462 194. URTTCACEÆ : ARTOCARPES. 
An exceedingly polymorphic species, of which King cites at 
least a dozen synonyms, one of which, F. grossularioides, Burm. 
(Fl. Ind. p. 227), is older than that generally adopted. 
16. Ficus hirta, Vah?, Enum. Pl. ii. p. 201; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 
p.329; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 330; King in Ann. Bot. 
Gard. Calc. i. p. 149, t. 188 et t. 189 (var. Roxburghii) ; Miq. 
Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pars 2, p. 207, t. 18; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 
p. 531; Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 672. 
Ficus Roxburghii, Mig. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. vii. p. 456, non 
Wall. 
Ficus setosa, Blume, Bijdr. p. 477; Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. 
p. 216, t. 49. 
Ficus hibiscifolia, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. vi. p. 77. 
SzEcnvEN: Min river (Faber, 450!); Kwanarunea: Lofau- 
shan and other localities (Ford, 174 !), Whampoa (Hance, 1104!) ; 
Honexone (Champion! Wright! Wilford, 390! Seemann! Har- 
land!); Hatnan (A. Henry, 8130, 8610, 8642!). Mus. Brit.; 
Herb. Kew. 
Eastern India, Burma, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 
An exceedingly variable species in the foliage, and the Chinese 
specimens exhibit the full range of this variation. The form 
described as Ficus hibiscifolia by Champion is a very distinct 
one, with leaves deeply palmately divided into five narrow lobes, 
of which the lateral ones are much shorter than the others. 
l7. Ficus hispida, Linn. f. Suppl. p. 442; Benth. FI. Hongk. 
p. 829; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 830; Mig. in Ann. Mus. 
Bot. Lugd.-Bat. iii. p. 282 et 296: King in Ann. Bot. Gard. 
Cale. i. p. 116, tt. 154 et 155; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. p. 522. 
Ficus oppositifolia, Willd. Sp. Pl. iv. p. 1151; Roxb. Corom. Pl. t. 124; 
Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 638. 
Coveliia vp. >0s'tifolia, demonum, hispida, dasycarpa, etc., Mig. in Hook. 
Lond. Journ. Bot. vii. pp. 461-564. 
HoneKone (Seemann, 2413! Harland!) Herb. Kew. 
Throughout India and Malaya, and extending to North 
Australia. 
It is singular that this exceedingly common fig has not been 
collected within our limits except in Hongkong. 
