FILTS 



Firrs 



583 



AA, Culf. indoors for oruument, lantre tiof fall frees 

 under these conditions. 

 B. Rahifererf, not cUinhin'/. 

 '■■ Lender snrfarr of Irs. not disIij. 

 >. Foliaf/r not vnriajafed {except in >i mrirfij of Xn. ..' ; . 

 L. Lvs. attire or with ntanjins wavij, n>>f lobrd. 

 F. iVerves mimcroiis, ~>0 pairs or so. 

 '1. eUstica, Roxl>. Ini>ia Rubber Plant. Figs. 818, 

 21). Lvs. .V12 in. ](>n^', shininj:, leathery, oblong h> 

 lliptie, with UD abrupt, dull point; nerves parallel, run- 

 ning at ncarl}^ right angles 

 from midrib to margin: fr. 

 in pairs, sessile, in uxils of 

 fallen Ivs., covered at first 

 by a hooded involucre, when 

 ripe greenish yellow, V^ in. 

 long. Damp forests of trop. 

 Asia. G.F. 2:5-i7. — Becomes 

 100 ft high in tropics, Imt 

 bf f omes unsightly under 

 glass it 8 or 10 ft. Cult. 

 pi mts mostly have a single 

 stem but there is a growing 

 di nnnd for compact and 

 111 \XM hing plants. Var. va- 

 riegita (var. tntrea, H<>rt. 1 

 is much less popular. Lvs. 

 cii_amy white or yellow near 

 the edges. J. J). Eisele says 

 it IS liable to fungous dis- 

 is( s This species is also 

 grow II South as a sliade tree. 

 The nirrvation is very char- 

 ifteiistic. So, also, is the 

 li mdsome rosy sheath which 

 m 1 >se3 the young lvs., and 

 \\hu h soon drops off. This 

 is r( girded as a stipule of 

 \( t ptionally great size. 



VF JS'erves about 3 jyairs. 

 •T. er6cta, Thunb. Extra- 

 ordinarily variable ; shrub 

 to small tree, glabrous, pu- 

 bescent, or almost strigose : 

 Lvs. broadly ovate, obovutr 

 or elliptic (lanceolate invar. 

 Sieboldii), entire or with 

 liere and there a lobe, or 

 rather coarselydentateaVtove 

 the middle: fr. single or in 

 pairs, peduncled or subses- 

 sih"', and either globose and 

 not stalked or pear-shaped 

 and long - stalked. Hima- 

 layas. China, Japan. B.M. T.'i.'iO (where the lvs. look 

 rather leathery). ProcurahU- Tlirough dealers in Japa- 

 nese plants. 



FFF. IVcrri's ahout J }>iiirs. 



4. macrocarpa, Wight. Becomes a large, climbing 

 tree: lvs. o in. long, membranous, broadly ovate; peti- 

 ole 2-2S in. long: fr. 1-2^^ in. thick, spotted, globose, in 

 cauline clusters. India. — This name was once adv. by 

 John Saul, who spoke of tin- plant as a shnib with 

 leathery lvs. 



EE. Lvs. d<'eplij h'l-ed, not ),irr<'Iij irarn. 



f). quercifolia, Roxb. The oak-leaved form is the typi- 

 cal one, but King includes F. hiimilis, Roxb., in which 

 the lvs. are serrate or nearly entire and not lobed. Lvs. 

 2-5 in. Jong, ^'thickly membranous;" nerves r)-7-pairs; 

 petiole 3'2-l in. long': fr. in axillary pairs, egg- or pea- 

 shaped. Burma, Malaya, where it is a shrub, often 

 creeping or decumbent. L.R.C. 10:1540 (fruiting soon 

 after importation, when 2 ft. hii^di). Adv. 1895 by Pitcher 

 and Manda. Voss refers this, witii many other syno- 

 nyms, to F. heterophylJa. 



DD. Foli'ige V'/rier/'iird. 



0. Parc6Ili, Veitch. Lvs. thin, membranous, light 

 .green, mottled with cream-white, more or less in the 



818. Leaf of Rubber Plant, 

 showing venation. F. 



elastica (X>4). 



manner of mosaic, oblong-oval, acuminate, dentate. 

 Islaudsof Pacific. P.S. 22:2273. F.M. 1874:124. -Int. by 

 Veitch about 1874. A warmhouse shrubby plant ; prob- 

 ably the most popular of the variegated forms of Ficus. 

 J. D. Eisele says it is readily prop, by cuttings of half- 

 ripened wood placed in sand in brisk bottom heat Also 

 cult, in S. Calif., where it bears tricoh.red fr. 



