

rOOSTlGMA 



tl 



Vak. I ERGU880M. 



18 



Leaves narrower than in the typical form. often nam «ed at the base; ««•« «»4„ 



s closer than in tyj , 9 to 12 pairs; re. ptatd * sub-gtobuiar, mailer than t\j 



Ceylon. — Tht tites, C. P. 2291. 



This variety, which I have named in honour of my friend Mr. \V. 1 rgusson, 1 I 3., an 



y ind 



Indefatigable botanist, is p< uliar to Ceyl n. wlu . Dr. Triinen infonna mo, i: is tra 

 enous. It was issued by the late l>r. Thwaitcs a* < 1\ It. 



Plate 30. — F. altissima, \\\. 1 ruith z-twi^r of tho form found in the Malax mi region, 



with immature n •< eptoule* 1, mature roc p> lesj 2, base of i«. pi la; 3, a] x <<f d to 



4, stipules : a// of natural size 



Plate 8*2'.— L, male flower, the anther Ixung rennjfnd | 9, the | th< perianth 



being removed; 3, p rianth of gall and f aula Hot r«; ft, a< : of gall 1 t 



of female flower: all enlarged. 



Plate 30A. — F, altmima, HI Tho form found in Northen India and Iturmah. an 



which was named by Roxburgh / /er ra. Separate ti^u 88 of tw<) f th 



loaf-scales (stipules) of tho \pandimf leaf bud: c»/M from Jtotk^rglis orig U <l riming ami •/ 

 natural size. 



Pl ie 82*.— 1, male flow( !. the anther being ran » Ij 2 tho sau >, wi li the perianth 



removed; 3, pcdicillatc gall flower; 4, fc tile f lea hem n^ /. 



Plate 31. — Thr< forms of J alt na, 141, 



A. Typical altissima, HI. from Malaya. 1, apex of i taclo; 2. base of ditto; 



3, stipule: (lie rcrepta ks arc iinmatu 

 B. Leaf of th« form nam 1 lacnfcra from India. 



C. Twig of the variety I jussoni from Ce >u (the n« eptaclea immature) alt of 



natural size. 



20. Ficrs CYCKontika, J/Vy. sub Vroit.) Fl. h Bat. Svpp. 170,438 



A glabrous tree, the young branch > with pale yellow liark 1 * < i iceous, shortly 



petiolate, broadly ovate or elliptic, allium on both surfaces, apex with an abrupt short j 

 edo-es entire, ba much rounded not narrowed <»r cordate, \* th2proi im t I ; la-baaal nei 



5^° v -""-j 



which sweep round ami j«»in the marginal a- istomoaes of the h ral nerves; lateral ] an 



nerves 4 pairs, not prominent length of Made 3 o to \ in : j tiol ut, 6 in. 1 i) 



glabrous, ovate -lane -olate; receptacles seasil , axillai , in pairs, *j ooth, depressed^lol- 

 •2 in. across, tho apical seal's forming a small proj iug embDiaiej basal bracts hort 



broadly ovat -rotund, glabroua; male flowers rati w num .us, k tten d, the per li of 



4 concave pieces ; anther singl . on ft rather long filament ; gall a d U lo i<mm tfowrrs 



similar except as regards aehenos, the perianth f 6 Ian >late pieces, si > (donga 



stigma oblique 





Sumatra,— 1 ysmann- B rneo,— Brccari, P. B, 3363. 



The original specimen on which Miqui 1 found i this species in a poor fragment; but 



Si^nor Beccari's pecimens are exc Uent, and from one of them tin figm been drawn. 



Platf 32.—1 ruiting-branch of l\ cycUmmn. Miq. : of na iral site. 1, base of receptacle 

 2 side view of same ; 3, a sin le base! bra/t ; 4 stipules : twice natural size. 

 ' Plate 82*.— 5, male flow r; 6, female flower : much enlarged. 



