KEOMOIiPHE. 



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207. 



Ficus lanceolata. Ham. in Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 5*>7 ; Wight Icon G45 ; Miq, in Ann. 

 Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 297; Kurz For. Flora lirit. Burm. ii. 457 ; J full. Cut 

 4512A, B, C. — Covellia lanceolala, Miq. in Lund. Journ. Bot. vii. 465. 



A much-branched, glabrous shrub. The leaves alternate, membranous 



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entire, occasionally 



otely serrate ; base 3-nerved ; primary lateral 



vly lanceolate, 



6 to 8 pairs, 



little prominent ; under surface minutely 



tubercular ; length of blade 4 



to 8 



4 to 



5 in. ; stipules lanceolate, *5 in. long. Receptacl 



in. ; petiole 

 fascicles of from 6 to 8 



f 



th 



stem and larger branches, with long peduncles ; when young pyriform, when ripe 



o 



ovate-acute, sm 



turbinate ; the apex concave and the base slightly constricted 

 brown when ripe, with many white warts ; basal bracts 

 numerous near the mouth of the 

 the perianth of 3 or 4 larg 



glabrous, of 



a ru>. set- 



Male flowers 



ptacles containing gall flowers, shortly pedicellate; 

 loose, inflated, membranous pieces, which completely envelope 



th 



anther 



anthers 2, ovate, with short filaments. Gall flowers with a perianth like the 



sub-terminal ; stigma dilated. 

 3-toothed ; achene obliquely 



fertile females; the ovary ovoid, smooth; the style short 

 Fertile female flowers with the perianth short, gamophyllous 

 ovoid, minutely tubercled ; style elongate, lateral ; stigma clavate 



Khasi Hills, Chittagong, Burmah, up to elevat 



of 1,200 ft 



lly 



the bunks 



of stream 



A species related to F. glomerata and to F. Roxburgh 



F. lanceolata, Ham. 1, leafy branch 



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Plate 224. 

 from the stem; 3, vertical section of a receptacle 



Wall. 



2. fascicle of matin 



pt 



tural 



4, male flower, unexpanded 



5, the same opened up to show the 2 anth 



6, fertile female flower : enlarged 











