UliOSTIGMA 



53 



Pc gu , — Maclellan d. 



This has been collected only once, and it is poorly represented in collections. 

 Plate 64c.— Fruiting-branch of F. Jfaclcllandi, King: of natural size. 1, stipule ; 2 & 3, 

 ptaeles ; 4, a basal bract : enlarged. 



Plate 84 r . — 5, young female flower, enlarged. 



Sub series 8,— Leaves coriaceous, elliptic or oUanceolate ; receptacles ivithout toW 



bracts. 



63. Ficus nervosa, //<?//«<? in iio///\s Nov. Spec. PI. 338; ll^/jf Ic. t. GOO; 3% ?'* 



Ann. Mm. Lugd. Bat. iii, 286 ; Benth. Fl. lhmg-Kong, 327; FM. Fl. Sglv 



ii. 223. — Urost. nervosum, Miq. Lond. Journ. Bot. vi. (>>>■>. — / uioniina. 



Wall. Cat. 451-4A, B, C, D.— / 7 . magnolia 'folfa, Bl. Bijd. 1 IS; Miq. in Ann 

 Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 263, 286.— Urott. cuneuron, Miq. FL Ind. Bat. i. pt. 

 353. — F. modes ta t Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. But. iii. 286.— Urost. modutmn 

 Miq. Lond. Journ. Bot. vi. 586. — Tar. Umgifolia, Miq. PL Jungh. 51. 



A tree; the young parts minutely adprcssed-pubc-cent or puberulous, ultimately all part 

 glabrous except the stipules, the receptacles which are puberulous even when ripe, and occa 

 sionally the under surface of the midribs of the leaves which remain adpressed-pubi <nt 

 leaves thinly coriaceous, both surfaces shining, the lower minutely tuberculaf. . elliptic, oblou 

 lanceolate to obovate-elliptic or oblanceolate, slightly inequilateral , apex with an abrupt 

 rather narrow acumen, from -5 to 1 in. long, edges entire, slightly undulate, and re volute 

 base narrowed, rarely rounded, slightly unequal, 3- to 5-nerved; lateral primary nerveg 

 to 10 pairs, nearly at right angles to the midrib, prominent beneath; length of blad 

 3-5 to 8 in.; of petiole *4 to *5 in. ;. stipules lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, membranous 

 puberulous, about -5 in. long; receptacles pedunculate, axillary, in | .airs, !i fitly a CttOOie 

 when young; when ripe depressed-globose, puberulou>, varying in size from a quarter to 

 nearly one inch across; peduncles • 3 to -6 in. long, slender, puberulous or glabrous, bearing 

 near their origin from the stem 3 free ovate-rotund pubescent small bracts; mail 

 flowers few and only near mouth of receptacle, pedicillate, the perianth of 2 long spathulat* 

 pieces; anther single, attached by a filament as long as itself to one of the pice. 4 of tl 



7 



perianth; gall flowers sessile or pedicillate, the perianth of 3 elongate, acuminate pieces 

 ovary ovoid, smooth, style short ; fertile female flowers sessile, rarely pedicillate, tl. perianth 

 of 3 lanceolate pieces, achene ovoid-acuminate, style twice as long as achene. stigma clavate. 



Sikkim and Bhutan Himalaya, the hill ranges of Southern India, Khasi and Assam 



Hills, Burmah, the Malayan Peninsula and Archipelago, Hong-Kong, at elevations of from 

 2.000 to 3,000 ft. above the sea. 



Var. minor. 



Wall Cat. 4514C; Thwaites C. P. 2219; Enum. PL Ceylon 2GG sub mm. Umst 



modestum. Miq. - ♦ ~ 



All parts smaller than in typical form and more puberulous ; lateral primary nerves 5 to i 



Nilgiri Hills, Ceylon. , 



Plate 65 -A -Fruiting-branch of F. nervosa, Heyne. 1, lateral view of receptacle 



2, brlct of peduncle; 3, apex of receptacle; 4, stipuk „ No.. 1 *■ 3 are en^ca; * * 



