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style and dilated sti-rma, the perianth as in the male : fertile f nalc n 



r- wit li a _rumo- 



phyllous perian h deeply divided into three linear-lan eclat, ment, the a cue » niform 



ovoid with a rather Ion- sub-terminal st; !e and cylindrical stigma. 



Malayan Peninsula and Archipelago. 



This varies within certain narrow limit* and by no means in pro] .rtion t 

 number of names which have been given to it ; it is always re .-nizahle by it, « rough 



transverse-veined leaves and hispid, tomentose, pedicilhd re< epta les. It is alii,, t 



uropfojlla in externals, as well as in the fact that the single anther of 



tl 



is invariably accompanied by an abortive pistil. A vervlarge-h lV cds pecimen of tint 

 from Penan-, differing in no particular from Biuino'a t M *, was issued as /'. „rond,i % 



by Wallich, who had probably n ver sec. Bhnm < typical plant. Micpiel > > ,i ( „/. «*». 



phjlla was founded on a >p, , imen from Sumatra with lar<ro oblon-cllipti 1, vm , F. n 



Jiuujhuhniuna of the same author have lea\ \ with broader, often suh-cordat 1* 



and hairier than usual; otherwise they are exactly like Bhnm \ pl tt nt A .„ 

 variety, with concentric rinjrs on the i \terior of the receptacles, is floured in Miguel's 



Choix de Plantes dt Butimzorg. A plant exactly like that figured in Hot. .M t 

 acuminata and eerasi/ormis mav still be >een (18*4) in cultivation under th< latter natm 



in the Botanic Garden at Utrecht. The flecepi Irs containing the male and -all 



flowers are slightly larger and more umbonate than tho« in which the fertile feinale 



flowers are collected. 



Plate 8. — F. parte tali HI. A.— Fruiting- twig with younjr receptacle* cotitahmig fertil 





female flowers. 13. — Leaf and receptacle of the 1 nn named P. COnantr i < a by Van II 



1, receptacles containing male and all flow is — nf natural $%9$\ 3, perianth of mal< flower 



(expanded); 4, anther and abortive pi-til from tho same; o, j. ill flower; 0, i :ile female 



flower ; 7 ripe achene from the last — enlarged. 



9. Ficus UROPHYLL4, "\\ ill. Cat. 4488 ; Miq. i* Loud. Joum, Ihd. viL 1."'; Ft Ind 



D«t. i. ///. 2. 06. 



An erect shrub or small tree; the young branches and poiiolos scurfy or sul scabrid 



when dry; the receptacles more or 1 c ss harsh ; loa\ > >ub-eoriaeeou , broadly ovate or - 



elliptic, the apex with sudden long or short narrow tail, the ed; s usually entire, sometimes 



sinuate towards the apex, the base always entire, irradually narrowed to th petiole, I- 



nerved ; lateral primary nerves 2 or 3 pairs, ami like the midrib and secondary net! * bold 



and harsh beneath; upper surface of h if smooth and shining, lower dull and harsh; let ih 

 of blade 2 5 to 4 in.; petioles '> in. to *4 in.; stipules .subulal . minu ; i ; ad< 



shortly pedunculate, axillary, ul>- lobular, umbonate, » d aid-hispid, without 1 bracts 



eddish-yellow when ripe ; "2 to { in. in diameter; pedum 1 hispid-hirsnf , from *2 in. to 



4 in. Ion"" male flowers with perianth of 4 pie< , tamen 1, invariably jointed to a 



rudimentary pistil; female perianth 3-cleft, fertile achene obliquely oi <id. rou^n, tl $ * le 

 short diverging ; barren (gall) achene smooth, lobular, the style hort, lightly hook I. 



A sam, Khasi, Chitta ong, Burmah, and Malaj «. 



r Hiis species in external charactei almost exactly r« ■ mbl 4 J\ mi tfs, ]*mV 

 under that species). '1 hese two afford an excellent example of agreement in externals being 



associated with considerable difference in the flowers. 



Plate &.— F urophjlla, Wall. A.— Twig with pedunculate immature r< ptacles. 

 Leaf of another form, also with immature sessile receptacles. ( - Leaf of a tan fnni 



