COTELLIA 



105 



122. 



Ficus Treubii, nov. spec 



A tree; tlie youn 



shoots vill 



Leaves membranous 



the apex produced into a Ion 



g linear acumen ; tl 



edg 



, elliptic, slightly inequilateral 



entire, sub-iv\ lute wh 



slightly nan 

 on the lower 

 rest of the lo 



of blade 6 to 8 m. 



owed to the blunt 3 -nerved base; lateral primary nerves 6 



diy 



> 



1 



face and, 1 



the midrib and 



> 



prominent 



face 



ndary nerves, hispid-pubescent; tli 



e 



m 



? 



petiole 



ely hispid; upper surface not papillose* glabrous;! 



5 



in., tomentose 



stipules lanceolat 



?-• 



i 



llous exter 



5 in. long 



Receptacles borne on long, thin, fl 



tomentose or pubescent, lean 





stipule-bearing branches, which issue from the stem near the ground ; sessile, solit; 



m 



all 



clusters; obovate 



conspicuously umbonate, glabi 



uy, or 



> 



about '() in across; ba d 



bracts 3, broadly ovate, adpressed-pubescent ; fertile female flowers pedicellate, without 



obvious perianth 



y pedicellate, smooth, sub-globose ; style lateral 



) 



ha 



lry ; stigma 



cy lin dr ic 



Male and gall flowers unkno 



Sarawak, in Borneo, — 'Beccari, Herb. Becc. P. B. No. 2800. 



A species approaching F. hypogcea in the shape of the 

 the receptacles and the branches on which they are borne, 

 either on the surface of the ground or slightly cove: 



leaves, but differing ;1 g to 



This sj) 



produces its figs 



Pla 



134 



F. Treubii. King 



mature and many very 



immature tigs 



cd by soil. 

 1, leafy branch; 2, part of 



?/ natural size; 3, 



fifir-boaring branch 



o 



ill 



i 



a stipule; 4, basal bract 



of 



tptacle; 5 



? 



ptacle ; 6, fertile female flower : enlarged. 



123. 



Ficus prosteata, Wall Cat. 4536 ; Miq. in Ann. 3Ius. Lugd. Bat. iii. 297 



Covellia prostrata, Miq. in Lond. Journ. Bot. vii. 465. 



A small glab 



tree 



Leaves petiolate, mernbr 



alternate 



j 



oblancoolate-oblong ; 



the apex long, acuminate; tapering from above the middle to the rather blunt 3- to 5- 



on the lower surface, as an 



faces shinin& glabrous: length 



ved base ; primary lateral nerves about 10 pairs, distinct 



also the see 

 of blade 5*5 

 •8 in. long. 



dary 



and minute reticulations ; both 



to 7 in. ; petioles about '5 

 Receptacles borne on verj 



stipules linear-lanceolate 



ol ut I 



long, flexuose, little-divided, glabrous 



branches; pedunculate, solitary from the axils of scarious bracts (shortened stipules) 



1 )Ot 1 1 



illi 



sub 



pyriform, verrucosa, and with a few scales on the sides, glabrous; basal bracts 3, ovate, 



acuminate, rather irregular ; peduncle *3 in. long 



and gall flowers not seen. Fertile 



female flowers sessile or pedicellate; the perianth of 3 or 4 linear pieces 



i 



1 



detached from the broadly-ovoid, sub-rhomboid 

 as long as the achene ; stigma cylind 



y 



tely-tuberculate achene; st) 



about 



Khasia and Silhet 



Wallich ; Sikkim, at elevations of about 2,000 ft 



7v 



The fig-bearing branches of this tree trail on the surface of the ground; thy are 



often 10 to 12 ft. in length. This species is closely allied to F. rides, Reinw. 



and larger receptael 



from which 



it differs chiefly by its larger 



total want of 1 



s 



r l 



t\Y 



however, connected 



intermediate form 



Part 



the specimens issued by A\ 



i 



as prostrata are undoubtedly ribes, I 

 been able to find male flowers of it. 



Plate 135. — F. prostrata, Wall 

 with mature receptacles ; 3, apex of 



T 



not a 



species 



Hi 



1, apex of leafy branch , 2, part of a fig-bearm bi 

 •eceptacle ; 4, base of same ; 5, stipules 



i 



all of nuttiial 





6, fertile female flower, young ; 7, ripe achene : both enlarged. 



