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26. Ficus xylopitylla, Wall. Cat. 4558; Miq. Ann. Mu» I jd. Dai. iii 286. 



Urost. xyhphyllum, Miq. Land Journ. Bot. vi. p. 577; 11 Ind. llat. i. pi .\ 



352. t. 23. 

 A powerful epiphyte or independent small tree; young taught - thick, pal arfy when 



very young; other parts quite glabrous, except the stipules and receptacular bra* ts; leaves 

 large, very coriaceous, broadly elliptic or oblong to obovate-ellipti , narrowed to tin base 

 apex broad, rounded, obtu , edges entire, revolute when dry, btM -trongly 3-nenvd ; he ral 

 primary nerves about 5 pairs, prominent below, reticulations inconspicuous . 1 ngth of blad- 



6 to 10 in., breadth 3 to 4 *> in, : petiol * >tout, 1 to 13 in. long; stipules eori a. >us, broadly 

 ovate-acute, with short r< l<lish j>ul -m o externally, occasionally with 1 1 n tli 



margins, 1*3 in. long; receptacles axillary, in pairs, or solitary by abortion, m- le, cylindro- 

 conical, truncate at the base, apex umlionate, whoi rip< smooth bright red v ith fsint wl 



ipots; 1*5 to 2 in. Ion , 1 in. broad at base; 1m- 1 bracts 3, •Breeding, broad h triangular 



pubescent; male flowers numerous, scatter- <1 over the whole interior of the i ]»tatd 

 pedicillate, the perianth of 4 pieces; author 1. elongate, setiil< ; gall Howcff *uhaessil< or 



pedicillate, the perianth of 5 pieces, ovary sinootl tvle elon at< ; fertil female ilowen 



sessile, the achene minutely tabercalate, the perianth d< generate into soft cellular tissnt 



Singapore, IVrak, Sumatra. A very distinct sj»oci 



Plate 28. — 1 ririting-braneh f J xyhphyll . W ill. - ]»rate figures of r\ ting 

 twig, showing the und tv el pod receptacles cnelo> 1 in calyptriform end uoous bracts; view- »f 

 receptacle from apex, base, and ride : stipule- : all of natural *ize. 



Plate 82 q . — 1, male Bower; 2 i gall m»\ en; 4, fertile foimde unej all enlarged. 



27. Ficus FOR81 \*n, Miq. in Ann. it/iff. Lugd. />'<if. iii. 21 

 A tree; the voung parts pnberalon . Lenves very coria ous, oblon - lb tic or oImjt 



oblono*, shortly, narrowly, and rather abruptly apiculate, with entire cartili :in . slightly 

 revolute sub-undulate mar ins ami rounded oj narrow, not cordal fr-non d se ; Itte 1 



primary 



6 to 8 pairs, leprossc-d nl>ovo, very prominent "neatb. curving an 



tomosing slightly within the n irgin; fthininf md RDo th aliovo, pabl ulous bd to 8 



ion"- by 2 to 3-25 in. broad; petiol .ut, 9 to 1 



|)S •riaeeOUf 



ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, d «ely whitish toment Ottt^.de, glabrons i rid decidn 



•75 in long; receptacl s sessile axillary, in pail ovoid y\ adri labroa with to 3 broad 

 overlapping' apical seal B, not umbonate wh u ripe, in. to "7 in. bog by -in ro- 

 basal bracts 3, large, ovate-rotund, deciduouslv pubescent and tin d along t middle 



the ed<res glabrous; male flowers numerous, scattered all ovei interior of the reeeptj. 



on thick flat pedicels; perianth of 2 or 3 broad concaA involute pieces; stamen I, tl h« r 



elongate- gall and fertile f( male flowers almost alik . the latter f i , the j>c 



o 



f both of about 4 lanceolat pieces; achene of fert le flow r tuber, alat* 



Celebes,— Fori ten ; Celebes, Borneo, Timor,— 1 man 



Each of the young receptacles is cm lo] *1 in 2 short, blunt <artiIaginous, t mentose, 

 lyptriform bracts, which are early deciduous. 



Plate 29.— F For $ turn, Miq. Branch with immature receptacles. Separate drawings 



show 



2 stipules, base, and apex of immature rec ptacles: all of natural na* 



PlItb 82'.- 1, unexpanded male flower; 2, anther, the ianth being removed 



3 fertile female flower : all enlarged. 



