Ficus, G. King.] cxxxvi. URTICACE®. (J. D. Hooker.) 515 
infectoria in the London Journal of Botany, Miquel has mixed up references to both 
mfectoria and Tjakela. 
48. F. insignis, Kurz For. Flor. ii. 447; branchlets tomentose ulti- 
mately pubescent or glabrous, leaves long-petioled glabrous glossy above 
dull beneath very coriaceous elliptic or ovate-elliptic subinequilateral 
tip short abrupt obtuse, margins entire slightly revolute and undulate, 
base slightly narrowed obscurely 3-5-nerved, receptacles crowded towards 
the apices of the branches axillary or at the scars of fallen leaves globose, 
apex mammillate, when ripe greyish-white with pink dots and densely 
tomentose except the glabrous mammilla, peduncle short tomentose 3 in., 
basal bracts 3 small ovate-rotund glabrous scarious, King Fic. 58, t. 71, 
Preu; forests of Prome, Kurz. . . . 
A tree. Leaves 43-7 by 24-4 in.; nerves 10-12 ‘pairs, reticulations obscure ; 
Petiole jointed to the blade, 2-23 in.; stipules small, very broadly ovate, tomentose. 
Male fi, few, only near mouth of receptacles; perianth toothed, shorter. than the 
lament of the single stamen ; anther broad, thick. Gall and fem. fl. with a 3- or 
4-toothed perianth, shorter than the ovary; gall ovary ovoid; achene triangular, 
ovoid, minutely tubercled; style elongate, stigma cylindric.—Collected only by 
wz. It is near F. geniculata, but distinguished by its much more coriaceous 
“aves, and tomentose stipules and receptacles. 
49. F. Tsiela, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 549; all parts glabrous, leaves coria- 
Ceous broadly ovate or ovate-lanceolate acute or broadly obtusely cuspidate 
entire with a thickened marginal nerve, base narrowed or rounded 3-nerved, 
receptacles crowded at the ends of the branches axillary or at leaf-scars 
Sessile globose, when ripe purple smooth about j in. diam., basal bracts 3 
minute broadly ovate scarious. King Fic. 59, t. 74, 84**; Ham. in Trans. 
Linn, Soc, xv. 140 ; Wight Ic. t. 668; Bedd. For. Man. 314; Mig. Ann. iii, 
286, F. amplissima, Smith in Rees Cyclop. xiv. 1. F. indica, var., Linn. 
Sy. PL Ed. 2, 1514. F. Benjamina, Wall. Cat. 4503 B, C. Urostigma 
P*eudo-Tiela, Mig. in Hook. L.J. B. vi. 566, and Ann. l.c. 286; Dale. § 
tbs. Bomb. Fl. 941. U. pseudo-Benjamina, Mig. U. c. 566 and 286. U. 
ijeh, Mig. in L. J. B. l c. 580; Thwaites Enum. 265.— Rheede Hort. Mal. 
: t. 63, 
The Deccan PENINSUTA, from the Concan southward. CEYLON. n 
. arge spreading tree without aerial roots. Leaves 2-44 in.; nerves indistinet 
(until the leaf is dry), from 8-10 pairs; petiole 11-2 in.; stipules ovate, acumina e, 
lin. Male Jl. few, sessile; sepals 3, ovate, acuminate, longer than the single 
stamen; anther broadly ovate, filament longer thick. Gall fl. sessile or pedice e i 
em, most ly sessile; sepals of both 3, ovate, shorter than the achene ; fertil e an 
gall achenes ovate-reniform, fertile broadest; style in both long, stigma cylin rie 
l ‘port is common at Madras (Wall. Cat. 4503 C) with tufts of very long petiole 
“Aves at the ends of the branches. 
90. F. infectori oxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 550 (excl. sym. Rheede, not 
Willd.) . all parte satro leaves membranous on rather long slender 
Petioles oblong-ovate or ovate abruptly shortly acuminate, margins a ire 
Subundulate, base usually rounded and emarginate or subcordate some imes 
narrowed or acute 3-nerved receptacles in axillary pairs sessi e glo ose, 
when ripe } in. diam. whitish flushed with red and dotted, basa P» n 
(ite-rotund minute. King Fic. 60, t. 75 to 79; Brand, For. ET. AV 
cl syn.) ; Kurz For, Fl. 446; Bedd. For. Man. 222 (excl, syn): Wight 
e.t. 665. F. Tjela, Wall. Cat, 4520. F. venosa, Wall. Cat. 4015 D, F, 
