160 



EtJSYCE. 



Th 



perfectly glabrous 

 sessile male flowers 



comes very near F. Silhctensis, from which it is best distinguished by 



punctate leaves; glabi 



; and 

 Chinese F. erecta, Thunbg. 



? 



like Silhetensis 



nearly or quite sessile 



having 

 and 



wuuo i "cany ul quite sessne receptacles; and 

 it may possibly be only a local form of the 



Plate 203 



var. torulosa. 



A 



fruiting-branch of 



F. chartacea, Wall 



1.1 



lateral view of a 



all of natural sire; 



female flower from 



4 



! 



male flo 

 ther rec( 



receptacle 

 gall flo 



ptacle: enlarged. 



2 



B & C: fruiting branch 



of 



5 



2, apex of the same 

 from the same recc 



; 3,3, stipules 

 ptacle; 6, fertil 



188. 



Ficus ole^ifolia, nov. spec 



A scandent, epiphytal shrub, all its parts quite glabrous. Leaves shortly petiolate, sub- 

 coriaceous, lanceolate, much narrowed to either end; the apex bluntly and shortly acuminate; 



the edges entire 



6 to 



rved; the base obscurely 3-nerved, biglandular; lateral primary 



8 pairs, dark coloured beneath in young leaves, but indistinct in old lea 



the midrib 



broad and prominent; the reticulations open, and in the young state distinct on the lower 

 surface, which is of a dull pale colour when dry, indistinctly and minutely tuberculate ; 

 length of blade 1 in. to nearly 2 in. (3 in. in var. major); petiole *15 to 2 in. long; stipules 

 linear-lanceolate, much convolute, glabrous or puberulous, *3 in. long (*5 in. in var. major). 



Receptacles 



? 



shortly pedunculate, in pairs, axillary, globular (ovoid 



var. 



major) 



with prominent umbilicus; smooth when ripe, •! 



united at the base, ciliate 



Mai 



flowers sub 



th 



basal bracts 3, ovate-triangular 

 ) perianth of 3 or 4 pieces 



thers 2, broadly ovate— one of them sub-sessile, the other with a filament 



Gall flo 



sub 



the perianth of about 4 distinct pieces; the achene smooth 



many 



led 



style minute, sub-termin 



Weste 



Sumatra, on Mount 



Singalan 



at an elevation of about 5,000 ft 



B 



(Herb. Beccari; P. Sumatranse, No. 82) 



A species with leaves a good deal like those of Olea cuspidata, Wall., but smaller 



Vae. major. The leaves larger than in the typical form, and more acuminate; 



the stipules Ion 

 Sumatrance No. 312. 



ger and the receptacles more ovoid. 



Herb. Beccari; F. 



Plate 204B 



A branch of F. olecefolta, King, with mature receptacl 



yf natural 



1, stipule; 2 & 3, receptacles; 4, basal bract; 5, mal 



flower ; 6, the 2 stamens of a male 



flower 

 achene 



7. th 



four-leaved perianth of the same 



? 



8 



> 



or all flower 



showing its many 



led 



Nos. 1 to S are much enlarged, 



189. 



Ficus paupek, nov. spec 



Leaves membranous, petiolate, slightly inequilateral, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate and 



arrowed from below the middle to the obscurely 3 nerved base ; the apex acute 



the ed & 



entire ; lateral primary nerves about 6 to 8 pairs, diverging from 



the midrib at rather a wide 



gle and, like the midrib, prominent beneath 



midrib with a few scattered adpressed hair 



upper surface glabrous; length of blade 1*5 in. to 2 in. 



? 



petiole -3 in. long, adpressed 



hLspid beneath ; stipules persistent, scarious, deciduously sericeous 



? 



ate-acuminate 



j 



3 



in. 



