88 



SYC1DIUM. 



of both gamophyllous, divided abo\ 



into five or six 



to 



ents, pedicellate 



male 



ith 



one 



stamen, the anther large, broadly ovate. Fertile female flowers in smaller receptacles and 



i 



different plants from the former, sessile ; the perianth campanulate, with Hyq narrow 



? 



teeth ; the achene ovoid 



j 



slightly papillose ; the style sub-terminal, elongate ; stigma cylincb 



qua! 



On the lower slopes of the Himalayas, from the Sutlej valley eastward to Bhotan ; in the 



Khasiand Burmese Hills, at elevations of from 1,000 to 4,500 ft. ; also in Malacca 



Two forms of 

 rinkled : and the 



is 



tl 



ptacle 



ceptacle occur in this species 

 r oid or sub-globular, scabrid, 

 typical F. clavata, 



: the 

 often 



large obovate 



? 



Griffith 



clavate, smooth, or 



kled receptacle. The former 



Wall 



the latter is that of F. caudata 



F. trachi/cnrpa, Miq., and probably of F. ckincha, Boxb 



? 



Wall 



Thei 



:e is no absolute sexual relation between the external form and the contents of 



the two kinds of 



(ptacle which occur in this species, but, so far as 



hav 



observed 



the lar&re obovoid clavate receptacles invariably contain male and gall flowers; and the 



ales are not confined to a 



ter 



of the 



zone near the mouth, but are to be found at all parts of the 



ptacle. Of the small ovoid or sub-globular 



hand, some are exclusively filled with fertile 



female flowers, while others 



ate receptacles) contain males and gall flowers mixed togethe 



ptacles, on the other 



(like the large 



Plat j ; 111. — F. clavata 



Wall 



A 



natural 



B. 



">, stipul 



typical form, with large clavate 



1 



1, male flower with one stamen; 2, gall flower: enlarged, 



ptacles 



i form w r ith globular 



?/ natural size : 



ptacl 



3 



apex 



of 



6, perianth of fertile female flower 



ptacle ; 4, base of the same ; 

 ; 7, fertile achene : enlarged. 



102 



Ficus cuspidata, Reinw. in Bl. Bijd. 464 



Miq 



in Zond. Jbut 



Bot 



vn. 



429 

 274 

 21: 



Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt 



2 



30S. t 



19 



y 



A 



Mu 



292 



F. 



Lngd. Bat, 



in. 



tenuiramis, Kunth et Bouche* Ind 



S 



Miq. Lond. Jour 



Bot 



vn. 



3 



?F. /alias, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 

 Bat. iii. 292. 



F. angusti/olia 



) 



Bl 



2. 308; Miq. in Ann 



Hort. Berol 

 Bijd. 463. 

 Mus. Lugd 



A small tree or shrub, never scandent or creeping; the branches very thin. Leaves 



short-petiolate, membranous, sub-coriaceous, lanceolate- ellipt 



less gradually tap 



ta) 9 sometimes inequilateral, more or 



wly oblong 



var. 



long, straight, linear acumen; edg 



entire (sinuate in 



at the apex to a very 



3-nerved, acute, or acuminate; lateral primary 



sinuata), often revolute 



? 



base 



gles to the 



& 



tl 



1 



6 to 8 pairs, almost exactly at right 



m distinct; both surfaces glabrous, the 



pale dull, minutely punctate, slightly sub-scabrid; length 3 to 



midrib, prominent ; reticulations minute 



upper shinin 



5-5 in.; petioles -15 in. to -25 in., sometimes slightly scurfy; stipules much convolute 

 subulute, -25 to -35 in. loner. Receptacles in fascicles in the axils of the leaves, sessile ~ 



? 



to 



short-pedunculate, ovoid, umbonate or 



> 



and about *15 to 



sub-globose, slightly scabrous, reddish when ripe 



slender 



2 in. long, without basal bracts; peduncles from -05 to 



> 



1 



i 



at the base 



nearly glabrous, with a large, nearly glabi 



ong 



i 



bract about the middle and 



al 



stamen 1 



Male flowers numerous, the perianth of 3 or 4 lanceolate hyaline pieces 



(sometimes 2), short, broad, nearly sessile 



> 



linear-lanceolate pieces ; the 

 female flowers y 

 one side, with a 



Gall flowers with perianth of 3 



ovary stipitate, ovoid, smooth, with short lateral 



tyle 



Fertile 



j 



ith perianth of 2 or 3 hyalin 



hyaline edge at the opposite side ; style lateral ; stigma dilated 



pieces; achene ellipsoid, emarginate on 



Java and Sumatra, from 2,500 to 5,000 ft 















