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Ficus infectoria Roxburgh, Fl. Ind. ed. 2, III. 551 (non Willdenow) (1832), 

 exclud. synon. Rheede. — King in Ann. Bot. Gard. Calcutta, I. 60, t. 75 

 (1888). — Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 463 (1899). — Warburg 

 in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 299 (1900). 



Szech'uan : Yangtsze Valley, alt. 100-500 m., common, April 1907 

 (No. 2796; tree 10-26 m. tall, girth 1.8-13 m., " Huang kuo shu ")• 



According to the international rules Hamilton's name has to be 

 used instead of that of Roxburgh's. 



This is a common tree at low altitudes in the prefecture of Kiating Fu in western 

 Szech'uan and also in the neighborhood of the Yangtsze River from the city 

 of Sui Fu eastward to that of Patung in western Hupeh. It grows to a very large 

 size and the finest trees I met with occur near the foot of the sacred Mt. Omei and 

 are about 26 m. tall, the composite trunks measuring from 15.5 to 16 m. in cir- 

 cumference. The branches are massive and spread to form a broad rounded or 

 flattened crown ; the bark is dark gray and smooth and the leaves fall late in the 

 winter or are retained until spring, when they fall as the season's growth commences. 

 In Szech'uan the colloquial name for this tree is Huang-kou-shu and wayside 

 shrines are commonly associated with it. 



Pictures of this Fig will be found under Nos. 12, 29, 30, 39, 48, 305, 379 and 380 

 of the collection of my photographs and also in my Vegetation of Western China, 

 Nos. 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222 and 223. E. H. W. 



Sect. SYCIDIUM King. 



Ficus clavata Wallich, Cat. No. 4495 (nomen nudum) (1828) ; apud 

 Miquel in London Jour. Bot. VII. 431 (1848). — King in Ann. 

 Bot. Gard. Calcutta, I. 87, t. Ill (1888). — Hemsley in Jour. Linn. 

 Soc. XXVI. 458 (1899). — Warburg in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 299 (1900). 



Western Szech'uan: Mien-chu Hsien, roadsides, common, alt. 

 800 m., May 21, 1908 (No. 2799; bush 1.8 m. tall). 



As far as I know this species from King's description and other specimens 

 Wilson's number seems to represent F. clavata. The perigone of the female flowers 

 consists of (3-) 5 lanceolate lobes which are minutely cihate. But there is another 

 specimen of Wilson's from western China: roadside, alt. 600-1100 m., July 1903 

 (Veitch Exped. No. 4472; tree 10-13 m. tail), the leaves and fruits of which well 

 agree with those of F. clavata, but the female flowers I have seen seem to have 

 only 2 perigone lobes, which are not cihate. I cannot refer this specimen to any 

 other species hitherto mentioned from Szech'uan or Hupeh. 



Ficus foveolata Wallich, var. Hemyi King apud Oliver in Hooker's 



Icon. XIX. t. 1824 (1889). 



Ficus foveolata Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 460 (pro parte, non Wal- 

 lich) (1899). — Warburg in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 299 (pro parte) (1900). 



Western Hupeh: Fang Hsien, climbing over rocks, alt. 300- 

 900 m., July 1907 (No. 2797); Ichang, A. Henry (No. 3552*, type, 

 ex Oliver). 



