110 



. COVELLIA. 



nial 



flowers, and 



think it probable that, like F. ribes, this species 



practically dicoceous 



ptacles containing male and gall flowers occurring on different trees from those containin 



female flo 



The 



species is 



kn 



nly from Mr. Forbes 



r 



probably collected from one tr 



specimens, which were all 



< 



Pl 



143 



F. Forbes ii. Kin"* 



1, leafy t 



n 



- 



2, end of a 



from the base of the stem — of natural size ; 3, female flower: enlarged, 



ptacle-bearing branch 



m 



131 



Ficus ribks, Beinw. in Bl. Bijd. 



463 



284, 297 ; Kurz For. Flora Brit. Burnt, ii. 458 



Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat 



in. 



4509 



? 



B, C (not of Roxb.)— F. prostrat 



F.polycarpa, Wall. Cat 



j 



Covellia ribes, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 

 Lond. Journ. Bot. vii. 466. 

 PL Jungh. 67, 



Wall. Cat. 4536 ( 



2. 325 



part) 



a 



tab 



9A 



Cov. paniculata 



microcarp 



? 



Miq 



1 



Miq 

 467 



A 



11 tree 



th 



( >f the lea\ 



o 



branches 



Leaves alternate 



parsely strigose, slightly swollen at the insertion 



equilateral, slightly falcate 



? 



petiolate, membi 



lanceolate 



or 



oblanceolate 



middle to the narrow sub-3-nerved base 



9 pairs, not prominent 



both 



the edges entir 



larger nerves 



i 



*> in. long; stipules linear-lanceolate 



the apex long-acuminate ; gradually narrowed from above the 



lateral primary nerves 7 to 



, on the midrib and 

 m. ; jDetioles strigose, 



des glabrous 



the lower whicl 



is adpressed-pubescent ; length of blade 2 



to 4 



olute 



8 



m. 



long. 



v 



Receptacles rising from 



-ous branches which 

 from the stem near the ground, pedunculate, sub-globose, strongly ribbed ; when young 



elongated, ramous, leafless (sometimes stipulate towards the apex) glab 



puberulous ; about -2 in. across when ripe 



Male flo 



base constricted into a stalk about 

 are 3 small bracts; peduncle proper 



2 large, inflated, roundish pieces ; anther single, almost sessil 

 sessile, without perianth 



umbilicus closed by 5 broad scales : the 



1 m. long at the junction of which with the peduncl 



2 in. long. 



numer 



thick style. Fertile female flowei 



ms, the perianth of 



very broad. Gall flowers mostly 



the ovary broad, obliquely obovoid, sub-rhomboid, with terminal 



m 



tubular 



> 



short, covering 



parate receptacles, mostly pedicellate ; the perianth 



only the pedicel of the rhomboid 



style much longer than the achene; stigma cylindric or clavate 



minutely-tuberculate achene 



Cuming, 1939; New Guinea, — Forbes 



Java, Sumatra, Singapore, Philippines 



A species allied to Miquelu and bolryocarpa, but well distinct by its smaller receptacles 



Plate 144. »«■--- ^ 



F 



from the stem 



flower 



6 



J 



3, apex of 

 ovary and s 



bes, Eeinw. 1, apex of a leafy branch; 2, receptacle-bearing branch 



fertile female flower 



style 



11 enlarged, 



ptacle ; 4, stipules — all of natural size ; 5, stamen fr 



of gall 



flower; 7, 



perianth, achene 



j 



tyle, and stigma of 



132. 



Ficus cuneata, JUig. (not of Wall.) in Ann. Mm. Lugd. 



cuneuta,- Miq. in Lond. Journ. Bot. vii. 466. 



326. 



Bat. iii. 297. — Covellia 



* 



t. 8B ; Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2. 







tree 



the 



youn 





shoots densely adpressed-pubescent 



iZef I" th ,Y° Ung , ^ rallCf ' eS); ob0 - te -oWong or sub-rhomboid 

 edges sub-crenulate. undulate " 



Leaves petiolate, mcmbr 



j 



base much narrowed, obscurely 3-nerved 



the apex acuminate ; 



; primary lateral 













