THE FLORIDA STRAN-GLING FIGS. 



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EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 



All the photographs were made by the author except plates 

 6, 7 and 9 which were made by Mr. G. L. Fawcett. They were 

 all taken in the vicinity of Miami, Florida, in the autumn and 

 winter of 1907. 



Plate 1. — Ficus aurea on Quercus virginiana. 



Plate 2. — Young plant of Ficus aurea on Sahal palmetto. 



Plate 3. — Ficus aurea growing non-epiphytically on a rocky ledge. 



Plate 4. — 1, Young seedling of Ficus aurea growing in a hole in the 

 trunk of Metopium metopium, 2, Ficus aurea growing epiphytically on 

 a dead trunk of F. aurea. 



Plate 5. — 1, Ficus aurea upon trunk of Gymnanthes lucida which it has 

 killed. 2, Ficus aurea about twenty-five years old, planted as a yard 



tree. 



Plate 6. — Fruiting branch of Ficus aurea^ one-fourth natural size. 

 Plate 7. — Fruiting branches of Ficus populnea^ three-eighths natural 



size. 



Plate 8. — 1-3, Pistillate flowers of Ficus aurea from a receptacle into 

 which a Blastophaga had just entered, all magnified about 100 times. 4-5, 

 Staminate flowers of Ficus aurea magnified about 35 times. 6, Top view 

 of stamen of Ficus aurea, magnified about forty times. 7, Blastophaga gall 

 of Ficus aurea from which the insect has just escaped, magnified about 

 25 times. 8-9, Pistillate flowers of Ficus populnea ready for pollination, 

 magnified about 24 times. 10, Staminate flower of Ficus populnea^ 



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magnified about 24 times. 



All drawn with the aid of camera lucida. 



Plate 9. 



Germination of Ficus aurea in light and in dark. 



The Petri 



dish showing the little seedlings was exposed to the light. The positive 

 heliotropism of the hypocotyls and the quite marked negative heliotropism 

 of the roots is shown. 



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