vaoeTiiiMA. 



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(ripe achenes unknown); the a hole of tho interior of the reoeptach *»ve]< 1 bet ^ en tli 



insertions of the flowers with long, narrow, pointed -calos. 



S. India, Tinnivelly Hills,— OoL li. 11. Beddome. 



A very remarkable species, of which I h. v*e eeu only three spec inn is, all oolh ted 

 by Col. Beddome. 



Plate 24.— Fruiting-branch of F. Beddomei, King. Separate figures of n lacl . basal 

 bracts, and stipules: all of natural size, 



Plate 81™. — 1, male flower, the anther reinovt . ; 2, tho same, the perianth removed 

 3, female flower: all enlarged. 



23. Ficus (jlobosa, BL Bijd. 440; Miq. »a Ann. l/«t. Lu 9 d. />' lil 285. 



Urost. ylobosum, Ifiq. i 1 Ii 1. Hat. i. pt. , 33>.— Urns* M<m>L Miq 



in Zoll. Byit Vera. !»<), 90; Miq. Fl. Ind. Ik i pt F. mmim 



Wall. I at. J')» J: Kurz I or. Floi i Brit. Biirin. ii. 111. — Vrotf. mvtt 



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.Miq. in Und. Joum. Hot. vi. T5\ Mi. FL Ind. Hat. i. j 2. 3 I 

 F.firma, Wall. Cat. 4561 A nd II. 



large climb r, the younger branches con« r< d with deeiduous brown scud with win. h 



are mixed a few hairs, ultimately all parts labrou ; l<a\ < thiol ooriaeoou-. ] tiolat* 



elli])tic, or oblong (obovate-elliptic in var. mmok), ap< v suddenly shortly cuspidate, ei) 



entire; base broad, rounded, slightly emarginate (narrowed in var. m<mnh\ 8-ner I; lateral 



primary nerves, 6 to 9 pairs, nearly at ri. Ill an ies to the midrib, rather j i nt below; 



length 3-5 to 6'5 in.; petioles » to 1*6 in. loin; stipules de< hums, linear, ute, h m 

 •75 to 2*5 in. long; receptacl * shortly p< luneulat , in pairs, axillary, su! lobular and 



umbonate when youn^r, when ri}>e depressed at tho apex, almost turbinate; in. to 1 in 



across, minutely scurfy, basal bracts 3, sm 11; ) dunrh stout, -J in. long; i lie fl 

 few, scattered, p. dicillate, the anther single, sessile, perianth In din of 1 pi II 



flowers mostly pedieillate, the perianth gamophyllons, 6-eM't, ovary smooth, stvl c -it, 



lateral; fertile female flowers low, sessile, or nearly ••. p< ianil. p i m oph y Boas, * t la •> 



lanceolate teeth, style elom it , sti ma obovate, aeheno ovoid, tubereulate. 



Var. Manor (species Miq.). Bases of leaves narrow* d ; petiol i 1 I to 2 in. 1 ng. 



The typical form occurs in South Burmah and in th Mala; m peninsula end Arch* 

 pekgo. The variety manok lias been collected in Java by ZoDinp r, in Sumatra by 1 lies, 

 and in Perak by Kunstler. 



In the Leiden Herbarium several specimens of this specios fi »m h imati are nan 

 F. anmdata, Bl. var. Kmmui, Miq., but tl, namedoes not appear*. 1 ,ve been > , .bl id. 6 



plants issued by Wallich as ******* and fnm were collect ed m Ik unhand! nai >W h 



triouted no plant under the name of F ,**.**, Bl., but ) can^ noti sg to dirt.'ng* * 



the tvpes of these two specie of his from F. globosa, 



lil 



F. onmsm 



Wall. as a species, but he doe. not in his Uumerat* J ■ . Gcron , acco < «* 



Wall Kuw also keeps up J onus/a, Wall, as a ., xies ; tan ■ * b d nl 



onust'c as a tree ( 9 hbo*a, BL being a climber) and the rec V ,c lea aa ami In, d-enpt, , 



ZZlbosa Bl admirably. Powerful, . pipby.al, a -niaca. Ion. s, ,•« of i *, ho*. 



suits ^6 0S «, « tWrn ,j vcs by deateoying the ti ea that originally gave them support; 



often become trees tnemsencs uy uw. ". e t i„,„l,I 1-. t«-.,( t.i, u a 



and in the absence of any other difference 1 do not see ^^^*"£ P JL 

 species. Kmz's dt cription of the fruit as umbonate sppta to the joung rac pMc 



