528 CXXXVI. URTICACEE. (J. D. Hooker) [Ficus, G. King. 
PENANG, Curtis. PERAK, Kunstler. SINGAPORE, Wallich.—DisTRIB. Malay 
Islands, d 
Stem often rooting. Leaves 3-5 in., above smooth and glabrous or scabri , 
beneath from glabrous .to sparsely pilose and hispid, nerves more or less horizontal ; 
petiole 4—4 in., stout, glabrous strigose or scaberulous ; stipules 4 in., broadly ovate, 
} in. on the barren shoots. Receptacles 2-3 in. diam., (ripe) yellow, umbilica 
annulus smooth sometimes open, basal bracts 3, rather large, ovate acute. Male f 
and galls in the upper half of the cavity ; anthers subsessile, large, oblong. Sepals o 
all fl. 4, lanceolate. Gall ovary obliquely ovoid, smooth, style short lateral. Achene 
subobovoid or oblong, style terminal.—The following forms are distinguishable. 
F. RIBESIOIDES, Wall. (and ADNASCENS) ; leaves lanceolate glabrous or sparsely 
hairy, receptacles 3 in. diam. fewer in a cluster, peduncle 3 in. or less. 
F. URNIGERA, Mig.; leaves substrigose beneath, receptacles flattened at the top, 
annulus large, basal bracts large. 
87. F. foveolata, Wall. Cat. 4493; shoots pubescent, leaves mem- 
branous ovate elliptic or oblong or lanceolate acute or acuminate entire 
glabrous above base rounded, nerves 3-6 pairs, recepts subsolitary ^ 1 
axillary globose to ovoid or obovoid. Mig. Ann. ii. 294; Brand. For. PL 
423. F. erecta, Mig. l.c. 904. F. nipponica, Franch. 4 Savat. Enum. y. 
Jap. i. 436. F. Thunbergii, Maxim. in Bull. Acad. Petersb. xi. 339. A 
impressa & Wrightii, Benth. Fl. Hongk. 398. F. luducca, Rogb. in ve : 
Cat. 4493 D. F. pubigera, Wall. Cat. 4518; Brand. l.c. 424; Kurz Por. 
Fl. ii. 450. F. ludens, Wall. Cat. 4579. Pogonotrophe pubigera, UL 
rucosa & reticulata, Mig. in L.J. B. vii. 76, 77.—Ficus sp., Griff: Notul. 
iv. 400, and Jc. Pl. Asiat. t, 561. 
Ovrer HIMALAYA, from Chamba to Bhotan, alt. 2-7000 ft.; the Kuasta HILLS, 
CHITTAGONG and BURMA.—DISTRIB. China. ath 
A creeper or lofty climber. Leaves 14-6 in., pubescent or glabraté bene 
with prominent nerves ; base 3-nerved, rounded cordate or subcuneate ; petiole 5-3 and 
pubescent ; stipules in pairs, 3 in., villous. Receptacles }—} in. diam., or ovo! n 
1 by.ł in., umbonate puberulous warted or wrinkled or obovoid and 13 m. long a 
broad; basal bracts 3, ovate, acute, often reflexed; peduncle 445-3 in. Ma Gill 
pedicelled, filaments connate; anthers 2-3 ovate, pointed. Sepals of all fl. 4. tvle 
ovary obovoid, style short, stigma dilated. Achene oblong-reniform, papillose, Sty 
long subterminal.—Distinct forms are— les 
Van. oleeformis ; creeping (never on trees), leaves oblong-lanceolate, receptac 
1 in. long ovoid.—Sikkim. olate 
Van. maliformis; climbing and fruiting at the top, leaves ovate-lance , 
recepts 13-2 in. diam. much umbonate. 
88. F. ramentacea, Rorb. Fl. Ind. iii. 547 ; leaves coriaceous ov 
or elliptic-ovate subacuminate entire glabrous except the 9 or 6 Pisters 
nerves beneath, recepts subsessile solitary or in axillary pairs Or eu Ann. 
depressed globose stipitate. Kurz For Fl.ii. 454.  F.rigescens, Mig. pl. 
ii.993. FF. subrigida, Mig. Flor. Suppl. 175. F. oligosperma, Mv - 
Jungh. 55, and Flor. l.c. 319. F. microcarpa, Blume Bid. 442. F. vag ia 
Wall. Cat. 4562. F. leptocarpa, Steud. Nomencl. i. 636. F. adherent he 
Pl. Jungh. 55; Flor. l.c. 319, t. 99; Ann. l.c, 280, 294. PogonotroP 
rigida, Mig. in L. J. B. vii. 74; Flor. l. c. 331. lands 
Sinurr, Wallich. BURMA, Kurz. PERAK, Kunstler.—DisrRIB. Malay niu 
A powerful epiphyte, often eventually a tree, Leaves 23-8 in. (on shoots innte; 
base rounded notched or cordate 3—7-nerved, nerves parallel, reticulation | rem 
petiole 2-1j in., stout; stipules 4 in., villous or pubescent, caducous. Teer? acts 3, 
diam., young sparsely hairy, suddenly contracted into the stipes; basa t an 
small reflexed glabrous, Sepals of male and gall fl. 2-3; filaments short, 
