MORACEAE. — FICUS 309 



XXIV. suppl. 88 (List PI. Formosa) (1896). — Matsumura & Hayata in 

 Jour. Coll. Sci. Tokyo, XXII. 380 (Enum. PI. Formos.) (1906). 



Cudrania amboinensis Kurz, Forest Fl. Brit. Burma, II. 434 (1877). 



Cudrania spinosa Koorders, Exkursionsfl. Java, II. 90 (1912). 



CHINA. Yunnan: Mengtsze, mountains to southeast, forests, alt. 1600 m., 

 A. Henry (No. 9987*; tree 3 m. tall; cf); same locality, rocky ravine, alt. 1600 

 m., A. Henry (No. 10821; bushy shrub 1.8 m. tall, thorns few on old branches, 

 flowers white; cf ); Szemao, mountain forests, alt. 1400 m., A. Henry (No. 11937; 

 large climbing shrub, yellowish flowers; 9; No. 11937*; with fruits); same 

 locality, mountains to southwest, alt. 1600 m., A. Henry (No. 11937*^; climbing 

 shrub; cT); same locality, forests, alt. 1400 m., A. Henry (No. 12385; tree 7 m. 

 tall; with fruits, leaves broad-obovate) ; same locality, A. Henry (No. 12385''; 

 large cluster orange-red; with fruits, leaves narrow obovate-oblong) . Fokien: 

 Dunn's Exped., April to June 1905 (Hongkong Herb. No. 3479; d^, branchlets 

 very spiny, leaves small). Hongkong: "in valle Wongneichung," April 1874, 

 J. Lamont (Herb. Hance No. 19216, type of C. redispina, ex Hance). Formosa : 

 Takow, A. Henry (No. 720; shrub 1.2-1.8 m.; 9); Bankinsing, A. Henry (No. 

 135; shrub; 9). 



INDIA. Punjab: Dehra Dun, Lachiwala, alt. 650 m., November 12, 1912, 

 W. S. Fernandes (No. 60; cf, 9); same district, E. King (cf). Assam: " Teock 

 Ghat near Tingali Bam.," October 1898, Prain's Collector (No. 274; with fruits). 



PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. Luzon: "circa Manillsim," Hugh Cuming (So. 

 1017, type of C. obovata, ex Tr6cul). 



This is a widely distributed and very variable species. Forms described by 

 Tr6cul as C. obovata with rather broadly obovate leaves seem to be as frequent as 

 the small-leaved forms Hance had in mind in describing C. rectispina. The young 

 branches and petioles (or even the ribs of the leaves) are often more or less yellow- 

 ish hairy, but sometimes the whole plant, except the peduncles and flower parts, ap- 

 pears to be quite glabrous. The variation seems to be due to chmatic conditions. 



Cudrania crenata C. H. Wright in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 439 (1894). 



CHINA. Hainan: without precise locality, A. Henry (No. 8389, type,cf ex 

 Wright). 



According to the author this species is distinguished by its crenately serrate 

 leaves, which are obovate and up to 10 cm. long and 5 cm. broad, with very 

 short petioles. This, perhaps, is not a Cudrania at all. 



Cudrania Bodinieri L^veill6 in Fedde, Rep. Spec. Nov. XIII. 265 (1914). 



CHINA. Hongkong: "Torrent de la Bale du T^l^graphe prds B^thanie," 

 January 14, 1896, E. Bodinier (No. 1413, type). 



According to the author this species is related to C. rectispina Hance. I have 

 seen only two leaves which Mgr. L^veill6 kindly sent to the Arnold Arboretum. 

 They are elliptic and somewhat hairy on the midrib on both sides. I am not 

 quite sure if this is a Cudrania. 



FICUS 1 L. 



Sect. UROSTIGMA (Gasparini) King. 



Ficus lacor Hamilton in Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. XV. 150 (1827), 

 fide King. 



1 The Ficu^ of China need a thorough investigation. Being unable to make a 

 special study of this difficult genus, I can give only approximate determinations 

 according to King's monograph and Hemsley's enumeration. 