CC. F>idfr surface of ]j<>u>i<j Irs. rusty. 



7. rubiginosa, Desf. {F. ausfrdlis, Willd.). Lvs. 

 leathery, rounded or cordate at base, notched at tip: fr. 

 mostly in pairs, globular, 5-G lines thick, usually warty. 

 Australia, where it throws out aerial roots like the 

 Baayan Tree. B.M. 29H0. — The rusty color is a beauti- 

 ful feature. Voss considers this a form of F. elastica. 



BB. ITahif eliiiihiiuj or trailing. 



('. Foryn of Irs. ovalr, ohtusr, unrqunUij heart-shaped 

 at base. 



8. piimila, Linn. [F. stipuldta, Thunb. F. ri'^pens, 

 Hort., not Rottl.). Creeping Fig. Fig. 819. Pros- 

 trate or (dimbing shrub, clinging close to conserva- 

 tory walls and then tiattened. Lvs. more or less 

 2-ranked, on very short petioles, ovate, obtuse, en- 

 tire or slightly wavy, rounded or cordate at the base, 

 often unequally; veins 7)rominent V)elow. Japan, China, 

 Ausfraiia. B.W.G(5:,7. K.li. 1891:448. O.C. II. 14:500, 

 561. 717. Var. minima {F. minima, Hort.) has smaller 

 lvs. The species is sonietinn.'S used for hanging baskets. 



cc. Form of lvs. ohhoig-ariiiii i)ialc, slightly notched at 

 ba se. 



9. radlcans, Desf. Garden plant, with green, oblong- 

 acuminate lvs. and trailing haliit. Imperfectly known. 

 Habitat unknown. Var. varieg^ta, Hort. W. Bull., has 

 lvs. irregularly marked with creamy white, the variega- 

 tion beginning at the margin. C.C. III. 22:185. A.G. 

 19:527. Int. 1897. 



AAA. Cult. ouid<>')rs in southern Flu . and Calif, for 



sJiade, etc., hence often tall trees. 



B. ArraugoHi'ut of lvs. usually opposite. 



10. hispida, Linn. f. (F. oppositifdlia,V,^i\\d.). Shrub 

 or small trre : lvs. cnrire or toothed: fr. clustered on 

 old wood or leafy branches, hispid, yellowish. Asia, 

 Trop, Australia. 



BB. Arraugeinent of Irs. alirruitlc. 



r. Trxfure of lvs. nimtbruuous , not leathery. 



i>. Lvs. tapering to a poi)i.f ; base entire^ obtuse. 



11. glomer^ta, Roxb. (^'luster Fig. Lvs. 4-7 in. 



long ; nerves 4-G pairs: fr. clustered on Icatless, scaly 

 branches, pear- or top-shaped, 'l^i in. thick, reddish. 

 India, Burma.— ''A (]uick-growing, evergreen shade 

 tree."— it'ca.s-oHcr. "A dense shade tree: lvs. have a 

 ]teculiar metallic luster; small fruits, much relislied by 

 cattle and childri^-n. "— Francesehi . 



iii>. Lvs. frith ini abrupt. sJioii , <irii ni i>iate aprx ; base 

 nolrhtd. 



12. infectdria, Roxb. Lvs. 3^o-5 in. long ; nerves 5-7 

 |.airs : fr. in axillary pairs, sessile, globose, ?^4 in. thick, 

 whitish. Hushed an<l dotted. Trop. Asia, Malaya.— 

 Grows GO ft. hiu:h, ami is one of the best shade trees. 



(T. 'Frxiure of Irs. leathery, not })ienibrf'tinus. 

 D. Ciidcr surface of Irs. rusty. 

 i::, rubiginosa, Desf. Described at Xo. 7. 



I.D. t'uder surface of Irs. n<d r)isty. 



K. Stipules very large, rosy, inclosing tlir young lvs. 



■u-hen young and falling off afteryards. 



14. elastica, Koxl:>. Described at No. 2. 



15. macropliylla, Desf. Moreton Bay Fkj. Lvs. 

 il-lii in. long, 3-4 in. wide : stipules 2-4 in. long : fr. 

 nearly globular, 9-12 lines thick, axillary, in 3's or 4*s, 

 on short, thick peduncles. Austral.— Much planted in 

 southern and middle California, where, however, it does 

 not perfect seed. F. von Mueller says it is perhaps the 

 •rraiidest of Australian avenue trees. 



EK. Stipules )iOt exceptionally large and not rosy or 

 deciduous . 



