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Plate 107.-Two leaves and a fruiting-b ranch of F. halloa; the receptacles immature. 

 1 & 2, more mature receptacles -of natural size; 3, fertile female perianth; 4, uchene 



(young): enlarged. 



98. Ficus eudis, Miq. Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 222, 291. 



A small tree ; the young branches covered with stiff, reddish -brown, deciduous haii 

 and scurf. Leaves unequally petiolate, thickly membranous (chartaceous), oulon«r-obovate 

 the apex rather abruptly and shortly cuspidate; narrowed towards the blunt or truncate 

 3- to 7-nerved, emarginate or sub-cordate base; edges irregularly and coarsely—rarely lin 

 dentate; lateral primary nerves 3 to 6 pairs; lower surface minutely papillose and scabrid; 

 when young the midrib, nerves, and veins are covered with rather long, stiff, rufous, deciduous 



hairs, the other parts being puberulous ; upper surface minutely papillose, sub-scabrid, with 

 scattered, adpressed, white stiff hairs, which disappear with age, leaving the surface almost 

 smooth; midrib and primary nerves minutely hispid; length of blade 5 to 8 in.; petioles 



varying from -5 to 2 in., hispid-hirsute, sometimes scurfy; stipules 2 to each leaf, ovate- 



lanceolate, hirsute externally along the midrib, about *4 in. long. Receptacles unequally 

 pedunculate, in fascicles of from 3 to 5 in the axils of leaves or of !<• f-scai , miliar, 

 rather prominently nmbonate, minutely but densely hispid, with several small trial ^ular 

 bracteoles scattered along their sides, but without basal bracts, about *3 in. across; pcdunel* - 

 varying in length from *4 to *6 in., hispid-hirsute, with one or two minute scattered bracteoles 

 alonsr their length, and with several in a whorl at their bases. Male flowers monandrous: 



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the perianth of 4 rather unequal pieces. Gall flowers with 6-cleft perianth ; ovary sessile 

 smooth, with short lateral style and truncate stigma. 



Celebes, — Forster and Teysmann; Celebes and Kei, — Beccari. 



A species poorly represented in collections. F. Gilapong, Miq., and F. serraria, Miq. 

 (Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 426 and 428), two species described from very imperfect materials, 

 are probably only forms of this larger and more hispid than typical rudis. 



Plate 108. — Fruiting- branch of F. rudis, Miq. 1, lateral view of receptacle; 2, apex <>f 

 receptacle — of natural size ; 3, male flower; 4, gall flower from the same receptacle : enlar :t t. 



99. Ficus copiosa, Steud Nomencl. ; Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii 271, 2!' 1. 



F. polycarpa, Roxb. (not of Jacq., nor of Wall.), Fl. Ind. iii. 556; Wight's 

 Icon 632; Miq. PI. Jungh. 57] Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2. 300.— F. muricuiala, 

 Miq., Zoll. Syst. Verz. 93, 98 ; Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2. 299. 



A shrub or small tree, with all its parts more or less sub-scabrous and hispid. Leaves 

 petiolate, membranous, ovate-elliptic or obovate- elliptic, with acute apex and coarsely serrate or 

 sinuate- serrate edges; narrowed towards the blunt, emarginate, 3- to 5 -nerved, biglandular 



base; lateral primary nerves 5 to 8 pairs; lower surface scabrous from minute white harsh 

 papillse, often with numerous short, very deciduous, stiff hairs, which are most abundant 

 on the midrib and nerves ; npper surface hard, sub-scabrid, puberulous on midrib and nerves ; 

 length of blade 5 to 10 in.; petioles 1 to 4 in. long, sparsely hispid; stipules lanceolate, 

 hirsute externally on the midrib, -4 in. long. Receptacles pedunculate, in large fascicles 

 from the axils of fallen leaves or from the older branches, globular to sub-pyrifonn, with 

 rather large apical bracts, minutely verrucose, scabrous-hispid, -4 in. across; basal bracts 

 none; peduncles hispid, varying in length from -4 in. to nearly 1 in. Male flowers with 



