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SYNCECIA. 



the plant in the Johore forests, and Mr. Kunstler has found it rather plentifully in Perak, 



but always with smooth receptacles. 



Plate 90.— F. callicarpa, Miq. Leaves and mature receptacles, with separate figures of 

 a stipule and of a muricated receptacle (the latter copied from MiqueVs figure, Ann. Mus. Lugd. 



Bat. iii. tab. XA. fig. I): of natural size. 



Plate 101B.— F. calliearpa, Miq. 1, male flower; 2, gall flower; 3, 4, & 5, fertile 



female flowers ; 6, neuter flower : all much enlarged. 



80. Ficus singalana, nov. spec 



creeping shrub, the stems and branches emitting rootlets; the young shoots deci- 

 duously tomentose. Leaves petiolate, coriaceous, glabrous, ovate-elliptic, entire; the apex 

 shortly acuminate ; the base cuneate, 3-nerved ; primary lateral nerves about 4 pairs, prominent 

 below, as is the midrib ; on the lower surface the reticulations areolar, the areolae with 

 white dots arranged in groups of 4 ; upper surface smooth, shining ; length of blade 3 to 

 4 inches ; petiole '5 to '76 in. ; stipules linear-lanceolate, glabrous, *7 in. long. Receptacles 

 on short rough tubercles from the old wood, pedunculate, solitary, ovoid or sub-globular 

 nmbonate, smooth; when ripe, 4*5 in. long by 3*5 in. broad; the umbilicus prominent, closed 

 by many large scales; the base contracted into a thin stalk -3 in. long at the junction 



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of which with the peduncle proper are 3 ovate bracts ; peduncle stout, woody, tuberculate 

 nearly 1 in. long. 



On Mount Singalan, in Western Sumatra, at an elevation of 1,800 ft.,— Sig. Beccari 

 (Herb. Becc. P. S. 289). 



A magnificent species, allied to F. punctata, Thunb., but well distinguished by its 

 much larger, differently shaped leaves, and by its larger receptacles. 



Plate 91 —# Singalana, King. 1, apex of leafy branch; 2, stem with mature 



ptacle-0/ natural me ; 3, sti^uls- enlarged ; 4, piece of under surface of a leaf 



larged to show the areolce 



much 



81. Ficus apiocarpa, 



Miq. Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 269, 289.— F. tetangis, Miq 



Fl. Ind. Bat. Supp. ±32.— Urostig. apiocarpa, Miq. I.e. 440; Wall. Cat. 

 4570E, in part. 



A scandent shrub ; branches and petioles more or less pubescent and scurfy when young, 

 ultimately glabrous, or nearly so. Leaves long-petiolate, coriaceous above, glabrous and shining 

 below closely covered with short, soft, minute hairs when young, afterwards glabrous, the 

 retmulatmns dxstmct and often coloured ; from ovate to ovate-oblong, ratL abruptly 



E^^LfrT 1 -^,'* 8 ? entire ' base rounded or sli s h % ™ wed > 3 -^ ed ; 



lu s"7aL o" I r™ ; , r gt \° f Uade fr ° m 4 ' 5 - t0 10 -•; Petioles 15 to 2 in. 

 SS ITtLe tVTl i PUbe ™ l0US ' " 6 "• lMlg - Rece P tacles Pedunculate, axillary 



ICus lid or eTon 1 5"" (m * ^ abOTtiTC >> at first P^cent, but ultimately 



t^: r^iXZTSTiTi T dually n r wed at the base into the *** 



yehowish spots ; peL^rom 1 £ 2 in on J^h Tb ' T " °\ * ^ ** ^ ^ 



near its base M»lo fl„ • 1 g ' h 3 broad ' ovate > minute, united bracts 



Z. ovedl ilTll " T f CeptaCleS " the S aI1 fl <™' a * d ™-d with 

 mem over all parts of the mtenor of the receptacles, monandrous 



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the anther ovate 





