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PALJSOMOEPHE. 



and reticulations being pale, the rest of the lower surface purplish-brown. 

 Malayan Islands and Peninsula. 



2. Var. cuspjdifera (spec. Miq. Lond. Journ. Bot. vii. 434). — F. ezcelsa, Wall 



.Cat. 4477F.— J 7 , laeta, Decais.N. Ann. Mus. iii. 495 (in part).—/ 7 , reticulosa 

 Miq. Lond. Journ. Bot. vii. 435.—F.pervia, Miq. Lond. Journ. Bot. vii. 433 

 Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 293 ; Wall. Cat. 4477D.— ? F. chmeha, Koxb 

 Fl. Ind. iii. 534.— Altimeeraloo, Euniph. Herb. Anib.iii. 58. 



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Leaves elongate, gradually narrowed above, and more or less acuminate ; slightly rouo-h 

 below from minute tubercles, not shining, and but little coloured. & 



Burmah, Chittagong, base of the Himalayas ; mountain ranges of Southern India, Ceylon : 

 rare in the Malayan region, where it has been collected only in Timor and the specimens 

 have been named F. laeta by Decaisne. 



3. Var. parasitica (spec. Koenig in Willd. Act. Berol. 1798. 25. tab. 3), Vahl. Enum 



~. 188 ; Wall. Cat. 4476A, B, C, D ; Miq. in Lond. Journ. Bot. vii. 433 ; 

 M.Ind. Bat. i.pt.2.310; Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 276, 292;Brandis 

 For. Flora 420.-^. ampelos, Koenig (Herb. Buss.) in Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 553 ■ 

 Wight Ic. 652.- / F. sclerophylla, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 546. 



Leaves broad, more or less sub-rhomboid or rhomboid, scabrid or sub-scabrid on both 

 surfaces, minutely tomentose-hispid below, and minutely hispid above 



Peninsular and Central India : Behar 



parasitica 



4. Va* TOBBWDLm [spec. Roxb. („on Miq.), Fl. Ind. iii. 554]; Wight Ic. 651 



M^Ann. Mu, Lugd. Bat. iii. 293.-* angulata, Miq. Lond. Journ. Bot 



Very like var. parasitica, but with narrower leaves, which are sometimes irregularly 



Ceylon and forests of Western India (not common),-2 W ^ C. P. 2227 



Inthe Ndgn. Hals and Ceylon a form occurs which connects the varieties _^ and 



Cuming's specimens from the Philinnine^ (m*h n ir^ 



F. altLneeraloo by Miquel (W. Journ. *Tv £j" ^F 'Zf T\ f ^ t0 " 

 Poir.) >' are F - ra Ptf°rmis, Eoxb. (leueantatoma , 



1 late 2.-F. vibbosa, Bl., typical; twigs of three forms 1*9 

 above ; 3, lateral view of receptacles ; \ & 5 stipules ^T' / , ' reCe P tacles 8een from 

 gall pistil ; 7, fertile female flower : both enlarged f "** '' 6 ' mde fl ° Wer with 



Plate 2a.-F gibbosa, Bl., var. cusp idif era ; twi ff3 of fl,™ t 

 from above ; 2, the same from below ; 3 stioules ?// , , !° mS - *' rcce P tacI * *** 



gal1 P ^s ow $ f ertiie f ^^r a uiiT ural ~ ; * maie ttowcr witL 



2b.—Ficus gibbosa, Bl. A. —Var 



fruiting-twig 1 apes of ze^tade/^wSTbtXlTT 5 V^ ""»**• 



4, fertile female flower (young) : enlarged. ' ' stl P nl ^~^ of natural she ; 



3. FlCUS DECAISNEANA 



> DECAISNEANA, Mia. Fl TnJ J) ( • 



292.-* laei ' a , D L n ,' N A fn M ' • * ™'> ^ Mus ' L ^- Bat. iii 



Miq Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. nl 2 4 ogf" t , ^^-^ ^atocarpa 

 F Philippensk, Miq. Lond. Journ £t~ Jf^ "^ L C " 2U > 292 " 



293. Um - 1Jot - ""• 435 ; Ann. M,, t ...... 



Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat 



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