142 



EUSYCE. 



in. 



the midrib and larger nerves ; upper surface glabrous or scabrid, with a few short t 

 hairs; length of blade 3-5 to (in var. Sieboldi) 6 in.; edges entire, or obscurely serrate 

 in the upper half; stipules ovate-acuminate, glabrous or pubescent externally, -3 

 long. Eeceptacles pedunculate, in pairs, axillary, depressed-globose, with a prominent 

 umbilicus, often much constricted at the base and produced into a stalk which equals 

 the peduncle proper in length; glabrous, or puberulous (shortly hispid in var. Beecheyana)- 

 when young; smooth or nearly so when ripe and about -5 in. across; basal bracts 3, ovatp- 

 triangular; peduncle slender, puberulous, -5 in. to -7 in. long. Male flowers' in the 



ptacles with the galls, shortly pedicellate or sub-sessile ; the perianth of 3 lanceolat 

 pieces; stamens from 1 to 3. Gall flowers pedicellate; the perianth of 3 pieces; 

 ovary smooth, globular, with short lateral style and dilated stigma. Fertile female flowers 

 sub-sessile ; the perianth of 4 distinct pieces ; style lateral, thick, stigma bilobed. 



China, Japan, and Formosa. 



A variable plant, of which two varieties may be distinguished. 



Var. Siedoldi. Leaves elongate, lanceolate. Receptacles much constricted at 



the base. F. Sieboldi, Miq. 

 Japan. 



A form of this, with the leaves pilose-hispid on the under surface, but otherwise 

 ^distinguishable from Japanese specimens, is found in the Sikkim Himalaya and the 

 Khasi Hills. It is however rare. 



Var. Beecheyana. The young branches hispid-pilose. Leaves almost tomentos 



on the lower surface. Receptacles shortly hispid, not 

 the base. F. Beecheyana, Hook, and Arn. 



e 



tricted at 



Formosa, Hong-Kong 



This differs from the typical form only by its hairiness. 



Miquel quite misunderstood Thunberg's F. erect*, and he confuse! it with various 



species, but chiefly with forms of F. foveolata, Wall. (See Ann. Mas. Lugd. Bat 



iii. 294). Maximowicz (Bullet, de VAcad. des Science de St Petersb. xi. 328) describes 

 the stigma of F. Sieboldi as 3-lobed. I cannot, however, find more than t 



lob 



Receptacles containing fertile female flowers are rare, and I have never found one 

 containing quite ripe achenes. 



Plate 178.— Jl erecta, Thunbg. (A.) Var. Beecheyana. Fruiting-branch with mature 

 receptacles. 1, apex of young receptacle; 2, base of the same; 3, stipules: of natural size. 



(B.) Var. Sieboldi. Leaf and receptacle. 4, base of receptacle; 5, apex of the 

 same; 6, 7, 8, male flowers with 1, 2, and 3 stamens; 9, perianth of gall flower- 



10 



y of the same; 11, fertile female flower: all enlarged 



164. Ficus tricolor, Miq. PL Jungh. 53 ; Fl. Ind. Bat i. pt. 2. 295 ; Ann. Mus. 



Lugd. Bat iii. 290 —F. leucocoma, Miq. PI. Jungh. 54 ; Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 

 pt. 2. 295 ; Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 290. 



A tree. Leaves petiolate, thickly membranous, elliptic to sub-obovate-elliptic, with shortly 

 acuminate, rarely rounded apices, and entire or slightly sinuate edges; bases blunt or 

 rounded, 3-nerved ; lateral primary nerves 2 to 4 pairs ; reticulations distinct and, like the 



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