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Syn. Ficus pumila Linnaeus, [non Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 1060 (1753)] Syst. 



Nat. ed. 13, II, p. 6S1 (1770), pro parte; Mantissa PL p. 504 



(1771). 

 Ficus japonica Blume, Bijdr. IX, p. 440 (1825)-Siebold & Zuccarini, 



I.e. p. 222 

 Ficus pyrifolia (non Burmann) Miquel in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 



II, pt. 6, p. 199 (1S66) ; Prol. Fl. Jap. I, p. 131 (1S66) ; Cat. Mus. 



Bot, Lugd. Bat. p. 92 (1870)-Franchet & Savatier, Enum. PI. Jap. I, 



p. 434 (1875). 

 Urosligma pyrifolium Miquel [non in Fl. Ind. Bat. I, pt. 2, p. 338 



(1859)] Cat. Hort, Amsterd. p. 107 ex Miquel, I.e. 

 Ficus erecta foliis ovatis Lavallee, Arb. Segr. p. 243 (1877). 

 Ficus Taquetii Leveille &. Vaniot in Fedde, Repert. Nov. Sp. V, p. 



282 (1908)-Nakai in Journ. Coll. Sci. Tokyo XXXI, p. 199 (1911). 



Frutex dioicus. Caules e basi caaspitosi glabri usque 1-5 metrales 

 alti. Rami hornotini virides. Gemma? lanceolatee glabrae. Petioli 1-3,5 

 cm. longi virides. Lamina foliorum obovato-oblonga vel obovata vel 

 oblonga 3,5- 18,5 cm. longa 1,7-10 cm. lata integerrima supra viridissima 

 luciduscula glabra vel scabra infra pallida glabra venosa basi truncata 

 vel acuta apice mucronata vel acuminata. Pedunculi axillares solitarii 

 2-17 mm. longi. Receptaculum globosum vel obovoideum sessile vel 

 stipite 2-17 mm. longo, maturitate atro-purpureum 2 cm. longum et 

 latum, ore bracteis multiserialibus dense imbricatim clausum. Flores 

 masculi non vidi, fa3minei sessiles vel stipitati valde congesti. Peri- 

 gonium 3-4 partitum membranaceum byalinum segmentis oblongis 

 circ. 1 mm. longis. Ovarium ellipsoideum leviter laterali compressum 

 lucidum album breve stipitatum. Styli ventrali positi solitarii apice 

 indivisi. 



Nom. Jap. Inu-biwa. 



Nom. Ivor. Chokkokuteginam, Chheun-seun-kwa. 



(a) Receptaculum sessile sed pedunculatum. 



Hab. 

 Quelpaert : in vallis lateralis australis (T. Nakai, no. 4991) ; in silvis 



Hongno (E. Taquet, no. 1401). 



