Ficus, G. King.] cxxxvr. urticacrz. (J. D. Hooker.) 499 
branous short-petioled elliptic-lanceolate acuminate or caudate-serrate, 
papilla beneath with 4-6 pairs of hairy nerves above the 3-5 basal, recepts 
subsessile solitary or fascicled axillary or from scars subglobose setose, 
basal bracts 0. King Fic. 12, t. 10; Mig. Flor. i.ii. 313; Ann. iii. 274, 292 
F. lancifolia, Mig. in L. J. B. vii. 459; Ann. 292. 
Perak, Kunstler.—Distr1B. Celebes, Philippines. 
A subscandent shrub. Leaves 4-7 in., base entire, often auricled; petiole 45-1 in., 
hirsute; stipules subulate, tomentose. Recepts white, about } in. diam., young 
ovoid. Male perianth 3-5-cleft; gall 3-cleft. Gall ovary stipitate, smooth ; style 
long, lateral. Fem. fl. not seen.—The Perak plant may be regarded as a var. (Kunstleri) 
with leaves shortly acuminate, little tapering at the base and often fascicled 
recepts. 
Sect. II. Urostiema (see p. 495). 
7. F. Dalhousizw, Mig. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. vi. 571; young 
branches at first softly pubescent afterwards glabrous, leaves subcoria- 
ceous petioled elliptic- or broadly ovate acute entire base cordate 3-7- 
herved, receptacles in pairs shortly peduncled axillary obovoid with 3 
road triangular apical scales which and the 3 spreading broad triangular 
sometimes bifid basal bracts are densely hairy when ripe about lin. diam. 
pubescent, peduncles about } in. densely hairy. King Fic. 16, t. 11 and 
81*; Mig. Ann. iii. 285. 
Nirenini Hiris ; alt. 2-3000 ft., Wight, Gamble, King. 
An umbrageous tree, 30—40 ft. Leaves 4-9 in., minutely dotted and puberulous 
or glabrous above, beneath softly minutely pubescent ; nerves 10-12 pairs, rather 
Prominent beneath, with midrib minutely pubescent ; petiole 1-2} in., pubescent ; 
stipules 3-1 in., ovate-lanceolate, much acuminate, puberulous or glabrous. Male ft. 
very few, only near apex of receptacle, sessile, globose ; sepals 3, concave, rounded ; 
stamen 1, connective wide, filament thick adnate. Gall fl. on thick pedicels ; peri- 
anth gamophyllous; ovary obovoid, smooth; style short. Fem. Jl. sessile; achene 
9vate ; style long, lateral, stigma cylindric. | 
8. F. bengalensis, Linn. Hort. Clif. 471, n. 4; young parts softly 
Pubescent, leaves coriaceous petioled ovate or orbicular-ovate to elliptic 
Obtuse entire base rounded subcordate or slightly narrowed 3-7 nerved, 
receptacles sessile in pairs axillary globose puberulous red and about the 
Size of a small cherry when ripe with 3 broad rounded spreading near] 7 
glabrous coriaceous basal bracts. King Fic. 18, t. 13, 81°; Linn. Sp. 
Ed. 2, ii. 1514; Beddome For. Man. 222; Brand. For. Fi. 412; Kurz 
For. Fl. ii. 440. Urostigma bengalense, Gasp. Ric. 82, t. vin. 1 
Wight Ic. 1.1989; Mig. in L. J. B. vi. 572; Dalz. 4 Gibs. Bomb. FI, 240. 
F. indica, Linn. Amen. Acad. Ed. 3, i. 27, n. 6 (excl. 7 and 8, and syn. 
Rheede); Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 539; Champ. in Hook. Journ. Bot. 1841, 284- 
292, t. 13, 14.— Rheede Hort. Mal. i. t. 28.—Ham. in Linn. Trans. xu. 
459.—Vuta, Asiat. Res. iv. 310.— Wall. Cat. 4560 (in part). 
Planted in all the plains of Ixp1A; wild only in the sUB-HIMALAYAN FORESTS 
on the lower slopes of the DEccAN HILLS. . 
A tree, 70-100 ft. rooting from the branches, and thus forming accessory trunks, 
extending the growth of the tree indefinitely. Leaves 4-8 by 2-5 in., gla 4 about 
above, beneath glabrous or minutely pubescent, reticulations distinct ; n p u 
pairs, prominent ; petiole. 1-2 in., stout ; stipules 4-1 in., MEME 2 a vi 
Tàther numerous near the mouth of the receptacles ; sepals 4, rather broad; s nth a i 
Gall fl. with a similar perianth, style short. Fem. ft. with shorter perianth dt 
elongated Style.—Known to Europeans as the banyan, and to natives of India under 
* variety of names, The name F. bengalensis was first published by Linnzus in 
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