Ficus, G. King.| CXXXVI. URTICACEA, (J. D. Hooker.) 519 
Willd. l. c. 1149; Roxb. l. c. 995; Wight Ic. t. 636; Mig. l.c. 226. F. rubi- 
folia, Griff. Notul. iv. 399, and Ie. Pl. Asiat. t. 607, 11. iii. F. assamica, 
acutiloba, elongata & subpanduræformis, Mig. in L. J. B. Ll. c. 226, 227, 
t xi. A, 231, 235. F. grossularioides, Burm. Fl. Ind. 997. Covellia 
Griffithii, Mig. 1. c. 467. 
Throughout the HOTTER PARTS OF INDIA, near water, from the Gangetic Plain 
eastwards, and southwards to PERAK and CEYLON.—DirsrRIB. Malay Islands, 
A creeping pubescent shrub. eaves 2-5 in., base rounded or cordate, petiole 
4-2 in. ; stipules in pairs, 4-4 in., ovate. Receptacles 4-1 in., umbilicus partially 
open; basal bracts minute; peduncle 3-1 in. Male and gall perianth 3-4-cleft, 
em. 4-cleft; gall ovary smooth ovoid, style short lateral. Achene subglobose tu- 
bercled, viscid, style long lateral, stigma cylindric.— Polymorphous under two pretty 
constant forms, 
F. scaBRELLA, Roxb. ; leaves shortly petioled narrow not lobed, receptacles glo- 
se or subpyriform, peduncle short. 
F. REPENS, Willd.; leaves long-petioled broad, receptacles long peduncled more 
or less pyriform. 
09. F. bhotanica, King; branchlets tomentose, leaves petioled 
membranous oblong or obovate-oblong to broadly lyrate toothed or lobed, 
ase rounded or subtruncate 3-nerved, above strigose-scabrid, beneath 
tomentose, nerves about 5 pairs, stipules ovate-lanceolate scarious, 
receptacles in axillary pairs peduncled ovoid young hispid old smooth. 
Bnorax, Grifith; Assam, Masters, Mann. . . 
Shrubby, erect. Leaves 34-43 by 14-34 in., more or less acuminate ; petiole 
4-4 in. ; stipules 3 in., midrib tomentose. Receptacles 3 by } in. ; umbo prominent, 
many-braeted ; basal bracts 3, ovate, acute; peduncle à in., tomentose. Male fl. 
Pedicelled ; sepals 5, linear-lanceolate; stamens 1 or 2, anthers broadly ovate. 
Gall f. with perianth longer than the male; ovary ovoid smooth, style short sub- 
“minal, Fem. fl. perianth of the male but half as long; achene triangular rounded 
Smooth, style lateral shorter than the ovary. 
60. F. quercifolia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 534; shoots hispid, leaves 
short-petioled thickly membranous entire lobed ovate elliptic or elliptic 
vate coarsely crenate-serrate acuminate, nerves 5-7 pairs scabrid beneath 
and often above, receptacles usually in axillary pairs ovoid or pisiform sca- 
md. Wight Ic. t. 646 . Miq. passim; Lodd. Bot. Cat. t. 1540. F. humilis, 
Roxb, l. c. 535; Wight Ic. t. 635; Mig. Flor. l. c. 299; Ann. l c. 271, 291. 
* SInuosa, Mig. in L. J. B. l c. 232; Ann. l.c. 291. F. inconstans, Miq. in 
Mj B. l c. 252, 330. F. biglandula, Blume Bid. 475. F. biglandulosa, 
14. Flor, l c. 298, and Suppl. 426 ; Bedd. For. Man. 224. F. anastomosans, 
Ind Cat. 4513, 4546; Kurz For, Fl. i. 455. PF. montana, Burm. Fl. 
"d. 226; Blume Bijd. 471. 
lay” MA and the MALAY PENINSULA; in crevices of rocks.—DisTRIB. Malay 
A shrub, often creeping or decumbent. Leaves 2-5 in., base acute or cuneate 
sting PUnded, nerves 3-5 P airs prominent above and beneath, petiole lin. hirsute ; 
'Pules in pairs, ł in., lanccolate. Receptacles }—4 in. diam., rarely from be ow the 
be young umbonate, ripe globose or tip depressed, crimson ; pedunclo 4-4 in ; 
about 1-2 above the base, linear. Male sepals 2, anther broadly ovate. ; ia sepals 
Achene be Ary Ovoid-globose, smooth ; style short, lateral. Fem. sepals p mi ute; 
Dh ad broadly ovoid tuberculate, style long, stigma cylindric. —Resemt es F. e e 
dua in habit, &c., but male fl. and receptacles very different. There are two 
ng forms : F. quercifolia, Roxb.; leaves coarsely sinuate-crenate deeply lobed, and 
umilis, Roxb, ; leaves subentire or serrate not lobed. 
