158 



EUSYCE 



surf ace asperulous, glabrescent, or glabrous; length of blade 1*75 to 4 in. ; petioles '25 to 



o in. 



triangular 





bracts; glabrescent, 

 , receptacles containing 



long ; stipules subulate, glabrous, -2 to -4 in. long. Receptacles on peduncles of varying Wth 

 axillary, solitary, pyriform ; the apex more or less umbonate ; contracted at the base into a stalk 

 at the union of which with the peduncle proper are 3 

 puberulous, or shortly hispid ; when ripe from *4 in. to *75 in. across ; 

 the male and gall flowers larger than those containing the fertile female flowers. Male flow 

 occupying the upper fifth of the receptacle, shortly pedicellate ; the perianth of 3 distinct 

 pieces ; stamens 2, the anthers ovate. Gall flowers on longer pedicels than the mal 

 perianth of 4 pieces ; ovary globular, smooth, with a short lateral style and dilated tubular 



separate receptacles (and on separate plants) ; the fertile 



es; th 



e 



stigma. Fertile female flowers on 



achene reniform, minutely tubercled ; the style sub-terminal, long, thin ; the perianth of 



5 distinct pieces. 



Assam, Khasi Hills, Burmah ; Malayan 



mainland of China. 



forms to which specific names have been given 



four may be distinguished as follows : 



Peninsula; Hong-Kong, and the neig-hbourino- 



.*«, ^~.*^~^, ~^.„j^~. .w.» UUWM . 9 """o "-^"o> " AA ^- me utjigiiuourino- 



This widely-spread plant assumes, as might be expected, a variety of 



I reduce these to varieties, of which 



j 



1. forma typica. Leaves lanceolate, glabrous but asperuh 



on lower surface; receptacles smooth. — F. p if rift 



tely punctate 



Hook 



d Arn 



Voyage Beechey. 216 



CI 



2. var. Abelii. Leaves as in var. 1, but shortly and sparsely hispid on the lower 



surface ; receptacles hispid-pubescent. — F. pyriformis, 



Miq. 



F. A belli, 



Miq. 



China. 



3. var. sub-pyriformis. Leaves elongate 



j 



wly lanceolate, pubescent under 



eath; primary lateral nerves about 10 pairs; receptacles and peduncl 



pubescent 



F. 



sub-pyrift 



y 



Miq 



F, Fin lew 



} 



Wall. Cat. 4553 



Assam, Khasia, and Burmah 



- 



4. var. ischnopoda. Leaves as in sub-pyriformis, Miq., but glabrous; receptacle 



glabrous; the peduncles much elongate — F. ischnopoda, Miq. — Khasia, 

 Burmah, Malaya. 





These varieties are connected by intermediate 



forms, and in 



my opinion they 



but modifications of F. erect'*, Thunb 



o 



Pla 



al 



mate an 



200. 

 gall flo 



F. piriformis, Hook, and A 



Branch with mature 



ptacles containing 



A 



var. Abelii. 1, receptacle containing female flowers ; 2, apex of 



the same: 3, basal bracts— all of natural size; 4, male flower; 5, gall flower; 6, fertile fe 



flower: enlarged. 



Plate 201. — F. pyriformis. Hook 



Arn 



B 



var. sub-pyriformis 



Branch 



with 



mmature receptacl 



C 



chnopod< 



Branch with matur 



ptacles. 1, receptacle 



apex of the same; 3, stipules — all of na'ural 



186. 



Ficus mottleyana, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 228, 294. 



A shrub ? all parts quite glabr 



Leaves shortly petiolate, sub 



coriaceous, narrowly 

 oblong or lanceolate, sometimes oblauceolate ; the apex acute ; the edges waved, thickened, 

 revolute ; the base very gradually narrowed to the short petiole, biglandular, faintly 3-nerved ; 







