
gradually tapering to a bluntish point; edges entire; base blunt, rarely acute, 8-uerved;
primary lateral nerves 4 to 6 pairs; lower surface glabrous in the type (pubescent in
two varieties), with numerous minute tubercles; upper surface glabrous (softly pubescent
in var. mollisj-, length of blade 4 to 5 in. (in var. elongata to 7 in.); petioles from -8 to
1-3 in. (rarely 2 in.), glabrous (pubescent in two vaiieties); stipules rather persistent,
ovate-lanceolate, scariuus, pubescent externally, 'G to- 8 in. long. Receptacles pedunculate,
borne on short, leafless, tubia-cled, warted, scariously bracteolate branches often oidv
a few inchcs long which issue from the stem and larger branches; rarely (in var
ieueocarpa) axilkiry ; much contracted at the base when young; pyriform, sub-globular, or
subturbinate, smooth t;r pubescent and of a reddish colour when ripe, arid about 1 '25
ill. across; the umbilicus depressed; basal bracts 3, ovate, triangular. Male flowers rather
numerous near the mouih of tiie receptacles, sessile; the perianth of 3 or 4 inflated
membranous pieces which completely envelope the anthers; anthers 2, elongated, ovate, tJie
filaments united. Gall fiower.s pedicellate ; ihe peiianth gariiophyllous, irregularly toothed,
covering only the buse of ilie ovoid, lough ovary; style lateral, elongate; stigma davate.
Fertile female flowers almost sessile; the perianth gamophyllous, with 4 or 5 long,
Linceolaie, teeth which completely envelope ihe small, minutely-tuberculate achene- st\ ltì
mudi elungate, sub-terminal ; stigma davate. All three lands of flowers occur in tlic
same reccptucle; the males forming a zone near the mouth, the .sessile females ioiming