Ficus, G. Kíng.]  cxxxvi. urticacem. (J. D. Hooker.) 511 
ovate, longer than the stamen, anther ovate, filament short. Gall and fem. fi. 
alike; sepals 1 or 2, hyaline or 0; achene elongate-ovoid, smooth ; style elongate, 
stigma cylindric.—I have not seen the specimens from Java on which Blume founded 
the species, but Kunstler's plant agrees well with the description. 
38. F. glabella, Blume Bijd. 452; young parts pubescent or all 
glabrous, leaves petioled thinly coriaceous obovate-oblong or oblanceolate 
(except in vars.) shortly cuspidate entire, base 3-nerved acute or cuneate 
rarely rounded jointed to the petiole, receptacles rather crowded in axillary 
pairs from the scars of fallen leaves sessile or peduncle 44-1 in. spheroidal 
apex often slightly depressed smooth dark-bluish purple with sometimes 
yellow dots 3-4 in. diam., basal bracts minute broadly triangular. King 
Fic. 49, t. 60, 83°; Mig. Ann. ii. 286. F. parvifolia, Miq. l. c. F. affinis, 
Wall. Cat. 4524; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 444. F. subpedunculata, Mig. I. c. 217, 
286. F. Wightiana, Benth. FI. Hongk. 327. Urostigma glabellum & Mo- 
nitzianum, Mig. Flor. i. ii. 340 and 3492. U. canaliculatum & parvifolium, 
Mig. in L. J. B. vi. 579, and Flor. l. c. 340, 343. 
EASTERN HIMALAYAS, the KrasrA MTs., CHITTAGONG and BURMA. . . 
, Atree. Leaves 2—4 in. ; nerves 7-10 pairs, not very prominent, reticulations dis- 
tinct ; petiole $-lin.; stipules ovate-lanceolate, } in. Male fl. few, only near mouth 
of receptacle, sessile; sepals 2, ovate, hyaline, larger than the single subsessile anther. 
Gall and Jem. fl. ali i 
ke, sessile or shortly pedicelled ; sepals 4, hyaliue, free or O; 
achene spherical or ovoid, smooth ; style very long, stigma obovate.—The following 
15 one variety, and there are others in the Malay Islands, &c. 
F. arrinis, Wall. Cat. 4524 ; leaves ovate-lanceolate acuminate shining, base 
narrowed, nerves up to 12 pairs, receptacles peduncled. Herd. Griff. (Kew Distrib. 
4989, 4590); Herd. H. f. &. T. Ficus, 113. 
39. T. retusa, Linn. Mant. 129; quite glabrous, leaves shortly 
Petioled coriaceous broadly ovate obovate or rhomboid obtusely cuspidate or 
subacute, base 3-nerved narrowed into the petiole, receptacles small sessile 
m axillary pairs 3 in. diam. yellow or reddish, basal bracts broadly ovate 
obtuse spreading persistent. King Fic. 50, t. 61, 62,84»; Brand. For. Fl. 
7; Kurz For, FI. ii. 444; Bedd. For. Man.923. F.dilatata, Mig. Ann. i. 
18, 288. F. nitida, Thunb. Fic, 14; Blume Bijd. 455; Wight Ie. t. 642. 
F. rubra, Roth Nov. Sp. 391 (excl. syn.). F. littoralis, Blume l. c. 455. F. mi- 
crocarpa, Linn. f. Suppl. 442. F. Benjamina, Willd. Sp. Pl. iv. 1143 (excl. 
uc Lin.) Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 550. Urostigma retusum & nitidum, Mig. 
l lor. i. ij, 345; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 241, 242. U. microcarpum, Miq. 
<e. 346. U. ovoideum (excl. syn.) & pisiferum, Mig. in L. J. B. vi. 580. 
a Pate of the Eastern HiwaArnAYa, Knasta HILLS, AssaM, BURMA, the MALAYAN 
Decoan PrENINSULAS.— DISTRIB. Malay Islands, China, New Caledonia. Saa 
n large umbrageous evergreen tree, with a few aerial roots. Leaves 2-4 in, ; 
"es 5 or 6 pairs, not much more prominent than the secondary nerves ; petiole 
she In, ; Stipules lanceolate, about À in. Male fl. numerous, scattered, sess or 
as rtly pedicelled ; sepals 3, subspathulate ; stamen single ; anther cordate-apieu i e 
v ng as the filament. Gall ji. sessile or pedicelled ; sepals 3, broadly spas ula e; 
email Smooth. Fem. fl. sessile or pedicelled ; achene ovoid or obovoid, perianth mac ' 
foll er than in the gall; styles of both short, stigma cylindric or clavate.—The 
owing are the prevalent forms. 
Des, RETUSA, Linn. l. c. ; leaves inclining to round apiculate, base narrowed.— The 
n Peninsula, Penang, Ternate and Australia. uu . 
i NITIDA, Thunb. L. c.; leaves ovate to rhomboid elliptic apiculate, base nar- 
du Y gangetic India, &c. 
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