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FKOSTIGMA. 



surface ; receptacles sessile, in pairs, axillary, oblong to sub-obovate, truncate, or slightly 

 depressed at the apex, when young flocculent-tomentose, when ripe nearly glabrous, 

 1 in. long and orange red; basal bracts 3, broadly triangular, blunt, spreading; male 

 flowers near apex of receptacle, rather numerous, pedicillate; stamen 1, the anther cells 

 sub-globular, perianth of 4 pieces ; gall flowers broad, smooth, with short sub-terminal style ; 

 fertile females with ovoid achene and elongate lateral style. As in F. Benyalcnsis, Linn, and 

 several other species, the young receptacles are enclosed in calyptriform involucres. 



Var. 1. pubescens. — F. pubescens, Roth Nov. Spec. PL 387. — F. rupcstris. Ham. 



(non Bl.) in Linn. Trans, xv. 137. — Urost. dasycarpum, ]\liq. in Loud. 

 Journ. Bot. vi. 574 ; Dalz. and Gibs. Fl. Bomb. 242. — F. tomeniosa, Herb, 



Madras, Wall. Cat. 4499; Wight (Kew Dist.) 2753. 



Leaves smaller than in typical form, with proportionately fewer lateral prima iy nerves 

 and often with repand edges ; tomentum denser, longer, more copious and of a deep 

 f eiTuginous red colour, especially on the very young parts. 



The above two forms occur in peninsular India and Ceylon, ascending to elevations 

 of about 2,500 ft. 



Var. 2. sub-repanda.— J 7 , sub-repanda, Wall. Cat. 4568A, not B.— F. lateriiia, Wall. 



Cat. 4496D (sub Mysorensis). 



Leaves larger than in type, often narrowed, 7- to 9-nerved at the base, primary 

 lateral nerves 12 to 20 pairs, when adult quite glabrous, sub-scabrid, and dotted ; receptacles 

 sessile, ovoid when young, globular, smooth, orange red and about 15 in. across when 



This form is not found in Southern India, but it replaces the other two at the base o^tl'ie 

 Eastern Himalaya, in the Khasi Hills, and in the Burmese hill ranges at elevations of from 

 1,000 to 2,000 ft. It grows to be a very large tree. 



rip 



In my remarks on the synonymy of F. Bengalenm, Linn. I have explained that 



Eheede's figure of this plant was cited by Linnasus under his description of the true b-im 

 A- -gards the older synonyms of this species, I have no doubt that F. pubescent. Both/and 



Heyne, although kept distmct by Roth, are, as is evident from E -th's own de^rip- 



A 



P. My 



tions, one and the same. There is a specimen at Kew from Bottle* Herbarium be irin 

 labels m (I presume )Heyne's handwriting. Both are dated 1808. Onebc.rs 

 < F. Mysorensis nobis,' and on the other are written the words < Ficus 



11 t W 



name 



<7>. ». r Ihe specimen 



a f rag-men 



pasted down on the sheet with these two labels consists of three separate leaves, . In _. 

 tary fruitmg-twig, and some loose receptacles, all belomrino- to /•' n«n • i>r rag ™? 011 



*° F. rupestns, Ham., a species from Mysore. Now 



or the same 



the author's own hand show it to be lAe 7*^JTT * * ~' ^ ^ * 

 and Mysore, whereas rr^trU is according to S3l£t* £+£\ Til" " ^ 

 to which I reduce it, viz. F. Musoremi* i« ^ i • u iV1 J^re plant; and the species 



confusion in the Wallichian J2S^£££J^ .* ? ™ »*»■ t2 



as A/ywenm, tomentosa and repan.la. ^^ and which "« di - " h 



Wall. Cat. Nos. 4496A, B and n a:^ -\ * n 



typical Jfr^W^ dlStnUted " *—* Herb. Madras, are 



was distributed 



