972 Agricultural Gazette of N.S. W, [Dec. 2, 1908. 



.So far as T know, this tree lias not been introthiced Into Ausfralia, though 

 i^tcps are being taken to rectify the omission. 



20. /■■. }i >/ III pJur folia, Mill. Tropical America. 



A broad, large-leaved, shade-giving, large, prominently veined sjjecies. It 

 is a handsome plant, and distinct species. It would be a very large; tree even 

 in the Sydney district, wei-e it not that exigencies of space require it to be 

 cut every year. 



M 8. See photo. 



21. F. panduriforme, Macleay. (See F. Jlennettii, above.) 



I am anxious to recover this Fig for tlie national collection ; it is probably 

 somewhere in Sydney. 



The following species have somewhat similar names : — 



Pandurttfolia, Hort. Par. ex Miq. in Hook. Land. Journ. Bot., vi (1S47), 



biQ^^Jiirsuta f Brazil^. 

 Pandurtpformis, 31iq, Ann, 3Ii(s. Bot. Lu(jd. Bat. iii, '1^% dieter ophijU a 

 (Tropical Asia), but we do n(^t ajjpear to have either at present. 

 See also Ficus sji. (below). 



22. F. Parcelli, Yeitch, VeifcFs Caf. of PI, 1874, p. 17; figs. pp. 8 and 9 



It is figured in Flares des Sert-es, xx, 13 (1877). 



A handsome stove plant received througli Messrs. Baptist and Sons, of Sydney, whose 

 collector, Mr. Parccll, discovered it in the South Sea Islands. The leaves are handsome, as 

 large as those of Ficus elastica but thinner in texture, and profusely blotched with irregular 

 patches of cream-white (our plant shows patches of purple, in addition. — J.H.M.) on a 

 gi'een ground ; it is still in vise as a stove decorative plant. — [Horttis Veitchii, 1906, p. 260.) 



The above is written for English readers. In Sydney it forms a small tree, 

 though tender. The coloured variegation of the leaves and fruits is very 

 pretty. It is a very desirable ornamental tree for the Northern rivei's. 



The x-eference to F. elastica may be perfectly true as regards plants under 

 glass, but not of plants growing in the open air in Sydney. It is a totally 

 distinct class to F^. elastica, with which it should not be compared. 

 F. Parcelli is soft leaved. 



We have a tree from the Admiralty Islands, either a distinct form or pro- 

 bably conspecific with F\ Parcelli. The foliage is greener and it has rather 

 larger leaves than those of F". Parcelli. (Jur tree is younger than our speci- 

 men of F". Parcelli, but the leaves are much larger at present (perhaps 

 because of its youth, as the leaves of -Figs are very commonly larger in the case 

 of young trees), though leaves of F. Parcelli have, exceptionally, been seen 

 as large. 



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23. F. parietalis, Bl. (Syn. F. acuminata, Bot. Mag. t. 3282, non lloxb.) 

 See also Plate 8 of King's ]\lonograph, vol. i, Ann. Bot. Gard., Calcutta. 

 Native of the Malayan Peninsula and Archipelago. 



With us a small, bush}' tree, w itli small, nearly ovate leaves, drawn out to 

 a, long point. Leaves darjj green above, pale green below ; veins very prominent 

 underneath ; the leaves underneath are rough. The fruit is bi'ight yello^v. 



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