Fu-us.] Urticacecs. 83 



filiform, spreading ; ovule pendulous ; drupe ovoid or globose, 



endocarp hard, endosperm present or o, embryo contorted 



or convolute. — Sp. 8 or 10 ; 5 in Fl. B. Ind. 



Drupe pubescent i. G. SUBiEQUALis. 



Drupe glabrous 2. G. reticulata. 



G. subaequalis, Planch, in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3, x. 339 (i{ 

 var. zeylanica, Thw. Eniwi. 268. Ak-m^dlya, S. 



Hebninthospermtan scabriduin, Thw. in Kew Journ. Bot. vi. 302. 

 G. parvifolza, Planch, in DC. 1. c. 206. C. P. 716. 



Fl. B. Ind. V. 485. Kew Journ. Bot. vi. t. 9, C. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 

 t. 313, f. 2. 



A medium -sized tree; branchlets scaberulous ; 1. alt, 

 2-6 in., oval-lanceolate or oblanceolate, acuminate or caudate, 

 base cuneate, serrulate towards the tip, above smooth and 

 shining, scaberulous beneath, veins 8-10 pairs, strong and 

 strigose beneath ; stip. h in., silky ; male fl. : — sep. rounded ; 

 anth. ovate ; fem. fl. : — subsolitary, ped. \-\ in., pubescent ; 

 sep, 4 ; ov, sessile, hirsute ; drupe ^ in., ovoid, strigose, fleshy, 

 endocarp bony, endosperm o, embryo vermiform, convolute. 



Moist region up to 4000 ft. ; rather common. Pasdun Korale ; 

 Ambagamuwa ; Kotmalie; Hewaheta; Hanasgiriya. Fl. Jan. 



Endemic (this variety) ; the type in Andaman Is., Malaya and China. 



2. Ct. reticulata, Thw.Ennm. 268 (1861). Wal-munamal, S. 



Aphananthe cuspidata, Planch, in DC. 1. c. 209. C. P. 3565. 

 Fl. B. Ind. V. 486. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 313, f. i. 



A tree, 30-40 ft. ; branchlets glabrous, lenticellate ; young 

 parts glabrous or sparsely appressedly hairy ; 1. 3-5 in., oblong- 

 to ovate-lanceolate, acuminate or caudate, base rounded or 

 acute, smooth, glabrous, shining, and finely reticulate above, 

 scaberulous beneath, veins 10-12 pairs, spreading; petiole 

 \-\ in. ; stip. connate, lanceolate, hairy, caducous ; male cymes 

 shortly peduncled ; fem. fl. solitary, axillary ; ov. glabrous ; 

 drupe \-\ in., ovoid, hardly compressed, stoutly beaked, 

 glabrous. 



Low country, 1-3000 ft. ; rather rare. Between Kurunegala and 

 Matale common (Alexander) ; Gangaruwa; Deltota; Peradeniya; Badulla 

 Dist. Fl. Feb., March. 



S. India, E. Bengal, Burma, Java. 



Leaves dark red-brown when dry. Timber hard, heavy, useful for 

 engineering purposes. 



5. FICUS, Linn. 



Trees or shrubs, sometimes epiphytic and scandent, juice 

 milky; leaves alt. rarely opp., rarely lobed, serrate or toothed, 

 3-5-veined at the base, penniveined above ; stip. various ; fl. 

 minute, unisexual, of 3 kinds, male, fem., and imperfect fem. 



