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114. Ficus Vbiesiana, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 234, 296. 



A tree ; the young shoots covered with dense harsh brown tomentum. Leaves membran- 

 ous, petiolate, elliptic, sometimes sub-obovate-elliptic ; the apex shortly acuminate ; the edges 

 serrate-dentate from base to apex ; the base rounded, slightly unequal, obscurely 3-nerved * 

 primary lateral nerves about 10 pairs, prominent beneath and, like the midrib, covered with 

 long, spreading, stiff brown hairs ; the rest of the lower surface sparsely pilose, minutely 

 tuberculate ; upper surface sparsely adpressed-strigose, the midrib and primary nerves setose • 

 length of blade 6 to 8 in. ; petiole stout, densely tomentose, about *5 in. long ; stipules linear- 

 lanceolate, pilose, about 1 in. long, lleceptacles borne in fascicles of from 6 to 8 on panicled 

 deciduously-tomentose, leafless, stipulate branches rising from the trunk near the ground ; loin 



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pedunculate, solitary, pyriform, deeply grooved, pilose when young, smooth and glabrous 

 when mature, about *5 in. across ; basal bracts 3, ovate, blunt. Fertile female flowers without 

 perianth ; carpel ovate ; style elongate, lateral. Male and gall flowers not seen. 



Java, — Be Vriese. 



A specimen in Beccari's Herbarium (bearing no number), collected in the island of Kei, 

 may possibly belong to this species. 



This species is closely allied to F. stolonifera and F. Treubii, but has more 

 tomentose shoots and long-pedunculate receptacles which are borne on much thicker 

 branches. 



Plate 124. — F. Vriesiana, Miq. 1, apex of leafy branch; 2, apex of receptacle-bearing 

 branch— of natural she ; 3 & 4, female flowers: enlarged* 



115. Ficus iiypogoza, nov. spec. 



A small tree ; the young shoots hispid-pilose, but soon becoming almost glabrous. Leaves 

 petiolate, membranous, broadly ovate- elliptic or sub-obovate-elliptic, slightly inequilateral; 

 the apex shortly acuminate ; the edges minutely serrate ; the base cordate or narrowed and 

 emarginate, 5-nerved ; primary lateral nerves about 9 pairs, prominent on both surfaces ; 

 under surface hispid-pilose, especially on the midrib and nerves ; upper surface like the under, 

 but with fewer hairs; length of blade 10 to 12 in.; petiole 1 in. to 2*25 in., pilose- 

 hispid ; stipules 2 to each leaf, lanceolate, more or less glabrous, except the midrib which 

 is pilose externally. Eeceptacles ( borne on long, subterranean, much-divided, puberulous, root- 

 emitting, leafless branches, which bear near their extremities a few pairs of ovate-obtuse, scarious 

 stipules), solitary or in small fascicles, shortly pedunculate, pyriform or sub-globose ; their 

 surfaces glabrous, vertically ridged, and bearing numerous small, irregular swellings; about 

 75 m. across when ripe; the apical umbilicus depressed and surrounded by an irregular 

 double annulus of thickened scales ; basal bracts several, irregular, adpressed. Fertile female 

 flower pedicellate, sub-globose, smooth; style lateral, thin, much longer than the ovary, 

 glabrous ; stigma clavate ; perianth none. Male and gall flowers unknown. 



Eastern Sumatra, at elevations of from 3,500 to 5,000 ft.,—//. 0. Forbes, Herb. Forb. 

 No. 2505 ; Borneo,— Beccari, Herb. Becc. P. B. No. 2798, Teysmann, Motley No. 4o5. 



A very remarkable species, concerning the receptacles of which Mr. H. O. Forbes notes 

 that the " fig- bearing branches issue from the stem very near the ground, and at once become 

 sub-terrestrial, producing figs either entirely or partially buried. These figs, when very 

 young, are devoid of colour on the upper half, but are pinkish in the lower half. When a little 









