54 



UEOSTIGMA. 



figures are of natural size* B. 



6, ditto seen from above ; 7, stipules : all of natural 



1 1 , fertile female flower : enlarged. 



Var. mmor. — Fruiting-branch. 5, receptacle seen from below 



8, male flower; 9 & 10, gall flower 



y 



64 



Ficus pubinervis, Bl. Bijd. 452 



Decne 



N. Ann. Mus. iii. 496 ; Miq. in Ann 



286 



Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 



Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2. 341. 



Urost. Hasseltii, Miq. PI 



Jungh. 46 



Miq. Fl 



A tree, the young parts more or less deciduously pubescent ; leaves sub-coriaceous, 



? 



from ovate-elliptic to lanceolate, tapering to a blunt short point, edges entire, base much 

 narrowed, 3 -nerved ; glabrous when adult, except the midribs, which are adpressed- 

 sericeous below; main lateral nerves 5 to 7 pairs, nearly at right angles to the midrib, not 



very 



prominent; length of blade 3 to 5 in. ; petioles scurfy when young, *2 to *5 in. long; 



stipules lanceolate, convolute, 1 in. to 1*5 in. long, outside densely adpressed-sericeous, 

 tawny, receptacles axillary, in pairs or solitary, very shortly pedunculate or sessile, 

 sub-globose, umbonate, shortly puberulous when ripe, red in colour, *35 in. to *5 in. across ; 

 peduncles when 



present pubescent, about 



1 in. long, bearing 3 minute free bracteoles 



at their origin from the brancli ; male flowers few and only near mouth of receptacle, 



sessile, the perianth 



of 2 broadly ovate pieces 



larger than the single sub-sessile anther; 



gall and fertile female flowers alike when young, the perianth of 3 lanceolate pieces 

 the style lateral, elongate, the stigma flat ; ripe fertile achene unknown. 



> 



Java, Sumatra, Borneo, and Timor 



at elevations of from 3,000 to 4,000 ft. 



Var. Teysmanni. 



Leaves coriaceous, obovate, suddenly and shortly acuminate 



? 



Celeb 



Teysmann 



very prominent 



The leaves in this variety approach those of F. vaseulosa, Wall., but the receptacles 



xactly those of typical pub 



Tab. 66.— Fruiting-branch of F. pubinervis, Bl., with separate figures to show base and 



apex of a receptacle and stipules : all of natural 



Plate 84 



1, male flower; 2, female flower (young) : enlarged. 



Series II.— Leaves sub 



are often jointed to the blade 



coriaceous, on long slender petioles, which 



t 



65 



Ficus rtjmphii, Bl. Bijd. 437 ; Berne in N. Ann. Mus. iii. 493 ; Miq. in Ann. Mus 



Lugd. Bat. iii. 287 ; Kurz For. Flora Brit. Burnt, ii. 448 



(noi 



640 

 332 



Bl.) Fl. Ind 



548; Brandis F. Fl 



416 



t 



Urost. Rumphii, Miq 



F. cordifolia, Boxb 



; "Wight Ic 



48 



Zoll. Syst. Verz. 90 ; Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2 



Frost, cordifolium, Miq. Lond. Journ. Bot. vi. 564 



Griff. Itin. Notes 



145. tab. 549 



F. species, Bhutan 



Amb. iii. t. 91, 92 ; Wall. Cat. 4484, sheets A to G 



Arbor conciliorum, Rumph. Herb 



large tree, often epiphytal 



all parts glabrous ; leaves sub 



minutely tuberculate when dry, shining, long-petiolate, broadly ovate witn aeu 

 edges ent.e, sub-undulate ; base broad, but slightly na'rro wed J^t^S 



upper surface 

 with acuminate apex ; 



basal 





