stigma large, cleeplj di\^idecl into 2 or 3 subulate spreading arms. Neuter flowers coutaininsj
no trace of anther or pistil mixed with the fertile females over all parts of the receptacle,
shortly pedicellate ; tlie periantli of H linear-laueeolate segments.
Java, on Moimt Salak; uear Ua\acoa,— Gi-irii/i. By no means a common plant,
and very poorly represented ill collections.
Plate 87.—Fruiting-braiich of F. cmrmtiaoa, GriU. 1, leaf to show nervation; 2, vertical
section of receptacle -of naUiral ske; 3, fertile female flower; 4, ovaiy with style and tiicrural
stigma; o, cUtto with bicriiral stigma; C, neuter flower: all from the same receptacle
and all enlarged.
78. Ficus PUN'CTATA, Tkmib. Fic. 9; Lond. Joimi. BoL vii. UO; Ann Vus Zmd
Bat. iii. 208, 2 8 9 . - Z macroemya, 131. Bijd. 459.-/' . falcata, Thunb. Fic!
Ko. o.-Sjjncccia falcata, Miq. in Lond. Jouni. Bot. vii. 470. tab xi • Miq
Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt 2. 329; Miq. Choix de PI. Rarcs de Buitenzorg, tab. U ;
PI. Jmigh. Ql.—Suncecia serpens, Miq. PI. Jungh. 67; Wall. Cat. 4574,'
" F . stiiDiilata."
A mneh-branched creeping shrub; the young branches, petioles, stipules and receptacles
with dark reddish brown pubescence, ultimately necu-Iy glabrous. Leaves shortly petiolate,
coriaceous, glabrous, shining above, tesselate-pimctate below, always more or less
oblique, varying from oblaneeolate gradually narrowed to the nearly eqiial-sided base to
oblong-snbrlioraboidal with very unequal sides; apex blunt or sub-acute, base rounded
ti-uncate, very unequally sided. All forms are penni-nerved, with 2 to 4 lateral
primary nerves; in tlie smaller a.nd more oblique leaves the lateral nerves are, however,
nearly obsolete on one side; basal nerves from ii to 5, irregular; reticulations rather
distinct on the upper sui-face, on the lower sui-face very distinct and beautifully wHte,
tesselate-pmictate; length of blade -5 to l-o in., or rarely 2 in.; stipules 2 for each leaf froni
the stem near insertion of petiole, ovate-lanceolate, membranous, about as long as the petiole.
Receptacles usually pubescent when young, ultimately glabrous, pedunculate, solitary or in
fascicles from the branches or the main stem; when young often strongly umbonate;
when ripe vaiying in shape from globular to ovoid, obovoid or pyi-iform; colour from
russet broAVii to brilliant orange red; often dotted; length from'-5 in. to 1'4 in.;
peduncles thick, varying in lengtla from -25 in. to as mucli as 2 in., with 3 ovate-triangular,'
rounded, spreading bracts united by their bases so as to form a kind of cup a little above
the base ; the base itself often thickened into a many-bracted woody tubercle. JIale flowers
rather numerous in the recej^taclcs containing gall flowers, stipitate, with one oblong
elongate stamen and a perianth of "3 broad distinct pieces. Gall flowers with a periantli of
3 distinct linear pieces; the ovary stipitate, smooth; the stylo thick, short, subterniinal.
Fertile female flowers in separate receptacle.s, mixed with numerous neuters; periantli of
fertile females of 3 hyaline linear distinct pieces; the ovary stipitate, oblong, witli
hyaline margins, smooth; style terminal elongate; stigma bifid. Neuter flowers, contai)iiiiono
trace either of anther or pistil, as numerous as the fertile females, and mixed with tlien^
stipitate, the perianth of 3 di.stinct linear pieces.
JIalayan Peninsula and Arcliipelago ; not uncommon on trees and rncks.
