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NEOMORPHE. 



and less numerous receptacles ; the perianth (of ten difficult to find) of .3 or 4 narrow lanceolate 



thin, membranous pieces which are slightly united by their bases ; the achene obovoid 



minutely tuberculate ; the style lateral, about as long as the achene ; the stigma lam-e clavate 



Java, Sumatra, Penang, and the Malayan Archipelago and Hong Kong ; generally u» 



to elevations of 1,000 ft. ; Assam, Gr. Mann ; Chittagono\ Lister 



Rather variable, especially as to the size and pubescence of the leaves. I have reduced 

 a variety of this F. chlorocarpa, Benth., from Hong-Kong, which, after careful comparis 

 with the large suite of specimens of variegata in the Leiden and Utrecht collections I do i 

 find to differ specifically from this. Blume's F. sub-racemosa is a form with denticulate leav 

 typical variegata, Bl., having entire leaves. 



ot 



Vac. chlorocarpa. Leaves entire, rounded, or cordate at the base; the petioles 



1*5 to 2-5 in. long; stipules -4 to -5 in. long; receptacles with constricted 

 bases when young. — F. chlorocarpa, Benth., Hong-Kong. 



The inspissated milky juice of this species forms the substance known in Malaya 



as getah lahoe, a gum resin allied to, but different from, caoutchouc or guttah 

 percha, an interesting account of which by Bleekrode will be found in Ann. 

 Sc. Nat ser. iv. vol. iii. 330. This species appears to be occasionally culti- 

 vated on account of its fruit, which even in its wild condition is eatable. 



Plate 212. — F. variegata, Bl., a form with denticulate leaves and receptacles in all 

 stages of maturity — of natural size. 1, unexpanded male flower; 2, stamens from a male 

 flower; 3, gall flower; 4, perianth of the same; 5 & 6, achenes of the same at different ages ; 

 7, fertile female flower : enlarged. 



Plate 213. — F. variegata, Bl., var. chlorocarpa. 1, young receptacles with much con- 

 stricted bases; 2, nearly mature receptacles: all of natural size. 



198. Ficus grandis, nov. spec 



A tree. The young branches deciduously hispid-tomentose. Leaves large, membranous, 

 petiolate, ovate elliptic ; the apex acute; edges irregularly and coarselv crenate-dentate ; the 

 base rounded, not cordate, 7-nerved (2 being minute); primary lateral nerves about 8 pairs? 

 diverging from the midrib at rather an acute angle ; the under surface finely reticulate and 

 with numerous minute white papillae, rather softly and minutely pubescent, especially on 

 the midrib and nerves ; upper surface scabrous from rather minute sub-adpressed hairs ; 

 length of blade 10 to 13 in. ; petiole deeply channelled, pubescent, rather stout, 2*5 to 

 3 5 in. long; stipules ovate-acuminate, glabrous inside, puberulous outside, about 1*2 in. 

 long. Receptacles on short, thick, multi-bracteate, tubercled, leafless branches from the main 

 stem, on long, thin peduncles; depressed globular or shortly pyriform; the surface slightly 

 verrucose and scurfy, but without hairs; red when ripe, 1*4 in. long and 2 in. broad ; the apex 

 very broad, flat, slightly depressed; umbilical scales numerous, prominent; basal bracts 

 large, ovate-triangular, acuminate, glabrous ; peduncles nearly 3 in. long. Male flowers 

 with 1 or 2 stamens ; anther ovate, on a thick filament ; perianth of 3 obcordate, inflated, 

 hyaline pieces. Gall flowers pedicellate or sessile ; the style short, sub-terminal ; perianth 

 absent. Fertile female flowesr unknown. 







