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UBOSTIGMA. 



pedicillate; fertile females mostly sessile ; the perianth both of galls and fertile females of 3 

 ovate pieces, shorter than the achene; both fertile and gall achenes ovate -reniform, the 

 fertile broader than the gall, style in both long, stigma cylindric. 



Southern India, especially in the drier parts ; Northern part of Ceylon. Never wild in 

 Northern India ; but occasionally planted, as it makes a striking avenue tree. The bark is of 



a greenish- white colour, and is smooth. 



There has been considerable misunderstanding about the synonomy of this species 



a misunderstanding that appears to have originated in the confusion of Rheede's tsiela 



{Hurt. Malab. iii. 03), which is an excellent representation of F. tsiela, Roxb., with the 



Varinga latifolia of Rumphius [Herb. Amb. iii. 134. t. 84). These two figures were 



quoted in Linnaeus' Spec. Plant, ed. 2. 1514, under F. Indica, var. B, — a confusion which 



was continued by Willdenow. Roxburgh recognised the distinctness of Rheede's plant 



and adopted as its specific name the vernacular name tsiela, already published by 

 Rheede ; but he made no reference to F. Indica, Willd. Wallich issued under the 

 name F. tsiela as No. 4520 of his Catalogue a plant which is really a narrow-leaved form 



of F. infectoria, Roxb. Typicial F. tsiela, Roxb. he issued under the name F. Benjamina 

 as No. 4503 of his Catalogue; but unfortunately he mixed up with it pieces of true 

 F. Benjamina, Linn, and of retusa, Linn., so that it throws little light on the matter to 

 quote his numbers. All the specimens (which I have seen) issued as 4503, letter C, consist, 



however, of a sport of tsiela with small leaves and greatly elongated petioles, which is not 

 uncommon on old trees. This sport forms curious tufts on the ends of some of the 

 branches and can be seen growing in abundance in Madras. 





Thwaites issued F tsiela, Roxb. as C. P. 2218 and 2537. But his 2220, issued al 



as 



tsiela by him, is a hitherto undescribed species, which, in honour of the present distin <nrished 

 Director of the Botanic Garden in Ceylon, I have called F. Trimeni. 



Plate 73.— Fruiting-branch of F. tsiela, Roxb. Separate figures of apex and base of 

 ptacle and of stipules ; and of leaf of the sport mentioned in the text : all of natural *„_. 



Plate 84 a2 .— 1, male flower, 2, pedicillate gall flower; 3, fertile female flower: all 



i 



enlarged 



Plate 7L-F. tsiela, Roxb. Fruiting-branch of the form named F. pseudo- tsiela by 



Miquel. 1 & 2, apex ; 3, base of receptacle : all of natural 



73 Ficcs isfectoeia, Roxb. (non Wil.d.) Fl. Ind. iii. 550 (excl. syn. Rheede) 



t j. oo- t, » ' v ~#-~ — -™^y , Wight 



Ie. t 66o- Bah. and Gibs. Fl. Bomb. 241 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylvat. ii. 222 level. 



syn tjaMaand Ceylonense) ■ Brandis For. Flora, 414 {exel. syn. venosa and 



Ijakela) ; Kurz For. Flora Brit Burm. ii. 446.- Urost. infeetoria, Miq. Fl. Ind 



Jiat.pt. 2. 339- tfros*. timorense, Miq. (non Decne.) Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. 

 in. 286 ; Lond. Journ. Bot. vi. 569 ; Fl. Ind. Bat. i. p t. 2. 343.- 



F. lacor .Ham. Linn. Trans, xv. 150.- Urost. leueoearpum, Miq. Lond. 



Journ. ^Bot. vi. 576 ; Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 286.-^. terminates, 



Uros t. 

 venosa, 

 : Zoll. 



Griff. Posth. Pap. pt. 4. t. 550.-.F. hcescens, Bl. Bijd.' 444 



lucescens, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2 



339; Wall. Cat.— F. 



4519D and F; 4529A.-.F. lacor; 4520.-^. tjiela {not of' Roxb.) 



Cat. 3420 



*£2 ™deratel y -sized low tree, all parts glabrous ; leaves membranous, or 

 , slender petmles, oblong-ovate or ovate, the apex rather abruptly shortly-acuminate 



rather 



, edg 















