1904.] 



OBSERVATIONS ON THE FLORA OF JAPAN. 



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Ficus (Eusyce) Hanceana Maxim, in Mel. Biol. XL p. 341 ; Bretschn. 

 Hist. Europ. Bot. Disc. China, p. 634. 



Fiona stipulata Hance in Journ. Bot. IV. (1866) p. 54. non Thunb. 

 The habit, stem and leaves quite similar to those of Ficus pumila 

 Linn. Receptacle large, 3-4|cm. long, axillary, peduncled, subturbinato- 

 o-lobose. "-lobose, or obovoid-globose, not stipitate, or hardly stipitate, some- 

 what flattened above, umbonate or hardly so at the top and in its centre 

 with close and piloso-pubescent scales, adpressed-pubescent then subglabrate, 

 green but nigro-purpureous when matured, white-spotted above and the 

 spots then rufous (when matured) ; peduncle stout, terete, curved or 



straight, usually enlarged above, glabrate or thinly 

 piloso-pubescent, with deltoid or ovato-deltoid 3 de- 

 ciduous scales at the top, 7-18mm. long. Achene 

 {Fig. 1, mag.) filiform -pedicellate, elonga to- oblong, 

 elongato-obovoid, elliptico-obovoid, obo void-fusiform, 

 or elongato-obovoid -fusiform, obtuse at the apex, 

 attenuated below or slightly so, somewhat oblique in 

 shape, about 3 mm. long ; endocarp (Fig. 2, mag.) 

 fusiform or obovato- fusiform, obtuse at the apex, 

 somewhat tapering at the base, slightly oblique in 

 form, smooth, pale when dried, 2-2|mm. long ; style 

 situated above the middle on the lateral side of the 

 achene, ascending or hooked -ascending, sometimes 

 reflexed, subnlato-filiform with a tapering stigma, 

 exceeding the achene ; sepals 4, erect, unequal in 

 length, elliptical to spathulato-oblong, obtuse or acute 

 at the apex, hyalino- membranaceous towards the 

 margin, carinate dorsally, much shorter than the achene, l-2mm. long ; 

 pedicel longer than the achene. 

 Nom. Jap. Wasc-oitabi (now). 



Hab. Prov. Hizen : Hiu-mura (F. Kanekol Nov. 1904); Formosa: 

 Daihoku (S. Nagamwa ! 1904). 



New to the Flora of Japan. Less common than Ficus pumila Linn, 

 in southern Japan. The achene abundantly secretes a jelly matter when 

 soaked in water, like that of F. Awlceotsany Makino. The fruit ripes 

 in October and November, the mature period is earlier than in those 

 of F. pumila Linn., the fruit of which is yet usually green in that time. 

 This species is quite indistinguishable in sterile specimens from F. pumila 

 Linn. 



