FICUS. 391 
Gemm:e conico subulatz 2 unciales. 
Fol. obovata obtusa integerrima coriacea, venis additoriis 
secondariis subzequalib. intro marginalibus distinctis, reti- 
culatii inferne minimis, stomatosa portios reticulas excedens. 
Fructus s:epius binati aliquando abortionem solitarii, ses- 
siles in axillis subzloboso apice depressa, umbilico squamis 
imbricatis 3, summis cum calyculicinis squamis alternant. 
internis ʻintroflexis, basi calyce triphyllo imbricato cincto, 
Saperficie verrucosula. 
Calyx initio receptaculum omnino obtegens. 
Habitus arboris Artocarpa integrifolia, quoad gemmz 
ifere et foliatione accedit Guttiferis quibusdam. 
- Ons. The consideration of the scales seen in such various 
Situations on the parts of fructification of Ficus, would lead 
us to suppose, that the receptacle is formed from the cohesion 
of avast quantity of bractes. In the usual acceptation ; 
the bractes must be supposed to be latent, otherwise the 
flowers will bear no relation to the usual parts. In this 
Species in the earlier stages the bractes exceed in bulk the 
Size of the receptacle and this in still earlier stages does not, 
I dare Say, exist. The matter will be at once. set at rest if 
: hy species are found the flowers of which have a deter- 
minafe relation to the bractes or scales. 
AB. Assam. 
5. Ficus elastica, Pl. DLII. 
An immense tree, with the trank richly sculptured, and sup- 
Ports thrown out from the bases only of the principal 
es, which spread out horizontally. 
x young branches are angular, the scars of the leaf buds 
which are terminal are very oblique, scales, stipulae of 
ve large membranaceoys, colored. 
E Sp Tos the foot stalks are flattened, and 
; Leara elliptical or ellipto-oblong cuspidate, acumina very 
