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14th June, 
Dear Professor Svedelius, 
I am afraid that I must worry you again, so soon 
after your kindness in examining Artocarpus for me. I 
am very anxious to discover exactly what is meant oy I 1 .. ic s_ 
punctata Thunbang and Ficus falcat a Thunberg. I have 
just revised the subgenus, Synoecia, of Ficus to which 
these species belong and I S&nd that F*pqfl ctata and LI 1 oar p a 
aro so variable that I must make a new distinction between 
them and must create some new varieties. But I am unable 
to decide from the descriptions to which forms I should give 
Thunberg*s names punctata and falcate, , which are the earliest 
species of Synoecia. I am sending you therefore some specimens 
that you may compare them with Thunberg*s types (from Java). 
The unmounted specimens are duplicates for your Herbarium, 
but I am afraid I must ask you to return the mounted specimens 
because I have no duplicates available of them et present. 
Unfortunately the identification of these species and 
varieties is rather tricky and I fear that Thunberg's specimens 
may not be good enough to enable one to decide. 1 think my 
best plan is to give you my provisional classification, 
as on the accompanying sheet. 
I find that both F. callicarp a and F.punctata have two 
kinds of loaf. The lower creeping stems bear small, asymmetric, 
more or less falcate leaves (which we call bathyphylls) and 
the upper, hanging shoots bear much larger, less asymmetric 
leaves (the acrophylls). I am sending bathyphlls and acrophylls 
Professor N.E.Svedelius, 
Botaniska Institutionen, 
Uppsala, SWEDEN. 
