COVELLIA. 



K»l 







older they become reddish-pink all over ; and when mature they are of a greenish-grey colour > 

 The irregular swellings which occur here and there on their rides are really the bases of 

 thickened bracts which have become confluent with the receptacle. 



Plate 12o.-F. hypogcea, King. 1, apex of leafy branch; 2, 3, 4, pieces of a fi. b 



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subterranean branch; 5, mature receptacle; 6, another receptacle -seen from the side 

 7, stipules — all of natural size ; 8, fertile female flowers: enlarged. 



116. Ficuscunia, Ham. MSS. ; Roxb. Ft. Ind. iii. 561; Wights Icon 648; Miq. in 



Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 282, 296 ; Brandts For. Flora 421 ; Bed I Flat. 

 Sylvat. 224; Kurz For. Flora Brit. Burnt, ii. 40).— F. conglomerate 

 Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 559; Wight's Icon 669; Wall. Cat. 4531 A to III 



Cov.eliia cimia, conglo?nerata, and incequilobia, Miq. in Loud Journ. 13ot. vii. 



459. 



A small tree; young branches sub-scabrid, pubescent. Leaves alternate, thinly coriaceous, 

 petiolate, inequilateral, oblong-lanceolate to elliptic, with acuminate apex, remotely serrate 

 or sub-entire edges and very unequal semi-sagittate base; the larger basal lobe -\- to 4-ncrved, 

 the smaller 1- to 2-nerved; primary lateral nerves 9 to 14 pairs, prominent, as are the straight 

 secondary nerves and the minute reticulations; the whole of the under surface when young 

 minutely tomentose or harshly pubescent, glabrescent when adult, but harsh and rigid from 

 the nerves and reticulations ; upper surface from scabrid to smooth ; petioles -2 to '6 in. 

 long, scabrid; stipules linear-lanceolate, puberulous externally, glabrous internally, *7o in. to 

 1 in. long. Receptacles shortly pedunculate, turbinate, globular or pvriform, with prominent 

 large-scaled umbilicus and tribracteate base, shortly hispid, verrucosc, and often with 

 irregular bracts on their sides ; reddish-brown when ripe, and from 4 to *7 in. across, in 

 pairs or small fascicles from long, leafless, scaly (occasionally leafy) branches, which issue 

 in great numbers from the larger branches and lover part of the stem. Male flowers near 

 the ostiole only, the perianth of 3 pieces; stamen with short filament and ovate anther, 

 flowers mostly pedicellate; the perianth of about 4 lanceolate pieces united below; th< 

 ovary globular, smooth; style lateral, very short. Fertile female flowers pedicellate; tin 

 perianth like that of the galls, but the pieces narrower ; ovary broadly ovoid, emarginate at 

 one side, minutely tuberculate, viscid; style long, lateral, with large bifid stigma. 



Sub- Himalayan forests, from the Chenab to Bhootan; hilly ranges of Central India, 

 Assam, Khasia, Chittagong, and Burmah up to elevations of 4,000 ft. Not very variable 



considering its wide distribution. 



The form named F. conglomerate: by Roxburgh has broader, smoother leaves, and more 

 globular receptacles than typical cunia, Ham., but it is unmistakably the same species. The 

 leaves of young shoots are often coarsely serrate. 



Var. conglomerate Leaves broader and smoother and receptacles more globular, 



than in type. — F. conglomerata, Koxb. 



Plate 126.— F. cunia, Ham. 1, leafy branch; 2, fruiting-branch from the base of the stem 

 bearing mature receptacles ; 3, apex of a receptacle ; 4, base of the same ; 5, stipules : 



all of natural size. 



