UROSTIGM 



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3- to 5- nerved; lateral primary nerves about 8 pairs, vory little more prominent than th 



secondary nerves; length of blade 4 to 55 in ; petiole about 1 in.; stipules ovate-acute 

 coriaceous, *6 in. long; receptacles axillary, in pairs, srs ie, globular when Young 

 and inclosed within the 3 large rounded basal bracts ; receptacles *4 in. act -. 



Philippines, — Cuming, Herb. 1929; Luzon, — VidaL 



Plate 50. — Leafy twig of F. clusioides, Miq. with immature receptacles— from ■ timings 



Philippine specimen (Miquel's type). Leafless twig with marly mature receptacl i—from VulaV 



Luzon specimen. Both of natural size. 



48. Ficus garcinlefolia, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Hat. iii. S 18, 287 



A tree ? all parts glabrous ; leaves membranous, petiolate, oblong or elliptic, apex acut 



margin entire not thickened, base narrowed, with no special basal nerves; primary lateral 

 nerves very numerous (15 to 20 pairs), not much more prominent than the secondary mi - 

 and nearly at right angles to the thick midrib; length of bhi-lo 5 to 7 in., of petiole 

 1*5 in.; stipules broadly lanceolate-acuminate, puberuhmi exten illy, 1*5 in. long; 



receptacles sessile, ellipsoid, 1*2 in. long by *G in across, glabrous ; basal bracts 3, ovate -obtuse, 

 puberulous externally. 



Timor, — Be Vricsc. 



This species has been collected only in Timor. Its L ires resemble th se of J\ elasti i, 

 Roxb., in venation, but their texture is thinner, the stipules are smaller, and the r <<j>ta<les 



are much larger than in that species. 



Plate 5113.— Leaf and receptacle of F. garciniafolia, Wu\.', 2, leaf from a drib-rent 



specimen ; 3, stipules : all of natural size. 



49. Ficus benjamina, Linn, Mantissa, 129 (exd. sgn. II ti Alu, Uh k I! ■■•/. 



Malab. i. t. 26); Bl. Bijd. 456; Bedd. Fl. > >/k>. ii. 223; Uvnth. Fl. Austral. 



vi. 167; Kurz For. Flora Brit. Bum/, ii. 446. — Uroit, Benjamin*, Miq. in 

 Lond. Journ. Hot. vi. 583; PI. Jungh. 50; FL Ind. Bat i. pt ' W, ; 

 Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 288; Dalz. and Gibs. Fl. Bomb, 242— F stris, 

 Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 288.— Urost. nudum, Miq. in Lend. 

 Journ. Bot. vi. 584.— F. comosa, Koxb. Corom. PI. ii. t. l: J; Willd. 8] - - 

 Plant, iv. 1148; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 552; Bedd. 1 1. ylv. ii. 223; Wight 

 Ic. 658.— .F. pendula, Link. Enum. ii. 450.— F. striata, Roth Not. Spec PI. 

 387 ?—F. hcematocarpa and mglecta, Bl. ap. Decne in K. Ann. Mus. iii. 



494-5; Miq. (sub Urost.) in Lond Journ. Bot. vi. :>84.— i a t irij , 



Griff. Icon. PI. As. t. 554. — Varixgapar folia, Rumph, Herb. Amb. iii. t. 90. 

 F. dictyophglla, Wall. Cat. 4502A, B, and D. 



An umbrageous tree, with drooping branches, all parts labroua ; leaves petiolate, thiol} 



coriaceous, shining, more or less broadly ovate-elliptic, with a rather abruptly, shortly-; mninat 

 apex entire edo-es, and aroundedor sub-acute base; lateral primary nerves a ay numerous, 

 close! straight, "anastomosing just inside the margin; length of blade 2 to 4'fi m. ; pctmh s 



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-t to 1 in. long; stipules lanceolate, about -5 in. long; receptacles axillarj 

 elobular or ovoid, smooth and blood-red when ripe, about -35 in. across, with 3 short, broad 



rounded basal bracts, or globose, narrowed at the base and about 75 in. across (var. cm. ,) 



