

rnosTJ ma 



35 



sides ; apical scales broad, shining ; basal bracts ova t< -rotund, blunt 



united by their 



7 — - 7 — -~-,v,,*.v<. ivwiiwf ifiuuu, wipm\ unit i»v ti ir 



bases, covered outride with deciduous brown scales, larjre. fleshy, and completely enyelop- 



ing the unripe receptacles ; male flowers scattered over whole interior of receptacle, se 

 the perianth of 4 or 5 long pieces ; anther single, ovate, apiculate, on % long filament which 



-» ■' ■■*• 



is swollen near its apex; gall and fertile female flowers sessile, the perianth of lanceol 



pieces as long as the style; ovary of gall ovoid, smooth, of fertile female tuberculate and 

 broader than the gall ; style of both long r than ovary. 



Western Java, at elevations of from 2,000 to 4,000 ft.,— /Vtat, No*. 029 and 606 



This species, by killing the tree on which it is epiphytal, often become* independent 

 tree. It comes very near to F. procera, 1>1., and I keep it up as a |>eciea with souk reluetw 



Its parts are all smaller than those* of procera, mid the feav< never incline t l>e ob«»vate 



in shape. The main veins are by far leas distinct, tho petioles proportionately horter, 

 and the petioles thinner in texture than those of p roc a. Hoth haw tho **m large J ihy 



bracts at the base of the receptacles. 



Plate 38. — Frui ting-branch of F. involucrafa, HI. 1, rnveptael. u fr i abov 



2 & 3, receptacles seen from the side ; 1, basal bracts ; 5, stipule*: all of natural *i*e. 



Plate 82 7 . — 1, male flower; 2, unexpanded female flower; 3, female llo\v«r J 4, ache] 

 of fertile female : all enlarged. 



35. Ficus rigida, Miq, Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 280.— frost rrjidum, Mi<p Lond 



Journ. Bot. vi. 578. 



A tree ? perfectly glabrous ; leaves petiol ate, ooriaoeou*, lam date- imnnat< <>r broidli 

 oblanceolate, with the apex abruptly shortly and acutely cuspidate; the edge* cut in . urv< d 

 the base acute, 3-nerved ; primary lateral nerv< 4 3 to 4 p ir prominent beneeih. the 

 reticulations fine; upper surface dotted; length of blade 5*5 in. to fi-.i in. j petiol s *t ul 

 •75 inch long; stipules coriaceous, ovate-acuminate, u in. l«»ng; receptm les axillary, sessile 

 in pairs, sub-globose, smooth, 5 in. across; basal bracts 3, large, orbicular, glabrous; i le 

 flowers numerous, scattered, pedicillate, clavate when un< \] ■ mded, the ] rianth of 2 broaJ 



concave pieces ; anther sagittate, on a short filament ; gall flo 



pcdicillate, the 



perianth of 3 pieces, style short, achene ellipsoid; fertile female ilowers sefleil* tin- 

 perianth of 4 or 5 narrow pieces, style elongate, achene tuberculate. 



Penang,— PhUlips ; Perak,-#. H. Kunstler, No. 601 1. 



There are two specimens of this at Kew, both with immature receptacle* 



Plate 39. — Fruitin^-branch of F. rigida, 3 iq. with immature receptacle*. 1, apex of a 



receptacle ; 2, base of same ; 3, stipules : of natural size. 



Plate 82 z .— 4, unexpanded male flower ; 5, anther, the perianth being removed 

 6, perianth of gall flower, the achene being removed; 7, achene of same ; 8, f rtile fema 



flower : all enlarged. 



36. Ficus peocera, Beinw. in Bl. Bijd. 445; Miq. (sub Urost) PL 2nd. Bat. i 



pt. 2. 336 ; Supp. 176, 436 ; Ann. Mus. Luyd. Bat. iii. 2 



large tree; the young shoots puberulous, but ultimately, like all the other park 

 glabrous; leaves coriaceous, elliptic, or sub-obovate-elliptic, rarely ovate, apex with a vcr 



