512 CXXXVI. URTICACEX. (J. D. Hooker) [Ficus, G. King. 
40. F: Talboti, King Fic. 51, t. 63, 84%; all parts glabrous, leaves 
petioled thinly coriaceous shining above ovate or elliptic shortly caudate- 
acuminate entire, base narrowed 3-5-nerved, receptacles in axillary pairs 
sessile obovoid rather depressed at the apex smooth when ripe about 4 in. 
diam., basal bracts 3 ovate acute. 
Forests of CanaRA, Talbot. . 
A large tree. Leaves 31—4 in.; nerves 6-9 pairs, rather prominent on both sur 
faces ; petiole 3-1 in. ; stipules ovate, about 4 in. Male fl. few, only near t e mE 
of the receptacle, sessile ; sepals 3, broadly ovate; anther 1, filament shor " d: 
fl. sessile or pedicelled ; sepals 3, lanceolate ; ovary ovate, narrowed to eacl n 
style terminal. Fem. fl.; perianth of the galls; achene ovoid or obovoid, minu d 
tubercled; style short, lateral.—Near F. retusa, Linn., but differs in the form 
venation of the leaf. 
4l. F. Maclellandi, King Fic. 52, t. 64, 84'; young parts softly 
tomentose ultimately all glabrous except the stipules and receptacles, loaves 
coriaceous oblong or narrowly elliptic obtusely and shortly cuspidate entire, 
base rounded or slightly narrowed both surfaces in adult leaves miau e7 
tubercled, receptacles in axillary pairs sessile globose covered wit pae 
flocculent tomentum about iin. diam., basal bracts small broadly ova 
silky. 
Prev, M‘Clelland. inent than 
A tree? Leaves 34-44 in. ; nerves about 12 pairs, not much more prominen i 
the secondary, reticulations rather small, distinct ; petiole 4—4 in.; stipules date: 
late, tomentose, about 4 in. Male fl. not seen. Fem. fl. sessile; sepals 3, lanceo ate; 
ovary ovoid, acuminate ; style terminal, as long as ovary.—This has been collec 
only once, and it is poorly represented in collections. 
42. F. nervosa, Roth Nov. Sp. 338; young parts appressed pubescent 
or puberulous at length glabrous except the puberulous stipules, receptae.* 
and midribs occasionally appressed pubescent, leaves 3-1 in. thinly co t 
ceous elliptic oblong-lanceolate to obovate-elliptic or oblanceolate abrupt B 
rather narrowly acuminate entire or margin slightly undulate and revo : 
shining on both surfaces lower minutely tubercled, base narrowed raro y 
rounded subequal 3-5-nerved, receptacles in axillary pairs peduncled x oe 
subverrucose ripe depressed globose 1-1 in. diam., peduncles 3-3 in. 8 e low 
bracts at the base 0 but 3 small free rounded-ovate pubescent bracts. i 
down on the peduncle. King Fic. 53,t. 05; Kurz For. FL ii. 499; 7 ll 
Ie. t. 660; Mig. Ann. ii. 286; Bedd. For. Man. 223. F. montana, 986. 
Cat. 4514 Ato D. F. magnolisfolia, Blume Bijd. 448; Mig. l. c. p in 
F. modesta, Mig. l. c. 286. Urostigma nervosum & modestum, 44. 
L. J. B. vi. 585. U. euneuron, Mig. Flor. i. ii. 353. 
SIKKIM and BrorAN HIMALAYA, Assam, the KHASIA MTS., BURMA, the M 
and Deccan PENINSULAS and CEYLON.— DIsTRIB. Malay Islands, China. beneath; 
A tree., Leaves 3}-8 in. ; nerves 7-10 pairs, nearly horizontal, prominent berulous, 
petiole 1-3 iu.; stipules lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, membranous, "m 2. long, 
about j in. Male fl. few, ouly near mouth of receptacle, pedicelled ; sepa’s Gall fl- 
spathulate; stamen 1, filament as long as the anther adnate to one sepa oth; style 
sessile or pedicelled ; sepals 3, elongate, acuminate; ovary ovoid, smoo a minate ; 
short. Fem. fl. rarely pedicelled; sepals 3, lanceolate; achene ovoid, ac 
style twice as long, stigma clavate. Thw 
VAR. minor ; smaller, more puberulous, nerves 5-7 pairs. U. modestum, 
Enum. 266.—Nilghiri Hills, Ceylon, 3-5000 ft. 
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49. F. Rumphii, Blume Bijd. 437; all parts glabrous, leaves lory 
petioled subcoriaceous minutely tuberculate above when dry 
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