918 cxxxvi. URTICACEE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Ficus, G. King. 
fascicled globose ovoid obovoid or pyriform glabrous. Mig. in L. J. B. 
vii. 440; Ann. ii 268, 269. F. stipulata, Wall. Cat. 4574. Synœcia 
falcata, Mig. in L. J. B. l. c. 470, t. 11; Flor. i. ii. 329. S. serpens, Miq. 
Pl. Jungh. 67. 
PERAK, PENANG and SINGAPORE, Wallich, &e.—DıstRIB. Malay Islands. 
A branching creeper. Leaves shortly petioled, base rounded or truncate, nerves 
sometimes obscure; reticulations white beneath; stipules in pairs, equalling the 
petiole. Receptacles about } in. long, on stem and branches, young usually pubescent 
and umbonate, ripe russet-brown to orange, peduncle thick, bracts 3, united. Sepa 
3, of male fl. broad, of gall fl. linear, of fem. linear; ovary oblong stipitate, margins 
hyaline, stigma 2-fid. The following are the principal forms. 
F. PUNCTATA, Thunb. ; leaves oblanceolate subequal tapering below. 
F. FALCATA, Miquel; leaves oblong or subrhomboid not tapering below. 
56. F. callicarpa, Mig. Ann. Mus. ii. 268, 289, t. 10 B; glabrous 
short-petioled subrhomboidly obovate shining above beneath smooth or 
sparsely strigose, reticulations tessellate not pale, nerves 3—4 pairs, recep- 
tacles solitary subglobose papillose. F. pomifera, Kurz For. Fl. il. 494. 
Synoecia sumatrana, Mig. Flor. i. ii. 329. 
UPPER TENASSERIM, Kurz. Prrax, Kunstler. SINGAPORE, King.— DISTRIB. 
Malay Islands. 
Stem strong, creeping or climbing, often flattened. Leaves 23-4 in., narrowed to 
the subequal obscurely 3-nerved base, entire, reticulations distinct, minute with inter 
posed minute hairs; petiole 1—1 in., scurfy ; stipules in pairs, narrow, glabrous, shorter 
than the petiole, persistent. Receptacles on the stem and branches, peduncled, 
1j-23 in. long, subumbonate, ripe papillose mottled yellowish; bracts 3, about its 
middle, ovate acute united. 
57. F. apiocarpa, Mig. Ann. Mus. iii, 269, 289; shoots scurfily 
pubescent, leaves long-petioled coriaceous ovate or ovate-oblong acumum» 
above glabrous shining beneath puberulous when young only, nerves A 
pairs, reticulations distinct, receptacles peduncled dimorphous ovoid or pad 
pyriform glabrous, neuter fl. 0. F. tetrargys, Mig. Flor. Suppl. 432. "Te 
stigma apiocarpa, Mig. l. c. 440.— Wall. Cat. 4570 E (leaves only). 
ul PERAK, Kunstler. SINGAPORE, Wallich. Maracca, Grifith.— DISTRIB. Malay 
slanus. 
Leaves 43-10 in., base narrowed or rounded, reticulations coloured beneath ; 
petiole 13-2 in. ; stipules in pairs, 4 in., ovate-lanceolate, puberulous. Receptari 
in axillary pairs or solitary, 11-2 in. long, ripe dark red, spotted yellow ; d ; 
1-2 in.; bracts 3, basal, minute, ovate. Male fi. pedicelled ; sepals 3 linear. Gall. f» 5 
sepals of' male, ovary ovoid-elhptic rough. Fem, fl.; perianth 8-partite ; achene elliptic 
edges pale. 
Sect. IV. Syciprum (see p. 495). 
58. F. heterophylla, Linn. fil. Suppl. 442 ; leaves membranous from 
long-lanceolate to broadly ovate mite entire or 3-2 -lobed cone T 
toothed or repand scabrid above and beneath, nerves 4-8 pairs, receptat 
solitary axillary peduncled spherical to elongate pyriform young soa El 
old smooth. Foxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 532; Brand. For. T. 494; Kurz bu d 
ii. 456; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 243; Wight Je. t. 659; Mig sk 
F. truncata and F. denticulata, Vahl Symb. i. 89. F. truncata, repen ii 
rufescens, Ham. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xv. 149. F. rufescens, Vahl ae c. 
209. F. aquatica, Ken. in Willd. Sp. Pl.iv.1133. F.seabrella, Roxb. t : 
582; Wight Ic. t. 661; Miq. in L. Jg. vii. 229; Kurz l. c. 455. F. repen 
