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EITSYCE. 



pecific rank 



A 



dmirable account of tl 



forms assumed by this species 



d 



f 



the structure of its flowers, has been given by Count Solms Laubach in the vol 



Botanische Zeitung for 1885 (pp. 518 et seq.). 



Three varieties may be distinguished : 



ume of 



Va 



1 



OVOIDEA. 



All parts smaller than in the typical form. Leaves 



obovate to oblanceolate 



narrow 



the apex entir 



ded 



globular or ovoid, usually in pairs, # 25 in. lo 



Receptacles sub 



F. ovoidea. Jack 



Var. Kunstleri 



Mai 



Leaves large, cuneate-deltoid ; the apices rounded or emaro-inate 

 the petioles 1*5 in. to 3 in. long. Receptacles about *6 in lono\ 

 flowers on very long pedicels, the perianth very small ; perianth of gall of 

 three linear pieces, which are much longer thau the achene. Perak 

 Kunstler (King's Collector, Nos. 723 and 47 



Var. lutescens. Leaves with pinnate 



nervation, sub-rhomboidal, acute at base and 

 F. lutescens, Desf. On the ground and epiphytal, at elevations of 



apex. 



from 4,000 to 5,0<)0 ft. in Java, Perak. 



Plate 174. — F. diver sifolia, Bl. 



(A) fruiting-twig of 



form with 



forking 



midrib and 



cuneate, rounded leaves; (13) fruiting-twig with cuneate-truncate leaves; (0) fruiting-twio- with 

 pinnate nervation; (D) fruiting-twig of var. ovoidea\ (E) fruiting-twig, of a form intermediate 



between C and D — all of natural size. 1 & 2, base and apex of receptacle ; 3, stipules ; 



4, male flower — unexpanded) 5, the same — expanded', 6, sessile and 7, pedicellate gall flowers, 



of ordinary form ; 



the same with angled, crustaceous pericarp ; 9, fertile female flower 



natural size 



from (C). Nos. 4 to 9 are enlarged. 



Plate 175. — F. diversifolia, Bl. (A) & (B). var. Kunstleri 

 flower: 2, gall flower: much enlarged. (C) var. lutescens — of natural size. 

 flower ; 4, scale from interior of receptacle, (? piece of perianth of 3) : much enlarged. 



1 



m 



ale 



fertile female 



161. 



Ficus oligoneura, 3Iiq. Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 28S. — Urostig. oligoneura, Miq. 



Fl. Ind. Bat. Supp. 438 — Syncecvi grandifolia. Kurz in Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. 



Ind. vol. 27. 184. 



A small glabrous tree 



Le 



short-petiolate, coriaceous, often unequal, varyin 



in 



shap 



from ovate elliptic, sub-rhomboidal, or sub-obovate, to sub-rotund; their apices acut 



btuse, or broad and 



ded : their bases acute 



sub-acute 



j 



bi -glandular 



d 3-nerved 



the edo-es entire, slightly undulate, and sub re volute ; penni-nerved ; the midrib sometim 



bifurcate; primary 



lateral 



4 or 5 pairs, prominent and pale -coloured 



the 



wer 



surf ace ; reticulations rather wide and prominent ; length of blade 3 to 5 inches ; petioles 



4 in. long. Receptacles solitary, 

 ; the apex umbonate when ripe; 



3 to *4 



long, stout ; stipules linear-lanceolate, about 



to 



oid 



axillary, shortfy pedunculate, depressed-globose 



o-labrous, dotted, about *5 in. or '6 in. across ; basal bracts 3 ; broadly ovate, membranous 





ciliate. Male flowers numerous in 



th 



pper part of th 



ptacles with the gall flowers 



the structure of both as in F. dioersifulia, < 

 male flowers are broader and have blunt apices 



that the pieces of the perianth of th 



Fertile female flowers not 



Sumatr 



Teg 



This is a very little-known species, and specimens of it occur in few collections 

 nally included it in the sub-genus Urostigma, but it is clearly no Urostigma. 



Miquel 



Its aflinit 



