506 CXXXVI. URTICACEZ. (J. D. Hooker) [Ficus, G. King. 
scattered, with no proper perianth ; stamen single, filament long and embraced by the 
anceolate bracteoles. Gall and fem. fl. alike, except as regards the contents of the 
ovary ; sepals 4 or 5, linear-lanceolate ; achenes very dark brown; style rather short, 
thick.— At once distinguished by the cup formed by the united basal bracts. 
24. F. glaberrima, Blume Bijd. 451; glabrous, branchlets and leaves 
beneath puberulous, leaves subcoriaceous shining above elliptic oblong ot 
ovate-lanceolate acuminate entire, base acute or narrowed rarely rounded 2- 
nerved, receptacles peduncled in axillary pairs subverrucose when young 
globose smooth, ripe 2 in. diam. orange-coloured, basal bracts 3 broad minute 
pubescent deciduous, peduncle 1-1 in. King Fic. 37, t. 43,827?; Mig. Ann, 
li. 286. F. angustifolia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 554. P F. bistipulata, Grif. Notut. 
iv. 398; Ic. Plant. Asiat. t. 559, f. 1. F. Thomsoni, Mig. in Ann. l. c. 215, 
286; Kurz For. Flor. ii. 443. F. fraterna, Mig. Ann. l.c. 217, 287. F. 
aurantiaca, Wall. Cat. 4565 (not Griff). Urostigma glaberrimum, Mig. F l. 
Ind. Bat. 1. ii. 940. 
TROPICAL HIMALAYA ; from Kumaon, Duthie, to Bhotan. Burma and the AN- 
DAMAN IsLanps.—DistTRIB. Malay Islands. 
A tall tree. Leaves 5-8 in. ; nerves 8-10 pairs, nearly horizontal, not very pro- 
minent; petiole 3-1i in., slender; stipules glabrous, linear-lanceolate, fugac oup 
i-iin. Male fl. few, only near the mouth of the receptacles, subsessile; sepa “tly 
lanceolate ; stamen 1, anther broad, filament short. Gall fl. sessile or shortly stoutly 
pedicelled; perianth 4.cleft. Fem. fl. when ripe with viscid achenes and no 
perianth.—The receptacles are often attacked by an insect, and become three or ied 
times their normal size. The leaves of some individuals retain their hairs muc 
longer than others, but all ultimately become glabrous. There are two distinc 
forms cf the leaf-base ; broad and rounded in Chittagong specimens, much narrow 
at the base in Sikkim and Khasian ones. 
25. F. microstoma, Wall. Cat. 4560 ; glabrous, leaves cori 
petioled elliptic-ovate to -obovate shortly abruptly and obtusely cusp! » 
occasionally rounded obtuse and non-cuspidate entire, base narrow s 
3-nerved, receptacles sessile in axillary pairs pisiform dotted gla free 
prominently umbonate, apex perforated, basal bracts 3 broadly ovate tree. 
King Fic. 38, t. 44, 83°. 
SINGAPORE, Wallich. PERAK, Kunstler. tiole 
A tree. Leaves 3-6} in.; nerves 4-7 pairs, rather prominent beneath ; P acle 
3-14 in., rather slender; stipules } in. Male fl. scattered over all parts of T ovary 
pedicelled ; sepals 2, broad, concave ; anther 1, elongate. Gall fl. with b oadly 
and hooked stigma ; perianth, as of female, of 4 lanceolate sepals; achene Dtacle 
ovate ; style not hooked — The scales, which usually close the mouth of the recepito 
are here partially united in a ring surrounding a comparatively wide opening very 
the receptacle. In the unripe receptacle this annulus is bright yellow an 
conspicuous. 
, 26. F. indica, Linn. Sp. Pl. Ed. ii. 1514 (in part); glabrous except tho 
stipules, leaves coriaceous shortly petioled broadly to narrowly -nent 
acute or shortly caudate-acuminate entire, base narrowed with 2 prom. e 
and sometimes 2 small basal nerves, receptacles in crowded pairs, 8 and 
globose (ovoid or ellipsoid in var. Gelderi) smooth ripe yellowish-ret ing- 
about j in. diam., basal bracts 3 rather large ovate acute spre? or. 
King Fic. 39, t. 45, 83°; Mig. Ann. iii. 287 (excl. many syns.) i »ellucido- 
Fl.n.442. F.sundaica & rubescens, Blume Bijd. 450, 403. F. pe ifolia, 
punctata, Griff. Notul. iv. 394, and Ic. Pl. Asiat. t. 544. F. ears 
Ham, in Wall. Cat. 4570 (C, D, and part of E).  Urostigma rubes 
