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UHOSTIGMA. 



perianth being removed; 6, the same, the perianth being opened out and the anther removed ; 

 U4, gall flowers ; 7, achena of fertile female flower: all enlarged. 



52. Ficus triment, King in Journ. Bot xxiii. 242. — Urost. tjieia, Thwaites' Ceylon 



Plants, 2220. 



A gigantic tree, with very few aerial roots, all parts glabrous ; leaves coriaceous, elliptic, 

 with an acute apex, entire edges, and a slightly tapering obscurely 3-nerved base ; primary 

 lateral nerves diverging at a low angle from the thick prominent midrib, very numerous, 



close, straight, anastomosing just within the slightly thickened revolute margin; length of 

 blade from 3 to 4*5 in. ; petioles about 75 in. long, stout; stipules ovate-acuminate, '4 to -6 

 in. long; receptacles sessile, in pairs, axillary, globular, slightly verrucose when ripe, *4 to *5 

 in. across, with 3 small, spreading, ovate-cordate, slightly pubescent, basal bracts; male 

 flowers scattered, pedunculate, the perianth of 3 broadly ovate pieces ; the anther sessile ; 

 gall flowers pedieillate ; fertile females sessile, the perianth of both of 5 lanceolate pieces, 

 the ache nes similar except as to contents, style of both elongate, stigma flattened, especially 



in the gall flower. 



C niiira, Dharwar, and Bellary districts in Western Peninsula of India, — Law; Ceyl 



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Thwaites. 7 



This species approaches tsiela, Eoxb. and retusa, Linn., var. nitida, but differs from both 

 by its more numerous straight primary nerves, much more spreading habit, and fewer 



ial roots 



Plate 55.— Branch of F. Trimeni with young receptacles. Separate figures of youn 

 receptacles and of stipule; separate figure of twig with 2 mature receptacles: all < 



natural size. 



Plate &3 1 .— 1, male flower; 2, gall flower; 3, fertile female : all enlarged. 



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Sub-series 7.— leaves sub coriaceous, ovate or elliptic, often, sub-obovate or suh- 

 laneeolate; the secondary lateral nerves almost as prominent as the primary, the 



anastomoses nimurous, minute, but distinct. 



53. Ficus dubia, Wall. Cat. 4561. 



An epiphytal climber or small umbrageous tree, all parts glabrous ; leaves petiolate and 

 thickly coriaceous, shining, from broadly oblanceolate to elliptic, apex acute, edges entire, 



base narrowed, 3-nerved ; primary lateral nerves 6 to 8 pairs, reticulations minute but 



distmct ; length of blade 4 to 5 in. ; petioles about -75 in. long, rather stout ; stipules 1 



lanceolate, flaccid, caducous, from 125 to 2-5 in. long; receptacles pedunculate, solitary (by 

 abortion), axillary, ovoid-globose, slightly narrowed to the peduncle, smooth, of a dull red with 

 yellow. 1, spots when ripe, from 1 in. to 1-35 in. across ; peduncle thick, -25 in. W, with 



:, short, broad rounded bracts at its base; male flowers numerous, scattered, elongate, 

 the perianth of 3 elongate spathulate pieces ; stamen 1 , on a long filament ; gall flowers 

 with perianth like the males, the ovary ovoid, on a pedicel as long as the perianth, style 

 short, sub-tenmnal ; fertile female flowers sessile, the perianth of 3 W lanceolate- 

 acuminate pieces style longer than the smooth-ovoid achene ; the flowers mixed with 



numerous linear bvacteoles. 



