

Closely allied to F. rostrata 



) 



the figs snialle 



and more 



? 



SYCIDIUM. 



89 



but 



oid, and 



the primary hit. re] nerves more horizontal 



branch lets tliim 



UT. 



climbing or creeping. Zollinger (quoted by Miquel in A 



This spocies 



tly 



describes this as a large tr 



Forbes 



Mus. Lugd. Hat. iii. 274) 



other collectors say it is a small tree or bush 



Var. sinuata. Leaves larger than typical fonn, 



sinuate or lobed. 



narrowly oblong, the margins 



.? 



Perak, — Kings 



Collector, 7256 



This variety appears in several collections under the name F. variability M 



have 



specimens 



amed by Miquel's own hand. But 



> 



( 



1 



•I 



1 



does not in the least 



. 2. 31 



r 



with his own description of his species variabilis (Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 



Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 292 (sub No. 235) Miquel reduces F. rcuilcm to var tb 



\ini 



description of F. renitens (Fl. Ind. Bat 



lis. But his 

 2. 31G) shows renitens to be nothing like this. 



but to be variabilis 



j 



Wall 



This plant has there f 



been 



usly named vat ibilit 



) 



Miq. by Miquel himself 



Plate 112. — A, branch of F, cuspidal 



> 



Re 



> 



with mature 



ptacles ; B, twi<: oi i 



f 



form with broader, more suddenly caudate-acuminate leaves; 0, leaf of var. stnuata. 



1 



iptacle; 2, apex 



of the same; 3, stipule 



all of natural size; 4, mule flower; 5, gall 



flower ; 6, fertile female flower 



7, perfect achenc from fertile female flower : all enlarged. 



103 



Ficus Sn 





> 



Miq. Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 225, 292. — F. c«< lata, II 



Inch Or. Hook. fil. and T. Thorns. ( 



Wall 



F. 



alictjtilia, Miq. ( 



alior.) Lond. Journ Bot. vii. 431 ; Ann. Mu-. Lugd. Bat. iii. 29 



A small tree with pendulous branches, sometimes epiphytal ; the young branches, petiole 

 and receptacles puberulous, ultimately all parts glabrous. Leaves membranous, shortly 



petiolate. sometimes slightly inequilateral, oblong-ell iptic, lanceolate or oblanceolate, sudd nl\ 

 narrowed at the apex into a short, rather blunt acumen; edges quite entire, gradually narrowed 

 to the acute or acuminate sub-3-nerved base; lateral primary ncrv i 5 to 6 pairs, and 



like 



> 



the 



midrib, pale and prominent beneath; lower surface paler than tho upper, mimttel) 



punctulate; length of blade 2'5 to 5 in. ; petioles rather thick, succulent (scurfy when 

 dry), from *2 to *3 in. long; stipules linear-subulate, from a broad bn>e, convolute, curved, 

 diverging from the axils, about as long as, or occasionally twice as long as, the petioles. 



Receptacles shortly pedunculate 



solitary, or 



in pairs or fascicles of 3 to 4 from short 



xillary tubercles, globose 



or 



ovoid-globose, slightly 



mammillate, smooth, but 



tl 



i a 



few 



elongated whitish warts, and near the apex an occasional whitish scale; basal bract 



when 



ipe 



eddish 



colour and about *35 



peduncles about T 



Ion 



ill. 



a few minute bracts near the middle or 



at the base. Male flowers with a hyaline perianth 



of 3 pieces and 



its base. Gall flowers with an 



Fertile female flower 



a single stamen: the anther ovoid, the filament having a proc m at 



d shining ache 



and short, tubular, lateral stj 



different receptacles from the 



and 



different 



the 



? 



gamophyllous, with 



perianth hyalin< 



it; style short; stigma cylindric. not tubular 



3 long teeth; achene with h\ 



border all round 



Forests 



the 



alley 



of the Eastern Himala) 



and Khasi Hills, at from 2,000 to 



4,000 ft. above the sea. 



