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SYCIDIUM. 



96. Ficus brevicuspis, Mia. FL Lid. Bat. i. pt 2. 315; Ann. Mas. Luqd 



Bat. iii. 29A. 



A shrub; the young branches sparsely tubercular-hispid. Leaves petiolate thickl 



obovate-elliptic to elliptic-oblong, more or less suddenl 



membranous or sub 



■7 



7 



to wed to the shortly-cuspidate apex; edges lightly undulate, sub-denticulate, especiallv 

 the upper half; narrowed below the middle to the blunt, slightly emarginate 5-nerved 



base; primary lateral nerves 7 to 12 pairs, pale-coloured and prominent beneath, as are 

 also the midrib and secondary nerves; reticulations rather prominent, open; lower surface 

 glabrous, but rather harsh to the touch (occasionally with a few scattered short hairs)- 

 upper surface glabrous, but hard and rigid; length of blade 4 to even 12 in.; petioles 

 •8 in, to 1-15 in., sub-scabrid; stipules linear, carinate, glabrous, -75 in. long. Rec 

 tacles pedunculate, solitary, from the axils of leaves or of fallen leaves, globose 

 much umbonate when young, tuberculate-hispid, about '5 in. or more across 



g. -ttecep- 



very 

 ripe 



ptacles unknown'; basal bracts none; peduncles abut *5 in. long, slender, hispid. 

 Fertile female flowers pedicelled ; the perianth 4-cleft ; ovary elongate ; style long, nearly 

 terminal ; stigma broad ; the stigmas of all the flowers united into a concave disc. Male 

 and gall flowers not seen. 



Java,— Teymam* ; the Andaman Islands, (King's Collector, No. 326.) 

 The affinities of this species are with F. rudis, Miq. On the type sheet of this in 

 the Utrecht Herbarium there is written, in a hand unknown to me, Ficus ulmi folia, Lamk. 

 Specimens of this are by no means common in collections. Specimens from the Andamans 

 have much longer leaves than those from Java, but in other respects they aoree with 

 Miqucl's type at Utrecht. ' ° 



_ Plate 106.— Branch of F. brevkmpis, Miq., with immature receptacles. 1, apex of an 

 immature receptacle; 2, base of the same; 3, stipules— of natural sue; 4, perianth of 



female flower ; 5, immature fertile female pistil : enlarged. 



97. Ficus balica, Mia. FL Ind Rat \ <n+ 9 qn . nr„-„ • „ ™ r . r. . 



* ""■ ■"<"• *• P T - -• oil; Miq. in Ann. Mm. Lund. Bat. 



m. 294 (name only.) 



... ^ tr ™' the young shoots sparsely pubescent. Leaves long-petiolate, membranous, 



2Ef2 S f ^ m T l T ral ; ^ ^ *"* aCUminate ; the ^ges -b-entire 

 undulate, gradually narrowed from below the middle to the sub-acute, slighly-cordate 



•i-nerved base ; lateral pnmary nerves 8 or 9 pairs ; secondary nerves straight, sub- 



TZ2 : rrs and , v****™* **>* * »&**«; very ,*„* z^ on 



he under surface ; both surfaces glabrous, but slightly asperulous ; length of blade about 

 10 m., pet.oles slender, asperulous, 1-75 in. to 3-75 in. Eeceptacles (young only 

 pedunculate in pairs or fascicles of 3 or 4 from the axils of fallen leaves, „£„. 

 globose slightly umbonate at the apex, minutely hispid, about -8 in. across when quite 

 ripe ; basal brae to none; peduncle slender, asperulous, -6 in. long. Fertile female JL 



stylf kte raL '" y0U " 8 ^ *** Pm ' Pl6 *"***' de6ply 5 " clef * ; achene flattened 



The Island of Bali, in the Malayan Archipelago 



The W?" ff " 1Ct S - 6CieS ' W ? Ch iS llWeVer ' Vei ^ ^P^ctly represented in collections. 



Ie HerbaLn Tk^ " ^ ^ ^ *** *"*»» ™ tM * "«*- » 



depressed 



floTV 







