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EFSYCE. 



This is the most widely-distributed scandent Ficus in India, and in Japan also it appears 



to be very common. It 

 chain from the bottom 

 where snow lies in win 



moreover 



> 



6 



at altitudinal 



of low 



6 C > 



eys where the climate is 



lending in the Hiinala} 



most tropical, to elevat 



s 



these th 



Individuals with globular receptacles f 



varieties may 



the majority 



d of 



Al 



be distinguished, in all three the receptacles being rather small 



n 



as very distinct varieties, 



pa rat 



tvt 



forms with 



globula 



6 



d, obovoid, or sub 



oft 



terminal 



pt 



/ 



Receptacles globular, small 





Vae. 1. NlPPONICA. 



Leaves always glabrous, about 3 in. long; receptacles solitary 



or in pairs, almost sessile, glabrous. 



F. 



wpponica, Franch. and Sav 



Japan . 



> 



VAK. 2. IMPEESSA. 



? 



leaves pubescent when young, glabrous when adult, from 



receptacles pedunculate, pubescent when 



1*25 in. to 1*75 in. 



long ; 



ripe 



F. impressa, Benth. ; — Hong-Kong. 



Vae. 3. Thunbeegii 



Adult leaves very put 



t beneath 



deeply 



eolar on 



the lower surface, from 75 to 1*25 in. long; receptacles pubescent, wi 



pe 



•ly -5 



across. — F. Thunbergii, Maxim 



Jap 





Hecepiacles ovoid, obovoid, or sub-globular, large 



Vae. ole^eformis. 



Creeping on the ground or 



on rocks, never 



on 



trees ; 



receptacles ovoid, 1 in. long; leaves oblong-lanceolate; anthers much 



In the Sikkim Himalaya, about 



longer than perianth of male flower. 



4,500 ft. 



King. 





Vae. 



malifoemis. Climbing to the tops of trees 60 to 80 ft. 



high, and fruiting 



only near the apex; receptacles obovoid, snb-globose, much umbonate, 

 from 1*5 to 2 in. in diameter; leaves broadly ovate-lanceolate; anthers 

 much longer than perianth. Sikkim; Khasi. 





The varieties with large receptacles have been confounded by Miquel and others with 

 F. electa, Thunb., with which they have really no affinity. They have also been mixed 

 np with F. pvmila, Linn. As in the case of F. pumila, much light is thrown on the synonymy 

 of this species by Maximowicz in his paper in the eleventh volume of the Bulletin of the 

 St. Petersburg Academy. In that paper the species Nipponica and Thunbergii are founded on 

 specimens which, on comparison with Wallieh's type specimens 

 to differ even in the details of the flowers. 



of foveolata, I 



cannot find 



The n&me foveola 



? 



W 



> 



not mentioned by Maximowicz, from which I gath 



that 



specimens of it are not present in the St. Petersburg herbarium. Wallich's type specimens of 



his species pubig 



are 



ply foveolata with the leaves sub-flocculent on the lower surface 



Pogonof. verrucosa, Miq., is simply th 



th warted 



ptacl 



Barren branche 



of th 



species, with leaves varying a good deal in shape, are numerous in collections from the 

 Himalaya ; and specimens of this kind were issued by Wallich as No. 4579 of his distribution 

 under the name F. ludens, Wall. 



I think it probable that Roxburgh's species Luducca, of which he gives a very imperfect 



description (FL Indica 



i 



534), falls here, and sheet D of Wall. Cat 4493 bears that name 









