520 CXXXVI. uRTICACER. (J.D. Hooker.) [Ficus, G. King. 
61. F. nigrescens, King; leaves alternate petioled broadly or rounded 
ovate shortly acuminate coarsely serrate toothed above minutely strigose 
beneath harshly pubescent, nerves 3 pairs above the cordate 5-nerved base, 
receptacles solitary or in pairs shortly peduncled harshly pubescent. 
MUNNIPORE and Kxcanowa in the NAJA Hints, alt. 5-5800 ft., Clarke. 
A small ereeping shrub, rooting at the nodes; shoots at first softly pubescent. 
Leaves 13-2 in.; petiole }-$ in., pubescent; stipules in pairs, lanceolate scarious 
glabrous about à in. Receptacles } in. diam. on short scaly tubercles at the leaf-scars. 
Fem. fl. stoutly pedicelled ; sepals 3, lanceolate ; style lateral longer than the minutely 
tubercled achene, stigma cylindric, Figs nearly black (Clarke).—Male fl. unknown, 
but species clearly allied to heterophylla and Ampelos. 
62. F. rostrata, Lamk. Encycl. ii. 498; leaves alternate petioled 
narrowly oblong elliptic or lanceolate rarely subobovate abruptly caudate 
entire or subsinuately toothed above the middle, nerves 3-6 pairs, recepts 
subsessile in axillary pairs or clustered ovoid then globose scabridly hispid, 
basal bracts 0. Blume Bijd. 465 ; Mig. Flor. i. ii. 807; Ann. iii. 274, 293. 
F. radicans, Ror. Fl. Ind. iii. 536; Wight Ic. t. 67; Mig. passim. F. acu- 
minata, Kunth § Bouché Ind. Sem. 21; Wall. Cat. 4478 Ato D. F. saxatilis, 
parietalis var. ovalis, & quercifolia, Blume Bijd. 460, 462, 466, 468. F. ob- 
tusidens, Mig. Pl. Jungh., and Flor. l c. 305, and angulidens, 7. c. 310. 
F. Lobbii & raridens, Mig. ll. c. 233, 430, and Flor. 305, 309. F. uni- 
glandulosa, Wall. Cat. 4479 ; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 453; Miquel ll. c. 
Forests at the base of the hills in BHoTAN, the KHASIA, CHITTAGONG, BURMA 
and the MALAY PENINSULA.—DISTRIB. Malay Islands. ] 
A scandent or creeping rarely erect shrub. Leaves 2}-8 in., glabrous, base (rarely 
suddenly) narrowed 3-nerved, nerves and reticulations strong, above shining beneat 
pale harsh ; petiole 1-3 in. scurfy ; stipules minute, subulate. Receptacles in axillary 
pairs or fascicles or from leaf-scars, 3-3 in. diam., young boldly umbonate, ripe re 
yellow; peduncle 0-3 in. Male and gall sepals linear, gall ovary pedicelled globose 
smooth, style short lateral. Fem. perianth 2—3-cleft; achene ellipsoid, notched at the 
style base; stigma cylindric. 
63. F. cuspidata, Reinwdt. in Blume Bijd. 474; leaves shortly pe 
tioled elliptic-lanceolate or linear-oblong caudate-acuminate glabrous, nerves 
6-8 pairs horizontal, recepts clustered in the leaf-axils subsessile voi’ or 
subglobose scabrid, basal bracts 0. Miq. in L. J. B. vii. 429 ; Flor. 1. 1: 
308; Ann. ii. 274, 292. F. tenuiramis, Kunth & Bouché Ind. Sem. Pli 
Mig. l. c. 4329. F. angulifolia, Blume l. c. 463. F. fallax, Mig- Flor. 4. € 
308; Ann. 292. 
Perak, Kunstler.—DISTRIB. Sumatra, Java. 5h in 
A shrub or tree, never scandent or creeping, branches slender. Leaves 3- ^ 
tail long straight, base 3-nerved acute, shining above, dull and minutely subsca te; 
beneath ; petiole 4-} in, ; stipules 1—3 in. convolute. Recepts §-} in» ren 
peduncle 0-4 in. slender, with one bract about the middle and several at the pals 
Male sepals 3-4, lanceolate, stamens 1-2, anther short subsessile. Gall E chene 
3, lanceolate, ovary pedicelled smooth, style short lateral. Fem. fl.; sepals 2-3; ae 
ellipsoid notched at the lateral style base, stigma dilated. 
Vax, sinuata ; leaves larger narrowly oblong sinuate or lobed. 
alternate 
date oF 
recepts 
64. F. clavata, Wall. Cat. 4495 ; shoots scabrid, leaves 8. 
short-petioled membranous oblong-lanceolate or oblanceolate cusp! 
caudate glabrous coarsely toothed above the middle, nerves 4-6 pairs» moo 
shortly peduncled axillary solitary dimorphic obovoid and subglobose * all. f. 
scabrid or warted, fem. recepts smaller than those with male and g 
