Planche 168. 
FICUS CERASIFORMIS, 
FIGUIER PORTE-CERISES. 
Ervm. Ficus, chez les Latins, le figuier cultivé (F. carica ()); ce mot est une 
altération probable de Ztx#, qui chez les Grecs avait la même signification. 
Moraceæ À Ficeæ (Nos). 
CHARACT. GENER. Flores in recep- 
taculis axillaribus geminis v. solitariis 
peduneulatis v. sessilibus pyriformibus 
v. globosis aut globoso-stipitatis basi 
bracteis 3 (verticillatis v, totidem pluri- 
busve sparsis) instructis monoici, poly- 
gamo-monoici V. dioici, bracteolati ses- 
siles v. pedicellati. Perigonium (vulgo 
hyalinum raro fuscescens) 4-6-phyllum, 
phyllis raro paucioribus. o”: stamina 1-6, 
perigonii laciniis opposita, filamentis 
beats brevibus, antheris biloculari- 
us ovatis v. raro reniformibus, loculis 
connectivo dilatato haud prominulo ad- 
natis. © : Ovarium gynophoro brevi v. 
nullo 1- (rarissime 2-) loculare, stylo late- 
rali, stigmate inæqualiter 2-cruri v. obli- 
que 1-cruri centro excavato v. perforato 
aut capitellato. Achænia globosa v. an- 
gulosa, pericarpio sicco tenuissimo raro 
pulposo, seminis testa crustacea, em- 
bryone in centro albuminis carnosi v. 
tenuioris incurvo homotropo, radicula 
elongata. 
Arbores v. Frutices erecti v. repentes 
in Europa australi, Africa, majore nu- 
mero in Asia calidiore et insulis maris 
Indici et magni Oceani meridionalis cres- 
centes; foliis alternis rarissime opposilis 
integris v. lobatis serratis dentatis v. in- 
tegerrimis pubescentibus vulgo scabris v. 
asperis quandoque glabris sed tum vulgo 
punctis siliciferis provectiore œtate insper- 
sis v. rigescentibus costato-venosis; recep- 
taculis forma variis quandoque in eadem 
stirpe bi-v. tri-morphis plerumque pubes- 
centibus scabriusculis v. asperiusculis 
quandoque hispidis basi plus minus con- 
strictis subinde in longum stipitem atte- 
nuatis; bracteis parvis 3-verticillatis v. 
aliquibus in stipite, v. in ipso receplaculo 
sparsis, ore prominente v. deplanalo 
bracteis pluribus erectis v. incumbentibus 
plerumque pilosis instruclo; bracteolis 
parvis hyalinis in plurimis ciliatis. Pe- 
(1) Le Ficus eariea est aujourd'hui divisé en sept variétés distinctes par 
rigonii pedicellis e£ phyllis kyalinis obli- 
quis haud raro ciliatis in paucioribus 
fuscescentibus glabris; stigmatis forma 
pro varia œtate sæpe mirum in modum 
diversa. 
F. A. G. Miquez, in Hooker’s The London 
Journal of Botany, VII. 221. 
Ficus L. excl. sp. — G. Miquez, 1. c. 
non alior. Wazpe. Annal. LE 706 (Ficus, 
Caprificus et Tenorea Gasparr. Nov. 
Gen. 5, 6. Erythrogyne Visranr. Misc. 
ex Gasparr. Ricerch ..…? Plagiostigma 
Zuccar. Abh. d. math. phys. Ksse d 
baier. Akad, IV. 1. 154. adn. 
CHARACT. SPECIF, F. (Sycidium) : 
ramulis petiolis receptaculis foliisque 
subtus molliter pubescentibus, his inæqui- 
lateris-oblongis longe abrupte acuteque 
acuminatis supra glabris nitidis integer- 
rimis subtus 3-ÿ-nerviis utrinque 2-5- 
costatis, costulis reticulatis subtus con- 
vexo-prominentibus; receptaculis axilla- 
ribus vulgo solitariis globosis in stipitem 
longum basi bracteatum constrictis hispi- 
dulo-pubescentibus, maturis aurantiacis. 
Miquez. |. i. c. 
Onsenv. Quibus characteribus speci- 
ficis ad plantam de qua agitur perfecte 
illustrandam sequentia ex vivo observatæ 
addere debemus. 
Ramis elongato-divaricatis subflexuo- 
sis ferrugineo-puberis (pilis brevissimis 
densissimis horizontalibus hirtis); foliis 
magnis distantibus alternis forma varia- 
bili : lanccolatis ellipticis obovatisve longe 
tenuiterque acuminatis basi sæpius in- 
æquilateris eoriaceis supra viridibus in- 
fra pallidis; nervis 6-8, 2 basilaribus, 
omnibus immersis infra prominentibus 
venulis anostomosantibus, supra glaber- 
rimis subtus molliter puberulis; petiolis 
brevissimis ferrugineo-villosulis; syconis 
suavissime fragrantibus solitariis v. ra- 
rius geminis globosis verruculosis cerasi 
Gasvarnint (V. Miquez, 1. i. e ). 
