136 



EUSYCE. 



As a constant form may be separated off 



var. adhjeress— with the leaves smaller than the type, and the receptacles sessile 



Pogon. adhcerens, Miq. 



Eastern Himalaya, Cliittagong, Burmah, Malayan Peninsula and Archipelago 

 elevations of 2,500 ft. 



Widely diffused and variable as to size, but pretty constant in other characters, 

 no doubt, after examining the type specimens in the Leiden herbarium, that MiquePs Poqono- 



up to 



Ih 



ave 



trophe riijiia (of which his published description is very meagre) is the same 



as the plant 



named F. ramentacea by Koxburgh, of which an excellent coloured drawing (prepared under 

 Roxburgh's supervision) exists in the Calcutta herbarium. I believe this to have been also 

 the late Mr. Kurz's opinion, although he did not publish it ; his Forest Flora of Burmah 

 unfortunately giving no synonyms. The plant named adhcerens by Miquel has the receptacles 

 not constricted into stalks at the base. It is the same as F. microcarpa of Blume ■ but the 



altered it to leptocarpa, publishing, 



name microcarpa 



having 



been 



pre-occupied, Steudel 



however, no description. 



Plate 169. — F. ramentacea Roxb. Two branches with nearly mature receptacles. 



mature receptacles: 



fascicle of mature receptacles ; 



apex of receptacle; 



base 



male flower with 2 stamens and perianth of 



stipules — all of natural size ; 



gall flower from the same receptacle ; 8, achene of perfect female flower ■ 



of ditto; 

 3 pieces; 7, 

 , perfect female flower with a perianth from another receptacle. JVos. 6 to 8 are enlarged. 



N.B. 



Figs. 1 and 2 at the lower left-hand corner have been printed by mistake and are to be 



deleted. 



156. 



Ficus araneosa, nov. spec 



Scandent. The young branches, petioles, and under surface of the leaves, the receptacles 

 and their peduncles, densely covered with soft grey, araneoid tomentum. Leaves thinly 

 coriaceous, shortly petiolate, narrowly ovate or ovate-lanceolate; their apices shortly and 

 bluntly cuspidate ; edges entire ; base rounded or sub-cuneate, 3-nerved ; the lower surface 

 densely covered with flocculent, pale grey tomentum; upper surface glabrous ; length of 

 blade 2*5 to 3*5 inches ; petiole *35 in. to '75 in. long ; stipules ovate, convolute, flocculent 

 externallv, glabrous internally, *25 in. long. Receptacles shortly pedunculate, axillary, in 

 pairs or in fascicles of 3 to 7 ; when young pyriform, with a prominent umbilicus; base 



ebracteate, densely flocculent (ripe 

 receptacles, about 



fruit 



unknown) ; peduncles flocculent 



like 



1 in. long, with several small, 



glabrous bracts at their bases. 



the 

 Male 





flowers (occupying the upper part of the same receptacles as the gall flowers, sessile, the 

 perianth of 4 broad, distinct pieces ; stamens 



2 ; the anthers narrow, elongate, sagittate at 



the base. Gall flowers with perianth of 4 very broad pieces ; the ovary obliquely and 

 narrowly ovoid ; the style short, terminal. Fertile female flowers with perianth of 4 broad, 



blunt pieces; young achene with a sub-terminal, rather short, thick style; ripe achene 

 unknown. 



Malayan Peninsula ; at Laroot, in the province of Perak. Collected by Mr. H. H. 



Kunstle 



King 



CoUector, Nos. 3565 and 6038. At once recognisable by its flocculent 



d clothing 



Plate 170. — Fruiting-branch of F. araneosa, King, with immature receptacles. 1, side 



view of a young receptacl 



2 



? 



apex of the same ; 3, bracts of base of peduncle ; 4 



3 



stir. 



