508 OXXXVI. URTICACEX. (J.'D, Hooker) [Ficus, G. King. 
Kurz For. Fl. ii. 443. F. longifolia, Ham. in Wall. Cat. 4570 A, B. 
Urostigma obtusifolium, Mig. in L. J. B. vi. 569. 
Tropical forests of the base of the EASTERN HIMALAYA, from Sikkim to Munni- 
pore; ASSAM, CHITTAGONG, BURMA and PERAK. 
A large tree, young often epiphytal. Leaves 4-7 in.; nerves obscure, about 8-10 
pairs, secondary nearly as prominent as the primary, reticulations obsolete; petiole 
3-3 in., stout; stipules 3-1 in., lanceolate or ovate, acuminate. Male jl. scattered, 
very numerous, on long pedicels; sepals 3, lanceolate. Gall ft. pedicelled or sessile ; 
sepals about 4; ovary spherical, white; style subterminal, elongate. Fem. fl. sessile ; 
achene ovate-rotund, tubercled and viscid; style lateral, as long as the achene, stigma 
infundibuliform. 
30. F. Benjamina, Linn. Mantiss. 129 (excl. syn. Rheede); all parts 
glabrous, leaves petioled thinly coriaceous shining more or less broadly 
ovate-elliptic abruptly shortly acuminate entire, base rounded or subacute, 
receptacles sessile in axillary pairs globose or ovoid smooth and blood-red 
when ripe about. 4 in. diam. with 3 short broad rounded basal bracts or 
(var. comosa) globose narrowed at the base and about $ in. diam. King 
Fic. 43, t. 52, 83^; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 446; Bedd. For. Man. 993. F. nuda, 
Mig. Ann. iii. 288; Kurz l. c. 445. F.comosa, Roxb. Cor. Pl. ii. t. 125, and 
Fl. Ind. iii. 552; Bedd. l.c. 223; Wight Ic.t. 658. F.pendula, Link. Enum. 
ii. 450. PF. striata, Roth Nov. Sp. 387. F. papyrifera, Griff. Ic. Pl. Asiat. 
t. 554. F. dictyophylla, Wall. Cat. 4502 A, B, D. F. hzmatocarpa & 
neglecta, Blume, fid. Dene. in Nouv. Ann. Mus. ii. 494, 495.  Urostigma 
Benjamina, Mig. in L. J. B. vi. 583, and Flor. l.c. 346; Dalz. $ Gibs. 
Bomb. Fl, 242. U. nudum, Mig. in L. J. B. l. c. 584. 
Cultivated in the MALAY PENINSULA, wild (var. comosa only) in the base of the 
EASTERN HIMALAYA, Assam, CHITTAGONG, Burma, the ANDAMAN ISLANDS and 
the DECCAN PENINSULA.—DisTRIB. Sumatra, Celebes, Timor. : 
An umbrageous tree, branches drooping ; nerves very numerous, close, straight, 
anastomosing just inside the margin ; petiole 4—1 in. ; stipules lanceolate, about jm. 
Male fl. very few, scattered, pedicelled ; sepals 2, large, flat; anther subsessile. 
Gall fl. mostly pedicelled; sepals 3 or 4, long, spathulate ; ovary ovoid, smooth, 
Fem. ji. sessile; sepals shortly spathulate; achene ovoid-reniform, longer than the 
style, stigma large, 
Van. comosa, Kurz For. Fl. ii. 446; fruit large globose narrowed at the base 
about $ in. diam. when ripe, sepals of all the flowers lanceolate-acuminate not 
spathulate. F. comosa, Roxb., &c.—I have seen wild ‘specimens only from Timor, 
Celebes and Sumatra. Beddome and Dalzell mention it as in the Western Peninsula, 
but I have seen no specimens. 
9l. F. elastica, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 65, and Fl. Ind. iii. 541; all parts 
quite glabrous, leaves shortly petioled coriaceous shining oblong to elliptic 
rather abruptly obtusely caudate entire, base rounded or narrowed obscurely 
3-5-nerved, receptacles in pairs sessile in the axils of fallen leaves covered 
at first by hooded involucres which fall off and leave a basal involucra 
entire-edged cup when ripe ovate-oblong smooth greenish yellow about zim 
long. King Fie. t. 45, 54; Blume Bijd. 446; Wight Ie. 663; Griff. Ic. Pl 
As. t. 552; Brand. For, Flor. 417; Kurz For. Flor. ii. 444. Urostigma 
elasticum, Mig. in L. J. B. vi. 578, and Flor. i. ii. 347, t. 23; Wall. Cat. 
4557 A, B, C, D. U. circumscissum, Mig. Pl. Jungh. 292; Flor. l. ¢. 
ve Karet, Mig. le. 348. U. odoratum, Mig. Pl. Jungh. 49; Flor. l. c. M^ 
Gasp. M 83, pe astica, Gasp. Nov. Gen. Fic. 9. Macrophthalma elastic» 
