COYELLIA. 



119 



I find 



ptacl 



containing male flew 



l*i?l 



s 



female flowers very plentiful 



I 



fert 



to be 



female fl 



y scarce, but 



contain 



fertile 



hi 



1 



taf 



v. 



figs. 6 



7 



j 



attribute 



Count S<> has Laubacl 



i 



gi 



all partieul 



the h 



no doubt correctly, to F. 



on 



F. lepicarpa, Miq 



the st) 



itl 



those 



tticlocatpay Mi.j., 

 liich I find in 



The depressed globular figs of Count Solms Laubacl 



F. lep 



No. 5, " Boekoe Boekoe ") appear to me to 



wllow-j 



B 



d 



Miq. (F. leucantatoma, Poir.) 



probably those of F. stictocarpa 



1 



inatur 



156 



F. lepicarpa, Miq. 1, branch with immatm 



e 



ptacl es ; 2, brand 



II wi 



th 



r 



ptacles ; 8, single, nearly mature, receptacle ; 4, vertical section of a receptacl 



stipules — all of natural size ; 6, unexpanded male flower ; 7, antl 



front 



9 & 11, gall flowers; 10, fertile female flower: all enlarged 



le view ; 8, anther 





143. 



Ficus leucantatoma, Foir. Encjjchp. Method, Suppl. ii. 654 ; Ann. Mus. Lugd. 

 Bat iii. 283, 296.— F. venom, Willd. Hort. BcroL p. 36. t. 36 (not of Ait.) 

 F. lewoma, Roem. et Sch. Syst. i. 561. — P. leucopteura, Bl. BijcL 41 >. 

 F. rapiformis, Roxb. FL Ind. iii. 5f>l ; Wight's Icon 637; Miq, in Ami. Mus. 



F. stictocarpa, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Hat. iii 



Lugd. Bat. iii. 282, 296. 





Covellia stictocarpa^ Miq. PL Junglu 65; FL Ind. Hat. i. pt 2. 



/ 



284, 297. 



327. t. 23 A.— F. septica, Rum ph. Herb. Amb. iii. 153. t. 96.— F. radiah 



Dene, in N. Ann. Mus. iii. 494; Miq. in Ann. Mns. Lugd. Bat. iii. 284. 

 297. — Coretlia radiata, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2. 328.— -Jl Ollhami, 



Hance Advers. in Stirp. Crit. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 5 Ser. vol. 5. 242; 

 Maxim, in Bull. Acad. St. Petersb. xi. 334. — CoveV.m vevosa, Miq. in 

 Lond. Journ. Bot. vii. 468; H. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2. W>.—Covchia 



leucopieura, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I.e. 326. — Covellia rapifirmi$, Miq. in Lond. 



Journ. Bot. vii. 464; Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2. 325. 



> 



Covellia grandijolm, 



Miq. ibid. Suppl. &A —Cy stogy ne leucosticta, Gasp. Rich. M. 



A galbr 



tree 



young branches thick, annulate. Leaves opposite or alternate, 



sub-coriaceous, petiolate, ovate or elliptic, sometimes ovate-rotund ; the apex blunt or shortly 



acuminate ; the edges entire; base broad, rounded or emarginate, 3 to 5-nerved : 



ral 



primary nerves 5 to 7 pairs, prominent and coloured beneath as 



also 



ver 



y distinct reticulations; both surfaces dabrous: lencrth of blade 6 to 12 m. 



to 



r 



the minute but 



; petioles 



75 to 1 



m. 



stipules ovate-lanceolate 



j 



glabrous, from 1*5 in. to 2 in. long, early 



with about 



deciduous. Receptacles shortly pedunculate, axillary, in pairs, depressed-globe 



nearly gl 



10 to 12 



tical ridges and 



many 



white rough 



? 



ripe about *75 in. across, umbilicus depressed ; basal 



warts, otherwise nea 

 bracts 3, ovate-obtux : 



w 1 i en 



peduncle *25 



long 



Male flowers few. near the ostiole 



membranous pieces; stamen 1 



? 



the perianth of 3 broad, much-imbricated, 

 with an adnate, curved filament. Gall flowers sessile or 



pedunculate, with a gamophyllous, toothed, hyaline perianth 

 the style short, lateral; the stigma dilated, cup-shaped 



the ovary rounded, smooth 



Fertile female flow 



wi 



th a 



short, gamophyllous, 2- to 3-toothed perianth 



1 uch 



embraces the base of the pedicel of 



the 



obliquely-ovoid, minutely-tubercular achene 



y 



the 



style 



long 



than the achene 



lateral, bearing a few hairs ; stigma clavate 



Java and other of the Malayan islands, from the sea level up to 3,000 ft 



T 



species, although not an uncommon plant in the Mala) 



lands, is very poorly 



represented in both the Dutch and English collections 



It 



sometimes cultivated in gard 



