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above, all manifestly represent a form of the widely distributed 

 Ficus punctata Thunb. The forms described in this chapter as 

 Crusta arborum II alba, III odorata, and IV minima, with the possible 

 exception of the last, are species of Ficus, apparently all different 

 from Ficus punctata Thunb., but their more exact status is 

 quite indeterminable from the data given by Rumphius. 



FICUS CONORA King in Ann. Bot. Gard. Calcutta 1 (1888) 103, t. 181. 

 Caprificus viridis major Rumph. Herb. Amb. 3: 152, t. 85. 

 Amboina, Way tommo and Hitoe lama, Robinson PL Rumph. Amb. 186, 

 187, August and October, 1913, in forests, ascending to an altitude of 20 

 meters, locally known as mussor. 



The figure is a good representation of Ficus conora King, which 

 is found in the Philippines, Ternate, and New Guinea; and the 

 specimens agree with the figure, with the description, and also 

 in the native name as cited by Rumphius. Blume erroneously 

 reduced it to Ficus vibes Reinw., an allied species with smaller 

 leaves and very much smaller receptacles. Henschel erroneously 

 places it under Ficus hispida Blume, while Miquel thought that 

 it might be Covellia congesta Miq., perhaps from Roxburgh's dis- 

 cussion of the Rumphian figure under Ficus congesta Roxb., Fl. 

 Ind. ed. 2, 3 (1832) 560. 



FICUS RUM PHI I Blume Bijdr. (1825) 437. 



Ficus cordifolia Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 2, 3 (1832) 548, non Blume. 



Arbor conciliorum Rumph. Herb. Amb. 3: 142, t. 91, 92. 

 Amboina, Hitoe lama, Robinson PI. Rumph. Amb. 180, November 5, 1913, 

 along the seashore. 



Arbor conciliorum Rumph. was originally reduced by Linnaeus 

 to the allied Ficus religiosa Linn., in Stickman Herb. Amb. 

 (1754) 13, Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 124, Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 1315, 

 Sp. PL ed. 2 (1763) 1514. Blume, however, placed it under 

 Ficus rumphii Bl. in the original description of that species, 

 and Roxburgh likewise cites it in the original description of 

 Ficus cordifolia Roxb. It was erroneously placed by Roemer 

 and Schultes under Ficus populnea Willd., an American species. 



FICUS BEN J AM I N A Linn. Mant. 1 (1767) 129. 



Varinga parvifolia Rumph. Herb. Amb. 3: 139, t. 90. 

 Amboina, Paso, Robinson PI. Rumph. Amb. 179, October 31, 1913, along 

 the seashore, locally known as waringin. 



Ficus benjamina Linn., as originally published, manifestly 

 includes more than one species, but I have here followed the 

 current interpretation of it. Varinga parvifolia Rumph. was 



