NEOMOEPHE. 



167 



PL 



208 



F, 



arpa 



> 



Wight, leaf twig 



1 



> 



part of a fascicle of 



from the stem below the leaves 



all of natural 



pedicellate 



■2 



apex 



j 



and 3, ba 



i 



of 



ptacl 



a 



flow 



5, 6, & 7, pedicellate and sessile fertile female flowei 

 9. 0} 



ptacle; 4, stir 



ary : enlarged, 



8, perianth of 



194 



Ficus 



? 



Wight 



Covellia guttata, "Wight Ic. 1966 



• 



A 



dent shrub 



Th 



youn 



g branches shortly tomentose 



glabrescent or glabr 



ultimately becom 



Leaves petiolate, sub-coriaceous, broadly ovate 





ith shortly 



spidate apex, entire edges, and broad, rounded 



? 



i 



slightly cordate, 3- to 5-nerved b 



lateral primary 



about 8 pairs ; the intermediate 



d the 



ute reticulations 



rather distinct on the under surface which is softly and minutely villous, sometimes in old 

 leaves glabrescent ; upper surface with a few scattered, minute hairs, or £ 



blade 4 or 5 in. ; petioles *65 in. to 1 in. loi 



>s ovate-lanceolate, about '6 in. long, 



S 



stipules ovate 



Receptacles jshort-peduncled 



5 



labrous ; lenerth of 



like the leaves, villous or glabrescent ; 



tomentose externally with glabrous edges. 



es or main stem 



in fascicles from tubercles on the brand 



» 



basal bracts 3 



y 



broadly ovate ; when young sng 



slightly umbonate ; when mature sub-globular. 



pubescent, blotched, from 1 in. to 1*25 in. in diameter. Fertile (?) female flowers sessile; the 

 rianth of 6 pieces ; style short, thick ; stigma much dilated, widely infundibuliform. 



Niloiri and Pulney Hills in Southern India. 



Male flowers have not been found in the only receptacle that I have been able to get ; 

 5 flowers present appear to be all fertile female. The probable relation of this to 



th 



macrocarpa 



discussed under that species 



t: 



lg 



This species is badly represented in collections. Besides a specimen from 

 Herbarium, I have only seen two specimens of it (collected by Colonel Beddome B 

 Mr. J. Sykes Gamble), and they agree well with Wight's figure; only one of them, howe\ 

 has a receptacle, and that is immature. 



■lit 



d 



Plate 209 



Ap 



of branch of F. guttata 



1. fascicle of 



mature 



from the stem; 2, apex of 



ptacl 



3 



> 



base of same; 4, stipules 



5, group of fertile 



female flowers attached to a piece of the recept 



receptacles 



all of natural size; 



3 : 6. fertile female 



flower showing the 6 perianth leaves, ovary, style, and stigma ; 7 female flower, unexpanded 



all enlarged. 



Arboreous or Shrubby 



195. 



all 



entire edg 



parts quite glabrous 



Ficus nodosa, Tegsm. and Binn. in Nat. Tijds. Ned. Ind. xxix. 245; Miq. in Ann. 

 Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 295. 



Young parts puberulous, ultimately 



Leaves broadly ovate or ovate-rotund with acuminate apex, 



nerves 3 to 



A tree, 60 to 80 ft high, with whitish smooth bark 



> 



and more or less deeply cordate, 5- , rarely 7-nerved base; lateral 



4 pairs, thin, prominent, and 



loured 



the under surface, as also are the rather distant 



sub-transverse, secondary nerves; reticulation 



glabrous ; length from 8 to 1 



sericeous, about *4 in. long 



? 



petioles 1 to 2 



minute, rath 

 in. long; 



Eeceptacles shortly ped 



j 



on 



indistinct; both surfaces 

 pules broadly ovate, acute, 

 rather elongated, woody 



