126 



EUSYCE. 



perianth in 



lengtl 



i 



thout rudiments of a pistil. Gall and fertile femal 



of both being 



alike, the achenes 



several prominent cellular rugae 



flower 



'S 



obliquely ovoid and shining, the gall achene 



arly 



having: 



Ceylon, from 2,000 up 



to 5,000 ft 



climbing over rocks and trunks of 



trees 



common 



Very 



The leaves of the 



iptacle-bearing branches are 



stem and its barren branches ; and specimens of the two 



T unlike those of the 



having been 



creeping 



they have received different names. Specimens of the fertile branches 



distributed separately 



distributed by the late Dr. Thwaites as C. P. Nos. 2224 and 3116 und 



were originally 



Bl 



the name F. disticha 



Miquel, finding that these did not agree with Blume's type, described and named them 



F. Thwaitesii. Specimens of the stem and b 



shoots in Hermann 



are 



j 



as 



my 



Herbarium 



2 



friend Dr. H. Trimen informs me, the planta dubia oxycoccoides of Linnaeus 



(Fl. Zeylan. No. 433). Similar specimens were issued by Thwaites 



these were described by Miquel as F. diversifc 

 than F. Thwaitesii, must fall to the ground 

 contains no account of the receptacles 



as 



C. P. 2217. and 



But this name, although published earlier 



& 



? 



the descript 



accompanying it necessarily 



Plate 159B 



natural 



■ 



F. Thwaitesii, Miq 



a 



j 



j 



male flower ; 2 & 3, fertile female flowers 



stem and barren branches : b. fertile branch 



j 



j 



4, gall flower : enlarged, 





146. 



Ficus vaccinioibes, Hemsley and King. 



A small creeping shrub, rooting from the stem and larg-er branch 



puberul < 

 rounded 



primary lateral 



the young branch 



> 



Leaves shortly petiolate, coriaceous, ellipt 

 ely sub-acute, apices ; entire edges and rounded or sub-emarginate, 3-nerved bases 



or obovate-elliptic, with broad, 



wide 



3 to 4 pairs, rather broad and prominent beneath ; lower surface with 



puberulous when young; upper surface 



sub-tesselate reticulations, minutely punctat 



iparsely adpressed-hispid ; length of blade -4 to -5 in. 



1 in. long ; stipules 2 to each leaf, ovate-acute, scarious, puberul 



petioles adpressed-pubescent, about 



petiole, deciduous. Eeceptacles almost sessile, solitary, axillary, ovoid, from -1 5 to -2 

 the umbilical scales large, puberulous ; 



twice as long as the 



basal bracts 3, ovate-acute 



female flowers occupying the whole receptacle, sub-sessile 



arly glabrous. Fertile 



the perianth of 



5 narrow, distinct 



pieces ; achene ovoid-renif orm, minutely papillose ; style elongate when young ; stigma slightly 

 dilated. Male and gall flowers not known. 



Formosa,— Oldham, No. 535. 



A curious and beautiful little species which Maximowicz, who had 



seen 



specimens, doubtfully refers (Full. Aead. St. Fetersb 



no fruiting 



(which 



foveolata, Wall 



j 





my opinion) 



It 



Ceylon plant ; also more distantly to F. disticha, Bl 



■ xi. 341) to F. impressa, Champ 

 closely allied to F. Thwaitesii, Miq., t 



Plate 159 A 



Stem and branches of F. 



iptacles — of natural 



?es< Hems 



1 



and King, 



with mature 



7 



female flower (young) ; 5, achene (mature) : enlarged 



base of receptacle ; 2, apex of the same ; 3, a stipule ; 4, fertile 



147 



ricus disticha, Fl. Bijd. 458; Miq. in Land. Journ. JBot. vii. 440; Fl. Ind, 



Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 294, 



Fat 



i. 



2. 316. tab 



22 . fig. B 



F. elliptica, Miq. in Lond. Journ. Bot. vii. 440 



The lea^v 



r 



A scandent shrub ; the young shoots minutely pubescent, but ultimately all parts glab 



•j 



petiolate, broadly obovate, cuneate^oboyate, or elliptic; the apex rounded, 





