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UEOSTIGMA. 



abrupt, short, blunt acumen ; edges thickened and slightly recurved : base rounded or 

 narrowed, 3- to 5-nerved (2 of the nerves minute) ; lateral primary nerves about 5 pairs • 



length of blade 5 to 8 inches (11 inches in var. crassiramea) ; petioles 1 in. (to 2*25 in 



in var. crassiramea) ; stipules fleshy, convolute, broadly-triangular, acute, pubescent outside 

 1 in. to 1*5 in. long ; receptacles axillary, in pairs, sessile, trigonous "when young, when 

 ripe depressed- spheroidal ; *7 in. across; orange with vermillion sides ; apical scales large and 

 shining ; basal bracts 3, very large, broad, fleshy, almost completely enveloping the youn 

 and very prominent even in the ripe receptacles; male flowers numerous, scattered, the 





perianth of 3 elongated spathulate pieces; stamen single, on a long filament, which is 

 tliickened near the apex ; gall flowers sessile or pedicillate, the perianth of 4 or 5 pieces, 

 ovary elongated-ovoid; fertile female flowers sessile, * the achene broadly ovate, tuber- 

 culate and viscid when ripe from the degeneration of the perianth. 



Var. crassiramea. — F. crassiramea, Miq. (sub Urost.) PI. Jungh. 48; Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 



pt. 2. 339 ; Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 287. 



Miquel's description of F. crassiramea (FL Jungh. 48) is taken from a young twig with 

 unusually elongate narrowed leaves. The type specimens at Leiden and Utrecht show 



crassiramea to be merely a form of procera, Reinw. 



Java and Sumatra, from 200 to 5,000 ft. 



Plate 40.— Fruiting- branch of F. procera, Reinw. 1, apex of receptacle; 2, base 



of same ; 3, stipules : of natural size. 



Plate ^2 z3 . — 4, male flower ; 5 sessile gall flower unexpanded ; 6, pedicillate gall flower ; 



7, fertile female achene : all enlarged. 



Plate 41.— Fruiting-branch of F. procera, Reinw., var. crassiramea. Smaller drawings of 

 stipules, basal bracts, and receptacle, seen laterally : all of natural size. 



37. Ficus hookeri, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 215, 286. 



A tree, with all its parts glabrous; leaves thinly coriaceous, long-petiolate, broadly 

 elliptic or sub-obovate-elliptic, with short, broad, blunt apical cuspis, edges entire, base rounded 

 or slightly narrowed, 3-nerved ; lateral nerves 6 to 8 pairs, not very prominent ; under 

 surface pale ; length 5 to 11 in. ; stipules linear-lanceolate, flaccid, 1-5 to 3-5 in. long, caducous ; 

 receptacles axillary, in pairs, sessile, obovate, depressed, when ripe from -5 in. to 1 in. 

 across ; the large basal bracts united to form an entire cartilaginous cup, which envelopes 

 the lower thu-d of the ripe receptacle ; male flowers numerous, scattered, with „„ „_ 

 penanth, stamen smgle, on a long filament which is embraced by the lanceolate scales of the 



- - ; ^1 and fertue female flowers alike, except as regards the contents of the ovary 

 the penanth of 4 or 5 hnear-lanceolate pieces, achenes of a very dark-brownish colour 



no proper 



ptacle 



tyle rather short, thick 



Sikkim Himalaya and Khasi Hills. From 2,000 to 6,000 ft. Not common. 

 At once dastmgmshed by the singular cup formed by the united basal bracts. 



,tT rf'7 * rmtl "^ ran f X f f f\ H00kerL Sma11 drawin ? s of vertical section of ripe 

 ptacle and oi an unfolding leaf bud showing f W 1«™* 4? • , • i 



Pr attt R9* i ™ i a o 7 ,y the lar S e f *gacious stipules : all of natural size. 



Pl4tl 82^.-1, male flower ; 2, female flower : both enlarged. 



