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COVELLIA 



124. Ficus brachjata, nov. spec 



A tree ; the young shoots adpressed-pilose. Leaves thinly coriaceous, inequilateral ellint* 

 lanceolate ; the apex acute or shortly acuminate ; the edges entire, sometimes irre<mlarlv a 1 

 minutely undulate; base acute, obscurely 3 -nerved ; lateral primary nerves 8 to 10 pairs s 1 

 horizontal, rather prominent beneath and adpressed-pubescent, as are the midrib and seconda 

 nerves; the rest of the lower surface puberulous or glabrous; the reticulations minute 

 indistinct ; upper surface glabrous ; length of blade 4 to 5 in ; petiole *5 in. lono- • stipules 

 1 in. long, glabrous. Receptacles borne on long, leafless, glabrous, very ramous branches 



which issue from the stem near the ground, pedunculate, turbinate 



puberul 



about -5 in. across; the umbilical scales numerous and prominent; basal bracts 3 broadlv 

 ovate; peduncle -35 in. long. Male and gall flowers not seen. Fertile females mostlv 

 sessile, without perianth ; style elongate, terminal, and straight in young — lateral and curved 

 in old — ovaries. 



Mount Dempe, Eastern Sumatra, at elevations of about 4,500 ft., — Mr. H. 0. Forbes 





No. 2313. 



This approaches F. Miquelii, but has smaller, narrower leaves; the receptacles are 

 smaller, and are borne on much longer branches. 



Plate 136.— F. brachiata, King. 1 , apex of leaf y branch ; 2, part of a branch bearing 

 receptacles; 3, apex of a receptacle; 4, base of the same; 5, basal bracts; 6, stipules 

 all of natural size ; 7, young carpel; 8, old carpel : enlarged. 



125. Ficus Miquelii, King in J own. As. Soc. Bengal.— F. caulocarpa, Miq. 



in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 235, 297 (not Urostigma eaulocarpa, Miq. 

 in Lond. Journ. Bot. vi. 568).-— £ fistulosa, Kurz ^not of Keinw.) 

 For. Flora Brit. Burmah ii. 459, partly. 



1 



A tree; the young branches adpressed strigose. Leaves alternate or sub-opposite, membran- 

 ous, obovate-oblong or oblanceolate ; the apex suddenly contracted into a narrow tail about 

 in. long ; edges entire ; base much narrowed, 3-nerved ; lateral primary nerves 6 to 8 pairs, 

 forming an obtuse angle with the midrib ; both surfaces pubescent when young, becoming! 

 when adult, almost glabrous; length of blade 4«5 to 8 in. ; petioles from -3 to 5 in. ; stipules 

 lanceolate, pubescent externally, -35 in. long. Receptacles borne on rather large, panicled, 

 scurfy, shortly-bracteolate branches issuing from the stem ; pedunculate, depressed-globular, 

 pubescent; greenish when ripe and with pale stripes, about -75 in. across; umbilical scales 

 numerous, rather broad ; basal bracts 3, ovate-acute ; peduncles -6 in. long. Male flowers only 

 near the ostiole, sessile; the perianth inflated, of three broadly ovate, much- imbricate pieces; 

 anther broadly ovate, its apex emarginate, sub-sessile. Gall flowers sub-sessile or long- 

 pedicellate, without perianth; the ovary ovoid-globose, smooth; style short, lateral; stigma 

 tubular. Fertile female flowers without perianth, pedicellate ; the achene obovoid, minutely 

 tuberculate ; style as long as ovary, lateral ; stigma cylindric. 



ft oi C ^ ehea ^ De Vrie8e '> Singapore,— King : Sumatra,— Beccari, Becc. Herb. P. S. Nos. 544, 

 b31, 761; Pcrak, King's Collector, Nos. 955, 1883; Burmali,— 2T«r*, Nos. 1520, 3145: New 

 Cxumea,— Forbes, No. 903. 



aniXs 1S SPedeS ^ alHed t0 F ' lotryoca> 'l ,a > Mi( l'> h Y tlie ?hoi % much-branched, receptacular 











