Ficus, G. Kíng.] cxxxvi urticacez, (J.D. Hooker.) 497 
long bracteate at the base. King Fic. 4, t. 2; Mig. Pl. Jungh. 62; Flor. i. 
ii, 398, and var. unigibba, 7. c. Suppl. 430. F. rigida & cuneata, Blume l. c. 
465, 468. F. paradoxa, Blume l.c. 467; Mig. l.c. 308. F. Altimeraloo, 
Roxb. mss. ; Wi At Ic. t. 650; Mig. in L.J. B. vii. 495, and Flor. l. c. 311. 
F. excelsa, Vahl? in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 552 (excl. syn. Rheede), Kurz 
an one ii. 451; Wall. Cat. 4477 A to D. F. subobliqua, Mig. Ann. iii. 
» 293. 
Bases of the hill ranges throughout INDIA from Kumaon eastwards to Burma, 
and southwards to the Malay Peninsula, Andaman Islands, and Ceylon.—DIsTRIB. 
Malay Islands, Hong Kong. 
, A tree. Leaves 21-8 in., always with prominent and usually (except in var. para- 
sttica) more or less lucid nerves and veins; nerves 3-7 pairs (rarely more), pale- 
coloured and shining to (in vars. cuspidata and parasitica) dull and neither shining 
nor coloured, above glabrous, shining to dull, and (in var. parasitica) minutely 
hispid especially on the midrib and nerves, bencath firm, often more or less harsh 
from the prominent venation; petiole 4-4 in.; stipules 1-4 in., ovate-lanceolate, 
convolute. Male sepals 4-6, linear, fleshy, hairy ; stamen 1, filament short, united 
by its base to an abortive (insect-attacked) pistil. Gall fl.; perianth of the male ; 
ovary globose, smooth ; style short, lateral. Fem. sepals 4, hyaline, linear, slightly 
airy; achene slightly papillose, obliquely ovoid; style elongate, lateral.—The forms 
of this protean plant fall under four groups, 
F. GIBBOSA, Blume; leaves variable glabrous shining purplish brown beneath 
When dry, midrib nerves and reticulations pale.— Malay Peninsula and Islands. 
E. CUSPIDIFERA, Miq. in L. J. B. vii. 434; leaves elongate gradually narrowed 
above more or Jess acuminate minutely tubercled beneath opaque little coloured.— 
F. excelsa, Wall. Cat.'4477 F. F. reticulosa, Mig. l. c. 435. F. pervia, Mig. l. c. 
433; Wall. Cat. 4777 D.—Rumph. iii. 58.—Throughout India, Timor. 
„F. PARASITICA, Ken. in Willd. Act. Berol. 1798, 25, t. 3; leaves broad subrhom- 
boid scabrid and hispid above and beneath. Bedd. For. Man. 224; Miq. l.c. 433; 
Wall. Cat. 4476 A to D; Brand. For. Fl. 420. F. Ampelos, Kan, in Roxb. Fl. 
Ind. iii, 553 ; Wight Ic. t. 652. F. sclerophylla, Rogb. l. c. 546. Urostigma Ampelos, 
Dalz. § Gids. Bomb. Fl. 315. U. volubile, Dalz. l c. 242.—Central India, 
Behar and the Deccan.—Under Urostigma Ampelos, Dalz. § Gibs. 315, these 
authors suggest their volubile being the same species. 
; TUBERCULATA, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 554; like parasitica, but leaves narrower, 
rometimes irregularly serrate. Wight Ic. t. 651; Bedd. Forester’s Man. 224. F. angu- 
Mig. l. c. 434. —Western Ghats and Ceylon. 
h 9. T. subulata, Blume Bijd. 461; young parts puberulous, leaves 
ü ort-petioled membranous elliptic elliptic-lanceolate or -subovate some- 
3.768 slightly inequilateral cuspidate margins entire waved, base acute 
oF mMore-nerved, receptacles axillary short-peduncled or subsessile 
Solitary in pairs or clusters, the male ovoid with the umbilicus rather pro- 
paent and numerous umbilical bracts, the female globose when ripe, 
poth i1 in. diam. scaberulous subverrucose orange-red with no basal 
sheets but with a few scattered irregularly along the sides, peduncles 
A ort with numerous basal bracts. King Fic. 8, t. 6; Mig. Flor, i. ii. 311 5 
im. m. 275, 292; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 452. F. acuminata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 
298; Wall Cat. 4478. F. ancolana, Mig. Pl. Jungh. 62. F. virgata, 
nw. in Blume l.c. 454. 
45090 Cuirragone, southward to Preu, Perak and PENANG, ascending to 
t.—DISTRIB. China, Malay Islands. . 
Semi-scandent or straggling dicecious shrub. Leaves 4j-10 in., nerves 7-10 
» rather prominent beneath, glabrous when mature, dull when dry, rather pale 
late ¢ i petiole about $ in., stout, scaberulous ; stipules about 1 in., convolute, subu- 
Urving. Male fl. (only in the ovoid receptacles with the gall fl) ; vente thick, 
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