nio8Ti<;.v . 



°. r , 



solitaiy, or in pairs, ovoid, slightly umbonate and reddish when rip* abaut 1 in. long, apical 



scales small, coriaceous; ba ,1 bractj 3 



con 



fi . <»vat4 . ttc, ]»ul 



sometimes attached to the peduncle a little below th, lae of t be receptee! : | uncle -5 to 



ln * }° ng ' dende * J male flowr very numerous over all parteof tin interior 4 th. re ptech . 



pedicillate, the perianth of 2 broad eon cave hyaline pieces: an*n 1, clongatoorate 



sessile; gall flowers pedicillate, the perianth -amoph y 1 1 us, 5-cl .„ - Mb, stvle 



abort, stigma obliquely truncate; fertile female n wers, month sil. . the ach m ciid, 



tuberculate, style long, lateral, sti ma flat, elongate. 



Java, Sumatra, Perak (Malayan penin-ul; i at irom l.nOO to 4,0(»0 f 

 Readily recognised by its larg. lon ; -pedunculate reeeptach 



I have not seen F. pcracutum, lliq., but I reduce it 1 re on Miqu i own authority. 



F. depressa, BL 18 manifestly the sumo as his primi/ormb, although he dc rib 1 tin 

 different on consecutive pag * of his / 'ntrjen. 



The plant of Zollinger's collecting (Herb. ZoU. \\ which Miguel named and described 



in a 



as F. deprcssa, is not deprcssa, HI. but J annulate HI., a 1 

 of Zoll/s specimen 



If by insp 



Plate 21. — Fruitmg-branch of F. prunifomk, BL 1, apex nf r < ) ach ; , base of 



receptacle ; 3, stipules : all of natural su- . 



Plate Sl k . — 1, mal< flower, the perianth bein: remov 1; 2, male flower, the anther 

 being removed ; 3, gall flower; 4, I rtile female achene : all mU <j<>L 



21. Ficus ANM -lata, BL Bij<l 448 J Miq, in Ann. Wus.LufjJ. Dai. iii. 2 '>: Kuru 



For. Flora B> '. Dunn. ii. 1 13. — Frost. annufatum, Miq. in X 11. ^vat Vers 



90; FL Ind. I'.it. i. pt 2. 3 >; 6 ipp. L Mo.- n, en$, HI. Rijdv 



449. — Urost. J/ar wens, Miq. in I'lanta Jnneli. IS; II. Ind. Hi i. j 



335; Supp. i. >i\. — Urost. Invcrrunllum, Miq. II. Ind. Hat. Supp. i 

 436.— F. ahda, Ml 1. 4 19.— Urost. valulum, Miq I Ind. 1 ,t. i 



pt. 2. 337. — Urost. depressum, Mi<j. in Lond. .lourn. Hot. vi. • Zoll 



Syst. Verz. (e\<l. syn. F. d< }• essa. BL). — t % ost. conot pum t Miq. 11. Ind 



Bat i. pt 2. 350. 

 A large stem-clasping, sem i - scandent epiphyte, rarely an ind pendent tree; all the 



parts glabrous or (var. valida) the ui ler surfaces of the h ives and stipules and the )iediocl 

 more or less pubescent; leaves thinly coriaceous hlong r oblann lai <»r ova lliptic 



with shortly acuminate apex, entire, sligl ly undulate edges, acute, r slightly roun 

 never cordate, 3-nerved 1 we; lateral primary nerves, 10 to 15 pairs, prominent, u h 

 curving submarginal anastomoses, reticulations con picu as; In th 6 t 12 i poti 



1 to 1*5 in. lone;; stipules linear-oblon flaccid, fugaci , 1 :* in. to 6 in. Ion-; receptee' 

 pedunculate, in pairs, axillary, OToid or oblon pi minently umbonal , smooth : when 



ripe 1 to 1*5 in. long, greenish orange-yelloW| > ith white spots; basal bracts 3, ovate 



acute, free; pedunch s stout, ••"> in. to 7 in. long, a ith a thickened annulus near their 

 ipices and below the basal bracts of the receptacle ; male flowers ■catt< d all over he in >r 

 of the receptacle, numerous, pedicillate ; gall flow n numerous, the j irianth gamoph ilous, 

 3-tootbed, achene ovoid, smooth, style long, with long flattened St ma ; fertile f ale 

 flowers very few, the perianth deeply 4-clei , achene tubercular, stylo si rter than 



achene, stiffma clavate. 



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