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his F. Indica. But he also quoted other figures which do not resemble this, and it is 

 therefore quite arbitrary to reserve the name F. Indica , Linn, for this plant. It would be 

 believe, safer to abandon the name Indica altogether. I quote Blume's sundiaca and 



rubescens as synonyms of this with hesitation, for, of the specimens so named at Leiden and 

 Utrecht, a good many belong to the plant accepted as the F. nitida of Thunberg. Blume's 

 own description of sundiaca would really cover nitida. The only synonym I quote with any 

 certainty is pellucido -punctata , Griff., for Griffith's figure and description answer well to this 

 and can refer to nothing else. For convenience I here note how the citations of figures of 

 Indian species of Ficus made by Linnseus under F. Indica in the second edition of his Species 

 Ptantarum have been disposed of by me : 



Katou alou, Rheede Hort. Malab. iii. t. 57, is F. Mysorensis, Heyne. 



Varinga latifolia, Eumph. Herb. Amb, iii. t. 84, is retained as F. Indica, Linn 



Tsiela. Rheede Hort. Malab. iii. t. 63, is F. tsiela, Roxb. 



Plate 45.— Fruiting-branch of F. Indica, Linn, (upper twig); the same, var. Gelderi (lower 

 twig). 1, 2, 4, 5, base and apex of receptacles; 3 & 6, stipules: of natural size. 



Plate 83 b .— 7, unexpanded male flower ; 8, male flower, showing anther and 2 perianth 

 leaves ; 9, sessile fertile female flower ; 10, pedicillate gall flower : all enlarged. 



42. Ficus sumatrana, Mig. Ann Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 287. t. 10. fig. B. Urost. 



Sumatrana, Miq. PL Jungh. 49; Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2. 341. — Urost. 

 monadenum, Miq. FL Ind. Bat. Supp. 438 (fide Miquel). 



glabrous tree ; leaves thinly coriaceous, petiolate, narrowly oblong-lanceolate, apex 

 acuminate, edges entire, slightly thickened and revolute, base acute, with 2 prominent and 

 2 faint basal nerves ; lateral primary nerves about 4 pairs, rather prominent, reticulations 

 rather fine ; length of blade 4 to 5 in., of petioles 6 in. ; stipules ovate-acuminate, '75 in. long ; 

 receptacles in pairs, axillary, sessile, globular, umbonate, smooth, -4 in. across ; basal bracts 3,' 

 broad, rounded, membranous ; male flowers few, scattered, on long thin pedicels, the perianth 

 of 3 pieces ; anther elongate, sessile ; gall and fertile female flowers similar except in contents 

 of ovary, sessile, the perianth of 3 pieces. 



Sumatra, — Junghuhn. 



A very little known species, poorly represented in the collections at Leiden and Utrecht. 

 The leaves when dry are lustreless and of a curious pale brownish colour which is very 

 characteristic. Judging from the imperfect specimens of F. Zollmg eriana , Miq. which exist 

 in the Dutch collections, that species must be very near, if not identical with this 



Plate 35B.- Fruiting-branch of F Sumatrana, Miq. 2, basal bracts of receptacle ; 3, base 

 of receptacle ; 4, apex of same; 5, stipules: all of natural size. 



Plate 83 c .~6, male flower; 7, female flower : both enlarged. 



43. Ficus acam ptophylla, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 264, 287.- Urost. acamp- 



tophylhm, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Supp. 176, 439 



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apex 



the Ll7 V ', *rf , S thiDly C ° Vered With "* on8 scurf > P^escent towards 



Ibruptlv 22 !T 7 , TT glabr ° US ' 8ub -° bwate > °Wong, or elliptic, ape 



the seZZv ' ; P lT ai7 T rd n6rVeS 3 t0 6 PairS ' n0t much ™« P^minent than 



the se, ondary nerves, reheulataons obscure ; length of blade 2-5 to 45 in, of petiole -6 to -8 in. ; 





