536 CXXXVL URTICACEX. (J. D. Hooker) [Ficus, G. King. 
nerves 4-6 pairs, recepts on cauline and rameal short leafless scaly branches 
rarely axillary peduncled pyriform turbinate or subglobose allbearing male 
fem. and gall fl. Wight Ic. t. 667; Mig. Ann. iii. 297; Brand. For. Fl. 
492, t. 49; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 458; Bedd. For. Man. 224; Wall. Cat. 4511 A. 
F. chittagonga, Mig. Ann. l. c. 994; Kurz l. c. 596. F. racemosa, Wall. 
Cat. 4549. F. mollis, Mig, Ann. l. c. 283, 296. F. Goolereea, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 
iii. 538. Covellia glomerata, Miq. in L. J. B. vii. 465; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. 
Fl. 243. C. mollis, Mig. in L. J. B. l. c. 466; Flor. 326. 
OUTER HIMALAYA and plains and low hills of INDIA, from Rajpootana and the Salt 
Range to the Khasia Mts., Burma, the Deccan Peninsula and CEYLON. . 
A tree, shoots glabrous or pubescent. Leaves 4-7 in., tapering to the point, 
entire, base obtuse, rarely acute, 3-nerved ; petiole 1-2 in.; stipules 4-1 in., ovate- 
lanceolate, pubescent. Recepts 14 in. diam., reddish, umbilicus depressed, base of 
young much contracted ; basal bracts 3. Male fl. near the mouth of the recept; 
sepals 3-4, inflated. Gall and fem. fl. intermixed, perianth toothed; gall ovary 
ovoid, rough. Achene granulate, stigma clavate.— Three forms are definable: 
F. chittagonga ; shoots leaves beneath and pyriform recepts pubescent, leaves ovate- 
oblong or -lanceolate.—F. Goolereea, Roxb.; leaves of the type, recepts densely white- 
pubescent.—F. mollis; leaves softly pubescent above and beneath (Java).—VAR. 
elongata; leaves 7 in.-oblong acute (Burma, Chittagong). Only distinguished from 
F. lanceolata by the recepts, which are not ridged and warted. 
lll. F. Clarkei, King; leaves glabrous unequal-sided oblong or 
narrow-oblong entire or 1-2-toothed near the cuspidate tip, nerves 
pairs, recopts in short cauline and rameal scaly panicles peduncled pyriform 
smooth red. 
Kuasta HILLS; alt. 5000 ft., Clarke. 
A tall tree, bark whitish, shoots hispidly scabrid. Leaves 6-10 in., obscurely 
granulate beneath, base cuneate, 3-nerved; nerves spreading, prominent beneath ; 
petiole $ in.; stipules as long, lanceolate, convolute. Recepts 1 in. diam., red, base 
contracted into a long stipes, with 3 basal ovate-lanceolate bracts; peduncle 
jin. puberulous. Male fl. at the apex of the receptacle; sepals 3, large, loose ; 
stamens 2-3, filaments short, anthers ovate apiculate. Gall perianth with 3 linear- 
lanceolate teeth; ovary ovoid, slightly tubercled ; stigma cylindric. Fem. fi. not 
seen. 
112. F. lanceolata, Ham. in Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 557; leaves mer" 
branous narrow-lanceolate entire or remotely serrate granulate beneath; 
nerves 6-8 pairs, recepts in cauline and rameal clusters of 6-8 peduncle 
pyriform glabrous with white warts, top depressed. Wight Ic. t. 645; Miq. 
Ann. iii. 297; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 457; Wall. Cat. 4519. Covellia lanceolata, 
Miq. in L. J. B. vii. 465, 
Kuasra Hiris, Mann. CmrrTAGONG, Lister, Gamble. Burma, Kurz. "n 
A much-branched glabrous shrub. Leaves 4-8 in., base 3-nerved ; petiole im 
stipules } in., lanceolate. Recepts 1-1} in. diam., (ripe) russet-brown with whi» 
warts, young turbinate, top concave, base slightly constricted ; basal bracts 3, minute 
ovate, acute. Male sepals 3-4, large, inflated. ` Gall and fem. perianth 3-toothec : 
gall ovary ovoid, smooth ; style short, subterminal, stigma dilated. Achene oblique y 
ovoid, granulate ; style elongate, lateral, stigma clavate.— Related to F. glomera 
& Roxburghii. 
UNDETERMINABLE AND EXCLUDED SPECIES. 
F. ABBREVIATA, Wall. Cat. 4573, from Singapore, is not determinable. 
F. BIGLANDULOSA, Wall. Cat. 4480, is a Chinese species. . 
F. ALTERNANS, Wall. Cat. 4555. Siam ? (Herb. Finlayson.) There is no $ 
answering to this number in Herb. Wallich. 
pecimen 
