85 



very densely and very minutely elevato-reticulated ; petiole tomentose 

 with fulvous hairs. Keceptacle large, ovoid ?, umbonate at the top, 

 about .5-8 cm. long, with numerous scales towards the mouth internally, 

 Achene {Fig. 2, mag.) pedicellate, oblong - fusiform, narrowly oblong- 

 fusiform, narrowly obo void-oblong, or obo void-oblong, scarcely obhque in 

 form, attenuated on both ends, obtuse at the apex, acutely tapering 

 below, often very shortly stipitate, smooth, 2-3imm. long ; style inserted 

 above the middle on the lateral side of the achene, erect or ascending, 

 exceeding the achene, elongately subulato-filiform altogether with a tapering 

 stigma ; endocarp {Fig. 3, mag.) fusiform, scarcely oblique in shape, obtuse 

 at the apex, tapering at the base, smooth, pale when dried, 2i-2|m)n. 

 long ; sepals 3- 6, unequal in length, lower than the achene, erect, spathulato- 

 linear, obtuse or acute, entire, carinate dorsally, persistent, reddish ferrugi- 

 nous when dried ; pedicel filiform, longer than the achene, pale, unequal 

 in length, the longest one about 10 mm. 



Nom. Jap. AigyoJcushi-itahi (^^^ ^ •J'tf). 



Hah. Formosa : Seimoju-sho in Dabyototei-ho, Kagi-cho (^^^.TtT^ 



This seems to me to be very closely allied to Ficus Hanceaua Maxim. 

 {= F. stipulata Hance), from which it differs by the leaves ; it differs also 

 from F. pumila Linn, by the leaves and achene. The figs cut in pairs 

 and dried by the native are known under the name of oh-gue {ai-yu-tze), 

 S3£^. The fruits secrete a pure jelly matter when soaked in water, 

 which, with addition of sugar, supplies a peculiar refreshment called aiv- 

 keo-tsang (E^^ ?). My specimens are due to the kindness of Mr. Yoshio 

 Tanaka, a Member of the House of Peers. 



Ficus (Eusyce) pumila Linn. Sp. PI. p. 1060; Piicht. Cod. u. 772.5; 

 Vahl, Enum. PI. IL p. 190 ; Houtt. Linn. Pfl.-Syst. II. p. .540 ; Willd. 

 Sp. PI. IV. p. 1140; Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, V. p. 487; Pers. Syn. PL 

 IL p. 610 ; Eoem. et Schult. Syst. Veg. I. p. 506 ; Spreng. Syst. Veg. III. 

 p. 780; Endl. Enchir. Bot. p. 166; Hance in Journ. r>ot. (1866) p. .54; 

 -Miq. Prol. Fl. Jap. p. 131, ex parte?; Franch. et Sav. Enum. PI. .Jap. I. 

 p. 435 ; Kanitz, Anthoph. Jap. p. 21 ; Maxim, in Mel. Biol. XL p. 342 ; 

 Forbes et Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXVI. p. 465; Henry, List PI. 

 Formos. p. 88 ; Diels in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. p. 299 ; Bretschn. 

 Hist. Eur. Bot. Disc. China, pp. 99, 111, 198. 



Ficus pumila Thunb. Dissert. Fie. p. 9, n. 10 ; Walp. Ann. I. p. 720. 