A very remarkable and beautiful species, varying much in fruit and in the shape of tin.
leaves even in the same plant, the leaves on the small branclilets from tiie lower part of the
SYKOECI.'l. Oí)
main stem being often much smaller than those from l^ranches near its apex, and occasionally
different in form.
The forms presented by this species may be arranged into two groups: —
(a) Fokma typica. Leaves oblaneeolate, slightly miequal-sided, and gradually
narrowed to the base. This is the t}q)ical F. imnda a of Thunbcrg.
{¿) Var. palcata. Leaves oblong, subiiiomboidal, not tapering to the base. This is
the tjq^ical F. falcata of Thunberg, and Si/iiwda falca ta and s erpens of Miquel.
Plate 88.—F. punctata, Thunb. Typical form, -with separate figm-es of receptacles of
vai'ious ages, and of a stipule: all of natural size.
Plate 89.—i^. •punciuta, Thunb. \ixv. falcuta. Leafy branch and stems with rcccptacles
in various stages of luatiu'ity: alt of natural s\se.
Plate ^¡anctaLa. 1, male flower; 2, gall flower (from the same receptacle);
3, fertile female flower; 4, pistil, the perianth having been removed; 6, neuter flower from
the same receptacle as the fertile female, closed; (j, the same, opened; all much eniaryed.
79. Ficus calucaepa, M¡q. Ann. ilfus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 2ü8, 289, t. 10./y. B.—
Syncvcia Sumntrana, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2. 329.—/'. pomífera, Km-z
For. Flora Brit. Bui-m. ii. 454.
A strong creeping or scandent shrub ; all parts glabrous when adult ; main stem
flattened. Leaves shortly petiolate, coriaceous, obovate or somewhat rhomboid-obovate,
slightly inequilateral ; the apex blunt, slightly and obtusely mucronate, gradually narrowed to
the slightly miequal, obscurcly 3-nervcd base; edges entire, and slightly recurved; lateral
pninary nerves 3 to 4 pairs, not very prominent; upper siu-face shining, smooth, the
reticulations obsolete ; under sm-face smooth, or with a few scattered strigose hairs, especially
on the midrib and main nei-ves; reticulations very distinct, enclosing numerous depressions
which are filled with minute hairs ; length of blade 2-5 in. to 4 in. ; petioles scurfy, -3 in. to -5
in. long ; stipules linear-lanceolate, glabrous, 2 for each leaf, shorter than the petiole, persistent.
Receptacles large, solitary, pedunculate, from the branches or main stem, slightly umbonate,
sub-globular, pyriform or obovoid, gradually narrowed at the base into the short, thick
peduncle, smooth or {fide Miquel) mm-icate-papillose ; when ripe yellowish, mottled, from To
in. to 2-35 in. long; peduncle about -5 in. long, with 3 ovate-acute spreading bracts
about its middle, which being united by theii- bases form a wide gaping cup ; peduncle
inserted into a more or less knotted, many-bracteolato tubercle (abortive branch). Male
fiowers numerous, stipitate, filling the upper third of the receptacle ; stamen ] ; the anther
large, broad, and thick, the perianth of 3 linear distinct pieces. Gall flowers stipitate ;
the perianth of 3 very long and narrow, distinct pieces; the ovary smooth, ovoid-elliptic^
with short, thick terminal style and slightly dilated stigma. Fertile female flowers mixed
with the neuters, sub-sessile or stipitate, perianth with 1 or 2 linear leaves ; ovary stipitate,
smooth, ellipsoid, its edges hyaline; the style thin, terminal, much elongate; the stigma
of 2 thin, spreading or reem-ved ai-ms. Neuter flowers as numerous as the fertile females,
long pedicelled ; the perianth of 3 short linear leaves ; anther and pistil absent,
Burmah, Malayan Peninsula, and Ai-chipelago.
Miquel's figure and description represent the receptacles as muricated, but I ha"\'e
seen no specimen in the Dutch Herbaria which has that character. I have myself collected