

EUSYCE. 



1 6 3 



Var. 4. Fieldingii. Leaves narrow, much acuminate; receptacles shortly pedim- 



culate. Western Himalaya, from 1,500 to 3,000 ft; Eastern Himalaya 

 up to even 8,000 ft.— F. Fieldingii, Miq.— F. Jcnsa, Wall. 



By the arrangement of its flowers this species forms a connecting link between Eusyce 



and Urostig 



Plate 206.— F. nemoralis, Wall. Fruiting-branches of four varieties: 



A. Forma typica. 



B. var. trilepis with young receptacles. 



C. ,, with mature receptacles. 



D. var. gemella. 



E. var. Fieldinyii. 



1,1, a receptacle; 2,2, apex of same; 3,3, stipules— atf of natural size; 4, male triandrous 



flower; 5, fertile female flower; 6, gall flower. Nos. 4 and 5 are from a receptacle 

 of D, and No. 6 is from a receptacle of C : all enlarged. 



192. Ficus lepidosa, Wall Cat 4541; Kurz For. Flora Brit. Burmah ii. 430. 



F. Martabanica, Wall. Cat. 4551.— F. lamponga, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat 

 Suppl. 174, 430; Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 294.— F. lamponga 

 Miq. var. 1; Kurz For. Flora Brit. Burmah ii. 451. 



A small tree. The young branches pubescent. Leaves membranous, pctiolate, ovate- 

 oblong to obovate -elliptic or (in var. Martabanica) lanceolate; apex acute, shortly and 

 narrowly cuspidate ; edges entire ; base rounded, blunt, or sub-acute (never cordate), 3- 

 nerved (sometimes with 2 minute additional nerves) ; lateral primary nerves 7 to 8 pairs 

 prominent below, joining the midrib at an acute angle ; intermediate nerves nearly 

 straight ; reticulations minute, distinct ; under surface pale gray or almost white when 

 dry, adpressed-pubescent, especially on the midrib and nerves; upper surface hard and 

 slightly harsh to the touch ; glabrous, with a few scattered, adprcssed, short hairs and 

 pubescent midrib; length 4 to 7 in.; petioles '6 to 1*5 in. long, pubescent; stipules 

 lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous except along the midrib externally, about *6 in. long. 

 Receptacles pedunculate, in pairs from the axils of the leaves or from the scars of 

 fallen leaves, ellipsoid, globular, or subpyriform ; when young prominently mammillate, 

 shortly pubescent, with 3, ovate-acute, spreading basal bracts; when ripe orange red and 

 from -5 to -6 in. across; peduncle *2 to *5 in. long, pubescent. Male flowers (only in the 

 ellipsoid receptacles and associated with gall flowers) nearly sessile; the perianth of 

 4 pieces ; stamen 1 ; anther single, broadly ovate, the filament adnate ; gall ovary 

 globular, smooth, with lateral style and tubular stigma. Perfect females (only in globular 

 or sub-pyriform receptacles) sessile; the perianth of 4 or 5 leaves; achene oblong, 

 oblique, rugose; style sub-terminal, not hairy; stigma cylindric. Interior of receptacle 

 with a few white hairs, amongst which the flowers are embedded. 



Yar. martabanica. Leaves elongate- lanceolate, acuminate. F. martabanica, Wall. 



Bhotan Dooars (at the base of the Bhotan Himalaya), Assam, Chittagong 



Hill Tracts, Burmah. 

 This species has been collected in Burmah only by Wallich's collectors and by the 

 late Mr. Kurz ; and in the Bhotan Dooars only by Mr. J. S. Gamble, of the Indian Forest 



Ann. Bot. (xard. Calc. Vol. I. 



