502 CXXXVI. URTICACEZ. (J.D. Hooker.) [Ficus, G. King. 
with 4 loosely attached lanceolate sepals, achene elongate, often sessile.—The interior 
of the receptacle contains numerous lanceolate bracteoles. The enormous persistent 
prefoliar stipules (really leaf-scales) on the apices of the branches and surrounding the 
densely tomentose young fruit distinguish this from any other Urostigma. 
13. F. pruniformis, Blume Bijd. 451; all parts except the stipules 
glabrous, leaves coriaceous long-petioled lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate 
acuminate entire, base much narrowed rarely rounded 3-nerved, receptacles 
long-peduncled axillary solitary or in pairs ovoid slightly umbonate and 
reddish when ripe about l in. long, apical scales small coriaceous, basal 
bracts 3 small coriaceous free ovate acute puberulous sometimes attached 
to the peduncle a little below the base of the receptacle, peduncle j-$ in. 
slender. King Fic. 24, t.21 and 81*. F. depressa, Blume l.c. 450; Mig. 
Ann. iii. 286. Urostigma pruniforme, Mig. Ann. l.c. 266, 286 ; in Zoll. Syst. 
Verz. 91, 97; and in Flor. i. ii. 352, and Suppl. 177, 440? U. depressum, 
Mig. Flor. l. c. 351 (not of L. J. B.). U. peracutum, Mig. Flor. l. c. 343. 
PERAK, Kunstler, alt. 1-4000 ft.— DISTRIB. Sumatra, Java. 
A powerful stem-clasping epiphyte or large tree. Leaves 4-6 in.; nerves 6- 
10 pairs, prominent beneath; petiole slender, 3-1} in.; stipules linear-lanceolate, 
3-1 in., pubescent. Male fl. very numerous over all the receptacle, pedicelled ; sepals 
2, broad, concave, hyaline; stamen 1, anther elongate-ovate sessile. Gall fl. pedi- 
celled ; perianth gamophyllous, 5-cleft ; ovary smooth, short, stigma obliquely truncate. 
Fem. fl. mostly sessile, the achene ovoid, tuberculate; style long, lateral; stigma flat, 
elongate.—Readily recognized by its large long-peduncled receptacles. 
14. F. annulata, Blume Bijd. 448; all parts glabrous or (var. 
valida) the leaves and stipules beneath and petioles more or less pubescent, 
leaves thinly coriaceous oblong or oblanceolate or ovate-elliptic and shortly 
acuminate entire or margins slightly undulate, base acute or slightly round 
never cordate 3-nerved, receptacles peduncled in axillary pairs ovoid or 
oblong prominently umbonate smooth, ripe 1-14 in. long greenish orange- 
yellow with white spots, basal bracts 3 ovate acute free, peduncle stout 
$-i in. with a thickened annulus near the top and below the basal bracts 
of the receptacle. King Fic. 25, t. 23, 81'; Mig. Ann. iii. 285; Kurz For. 
Flor. ii. 443. F. flavescens & valida, Bl. l.c. 449. Urost. annulatum, 
Mig. in Zoll. Syst. Verz. 90; Flor. i. ii. 952, and Suppl. 440. U. flaves- 
cens, Mig. in Plant. Jungh. 48, and Fl. Ind. Bat. l. c. 335, and Suppl. 
436. JU. biverrucellum, Mig. Flor. Suppl. 436. U. validum & conocarpum, 
Mig.'l. c. 337, 350. U. depressum, Mig. in L. J.B. vi. 576, and Zoll. 
Syst. Verz. (excl. F. depressa, BL). 
BURMA; on the plains and lower hills, Prrax, Kunstler.—DisrEip. Malay 
Islands. ? 
A large stem-clasping, semi-scandent epiph rely an independent tree. 
Leaves 6-12 in.; nerves 10-15 pairs, prominent with. curving submarginal anas- 
tomoses, reticulations conspicuous; petiole 1-1} in. ; stipules linear-oblong, flaccid, 
fugacious, 1}-6 in. Male fl. scattered all over the interior of tbe receptacle, 
numerous, pedicelled. Gall fl. numerous; perianth gamophyllous, 3-toothed ; achene 
ovoid, smooth; style long, stigma long flattened. Fem, fl. very few ; perianth deeply 
4-cleft ; achene tubercled; style shorter than achene, stigma clavate.— idely 
distributed and variable; the following are the two principal forms. 
F. FLAVESCENS, Blume; leaf-base much narrowed. U. biverrucellum, Miq.— 
Burma; ascends to 5000 ft. in Java. Cultivated in Bengal as F. magnifolia. | 
T. VALIDA, Blume; leaves puberulous beneath especially on the nerves, stipules 
silky, pedicels only } in. very stout deciduously tomentose. 
15. F. Beddomei, King Fic. 26, t. 24 and 817; all parts glabrous 
