COVKUJA 



09 



Receptacles in the axils of the leaves 



leaves alternate or opjiosite. 



0) 



in fascicles from the stem or hrger braoche* ; th. 



Receptacles dimorphous (of different forms ou different inlividu.ls). 



1 33. F. fistalota. 



Receptacles of one form. 



L 



narrowly lanceolate, opposite; receptacles sub-Mol. 



s illar y 



Leaves ovate-elliptic 



midal . . . 



pposite or alternate; receptacles obpj 



Leaves alternate or opposite; receptacles both from axil- of 



and on tubercles from the stem on the same individual 



Lea\ 



res alternat 



) or sub-opposite, obovate-elliptic ; reeeptoolea 

 axillary, verrucose, their sides bracteolate 



Leaves opposite or alternate, glabrous, ovate or elliptic ; receptacles 



always axillary ; latex yellow 



U 



113, 



samocm-pa. 



140. F. obp 



HI. F 



F. lepicares 



F leu 



Receptacles on sub-leafless branches which issue from the base of 



the stem ; leaves alternate, except in No. 126. 



113. 



Ficus conglobata. no v. spec 



y 



A small, very hispid tr 



The leaves opposite or alternate, membranou 



ed 



ges minutely serrate or dentat. 



elliptic, sometimes sub-obovate -elliptic ; apex acuminate; 



the base rounded or sub-emarginate, slightly unequal, 5-nerved; primary lateral 



prominent below and, like the midrib and secondary nerves and reticulations 



n 



petiolate 



y 



«'y 



»p 



8Ct08 



the rest of the lower surface minutely papillose ; upper surface sparsely adpressed-1 n s i > i d • tl 



\ 



drib and primary lateral 



nerves tomentose-hispid ; length of blade 6 to 



15 to 6 



in., setose 



. . 14 



stipules ovate-lanceolate, adpressed-hispid, 75 in. lon"\ 



numerous, crowded on short, but very-much divided, glabrescent, tubercle d br 



ii. ; petiol 



Receptiicl 



es 



IICI'S 



inr-hes wbi< 



from the stem near its base; long pedunculate from the axils of small scarious bract 



i 



pyriform or sub-globular 



ly smooth 



bracts 3, large, united at the base, glabrous; peduncle smooth, nearly 2 in. lo 



5 in. across; the umbilical scales large; basal 



• (lowers 

 3 lar,L r , 



n 



>ptacle containing gall 



tl 



M 



perianth of 



single 



stamen; anther broadly 



pretty numerous near the mouth of the rec< 



broad, concave pieces which form a loose sac round the 



ovate, emarginate at both base and apex. Gall flowers with or without a very short gam 



ophyllous perianth which surrounds the base of the pedicel of the obovate, smooth ovary 



ery 



short, lateral; stigma slightly dilated. Fertile female flowers with perianth 

 the achene broad, rhomboid, rough. 

 In moist jungles at the base of the Eastern Ilimalaya,— Griffith* Kew Distrib 



the style \ 

 like the galls 



& 



No. 4639 ; King, No. 8732 



Chitta 



C5 



fc> 



Lis ter 



A 



'} : 



remarkable species, very distinct from every other Covellia by its enormous 



> 



much-branched clusters of long-peduncled 



ptacles, which are either wholly or ] irtially 



buried in the soil. The leaves resemble those of hispida, Linn, fil., but are thinner in texture 

 and more setose. Like those of hwpvia, the leaves dry of a dull green colour. 



1 



123 



F. conglobata, Kin 



Leaf 



an 



d fig-bearing branch. 1 , receptacle 



2, ap 



of th 



same: 3. stipules— all of natural size; 4 



i 



? 



, male flower with its 3 perianth leaves; 



5, gall fl 



achene of fertile flower: enlarg 



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