522 CXXXVI. uRTICACEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) ([Ficus, Œ. King. 
67. F. asperrima, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 554; leaves petioled ovate 
oblong lanceolate or elliptic obtuse or acuminate subentire toothed or 
crenate above the entire base scabrous-hispid on both surfaces, nerves 
3-5 pairs, recepts peduncled globose scabrous-hispid top depressed. 
Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 243; Wight Ic. t. 633; Bedd. For. Man. 224; 
Miq. in L. J. B. vii. 230. F. hispidissima, Wight mss.; Miq. in L. J. B.L. c. 
229. F. politoria, Moon Cat. Ceyl. Pi. 
CENTRAL Inpia and the Deccan PENINSULA, and CEYLON, ascending to 
3000 ft. 
A tree or shrub; shoots scabrid. Leaves 1-1} in., subterminal, base obtuse 3- 
nerved, nerves beneath very prominent; petiole 4-2 in. stout; stipules minute. 
Recepts 4-l in. diam., ripe yellow or purple spotted yellow, umbilicus prominent, 
its bracts erect. Male and gall sepals 4—5, linear, scabrid. Gall. fl. ; ovary ovate- 
lanceolate, style terminal thick, stigma diluted, Fem, jl.; achene narrow obovoid, 
tubercled, style filiform lateral, stigma clavate. 
68. F. lepidosa, Wall. Cat. 4541; leaves petioled membranous ovate- 
oblong to elliptic obovate or lanceolate acute or cuspidate entire glabrous 
above pale and appressed pubescent beneath, nerves 7-8 pairs, recepts 1n 
axillary pairs peduncled pubescent male ellipsoid fem. globose or subpytl- 
form. Kurz For. Fl. ii. 450. F. Lamponga, Mig. Flor. Suppl. 430 ; Ann. 
iii. 294, F. Lamponga var. 1, Kurz l. c. 451. F. martabanica, Wall. Cat. 
4051. 
Buoran, Gamble; Assam, CHITTAGONG and Burma, Wallich, &c.; PERAK, 
King’s Collector. 
A small tree, branchlets pubescent. Leaves 4-7 in., rather harsh, base obtuse or 
subacute 3-nerved, subglabrous above, beneath pale with prominent nerves, nervules 
straight, petiole j-1j in. pubescent, stipules 4 in. lanceolate, midrib pubescent. 
Receptacles } in. diam., ripe orange-red, young umbonate ; basal bracts 3, ovate, acute 5 
peduncle }-} in. Male sepals 4. Gall ovary globose, smooth, style lateral, stigma 
tubular; fem. fl. mixed with hairs; sepals 4—5; achene oblong oblique rugose, style 
subterminal, stigma cylindric. 
Var. martabanica ; leaves elongate lanceolate acuminate. 
Sect. V. CovELLIA (see p. 495). 
69. F: conglobata, King; hispid, leaves elliptic or subobovate 
acuminate serrulate or denticulate, nerves 4 pairs, recepts long-peduncled 
in crowded panicles from the base of the stem subglobose or pyriform nearly 
smooth. 
TROPICAL SIKKIM HIMALAYA, Griffith’ s Collectors (Kew Distrib. 4639), J. D. H» 
King; CnurrTAGONG, Lister. Munnipore, Watt. . ith 
A small tree. Leaves opposite and alternate, 6-14 in., above sparsely strigose wI . 
hispid-tomentose nerves, beneath papillose with setose nerves ; petiole 13-6 in. setose i 
stipules $ in. hispid. Receptacles } in. diam., in the axils of scarious bracts, ora 
bracts large, basal 3 united below glabrous. Male sepals 3 broad. Gall and fem. 
perianth short, tubular, or O; style short lateral, stigma dilated. Achene broa 
rhomboid rough.—Leaves of F. hispida, receptacles more or less hypogeal. 
70. F. hispida, Linn. f. Suppl. 442; hispid, leaves ovate oblong i 
subobovate acute or cuspidate entire or toothed, nerves 3-5 pairs, recep 
short-peduncled fascicled on the old wood or leafy branches, yg ont 
obovoid or subpyriform. Blume Bijd. 469; Brand. For. Fl. 423; A“ 
For. Fl. ii. 460; Bedd. For. Man. 224; Mig. Ann. iii. 282, 296. F. opp 
sitifolia, Willd. Sp. Pl. iv. 1151; Roxb. Cor. Pl. 124, and Fl. Ind. m. 9?» 
