PALJ-0M0BP11K. 



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shrub, all parts glabrous; loaves sub- oriim us, short -petiolato. elliptic la nceolat 



ith entire edges, shortly cuspidate aj>ex, and acut< 3-mrved base; lateral pi ui 



nerves about 8 pairs, with the veins and fine reticulations distinct and pale .loured 

 below; both surfaces glabrous, he lower minutely tuberculate ; len I to 7 in.; 



petioles thick, about -35 in. long; stipules linear-su) mlate, convolute, curving awav from > 

 axis like those of F. subulata, a little longer than the \ tiole ; i mptaciea sh -podumadate, i 

 pairs (or solitary by abortion), axillary, umbonate (especially when youn- ; when ripe ovoid 

 or sub-globose, smooth or >ub-verrucellat. , ehatteate at the base : from 3 to * in. 

 pedicils -15 to -25 in. long, a ith several minute bracts at their ba> male 



flu\\, >l 



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receptacles containing gall flowers), sessile, with a 4-h ived , rianth, a Bug] stamen, and 



an insect-attacked (i.e. gall), smooth, globular pistil; gall flowers pedieill te 



])hyllous 3-toothed perianth, the ovary globular smooth, v. ith a si >rt hit. n.l vh and capi 



i nm 



stigma ; fertile female flowers (in separate receptael. from the mah-i with a j* m ,f 

 5 lanceolate leaves, the achene ovate, style . longate 1 ral. tigma capit 



VAR. TK M.YTOtAKTA. 



Receptacles globose-uiulx.nat'-, umbilicus often apert from the disappearance of tin- s<jal 



at its mouth; stipules much longer than the petiole, — F. t> matocarpa, lliq. 



Var. fibmkla. 



Receptacles ovoid-umbonate, umbilical wales persistent. — F. firmuU Mi« 

 Both these varieties have leaves of a thicker t- \tur< than typical Mm, mma, Map, but, after 



much careful examination of Miipiel's original mat rials in the Leiden llerbariun I oannot 



believe that they are specifically di tinct fr a each other, or that th y aro more than 

 geographical varieties of F. DccalmcaiKi, Mi<p 



"Typical Deeauneana is known only from Timor and X- v Guinea; /rem <>rpa from 

 Amboina; and firmula from Celebes and Amboina. This species iarelatedto / ml perma, M 



Plate 3. — A. — b\ Decau ma, Miq. I uitin g- twig, typical form. B.- Var. b afo<m 



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C- — Var. firmula. 1, stipules — all of natural si. > ; 2, mah flower with gall pistil and \]&\ d 



perianth; 3, fertile f«mal« flower; I. fertile achei •; , gall flower: all en!" 



4. FiCUS ADENOsri kma, Miq. in Ann. Mas. Lugd. Fat. iii. i I, 29* 

 A tree, the young shoots covered with deciduous tawny tomentum ; h js membranous 



petiolate, ovate-lanceolat.-, acute, the margin entire, base a<ute 3-ner? primary lateral 



nerves about 7 pairs, prominent, and, lik- the midrib, ndpi as hairy b< neath ; the rest of the 



lower surface glabrous; upper surfaces glabrous, minutely papillose lengt 1 »f bla< 1 in 



petiole '3 in.; stipules linear- lanceolate, scari"us, glabrous, »8 in. long; receptacles 

 pedunculate, in pairs, axillary, depressed-globose, slightly constrid d below, j i)» scent wl 

 vouno-, nearly glabrous when old ; '3 in. across; the umbilical la ts large nd labrous: 

 bracts at the base of the constricted part of the re "ptacle ;, minute; pedum !«• propel 



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lono-; male flowers few and only in the re. ept les with the gall h\o r*, * 



perianth of 4 broad distinct piee ; stamen 1. the anther o\at< rotund; gall flV i 

 ovate to globular, smooth, those near the mouth of the receptacle often associa-od in 



the same flower with an abortive anther, tyle si rt, lateral, stigma tul dar; fertil f. male 

 flowers in separate receptacles from the males (? on separate plants) with a 5 deft gamo- 

 phyllous perianth, achene ovoid-elliptic, rugose, stj le sub-terminal stigma cylindric. 



Celebes— Teusmann; Amboina,— Be Fretes ; Ternate,— D< \ 



