Ficus.] UriicacecB. 8 7 



A large umbrageous evergreen tree, with a few aerial roots 

 embracing the trunk ; branchlets and leaves at first flocculent 

 with a rusty-grey tomentum, at length glabrous ; 1. 4-8 in,, 

 oval-ovate ovate-oblong or obovate, obtuse or cuspidate, 

 entire, base acute rounded or cordate, veins 8-15 pairs, pro- 

 minent beneath, spreading and slightly arching, basal pair 

 inconspicuous; petiole \-\\ in., stout; stip. broadly triangular; 

 recepts. binate, sessile, oblong or subobovoid, top truncate 

 or depressed, young flocculent, enclosed in a calyptriform 

 involucre, ripe glabrous ; basal bracts 3, triangular, obtuse, 

 spreading; male fl. pedicelled ; sep. 4 ; stam. i, anth. didy- 

 mous ; achene of gall-fl. broad, style short ; achene of fern, 

 fl. ovoid, style lateral, elongate. 



Low country to 2000 ft., chiefly in the dry region ; rather rare. 

 Kurunegala ; Nalande ; Anuradhapura ; Ekiriankumbura, Uva. Fl. 

 June. Fr. orange-red. 



Also in India and Burma. — Vahl's name would seem to have priority 

 over Heyne's, but I follow King in the nomenclature given. 



There are two drawings named F. mysorensis in Herb. Perad. ; one 

 (C. P. 2222) has green, globose, speckled figs ; the other, from a tree at 

 the entrance of the Bot. Gardens, has oblong figs, \-\\ in. long by i in. 

 diam. 



4. r. tomentosa, Roxb. Hort. Beftg. 103 (18 14). Wel-aralu, S. 



Urostigma toinentostim, Miq., Thw. Enum. 265. C. P. 2226. 

 Fl. B. Ind. V. 501. Wight, Ic. t. 647. King, Fie. tt. 18, 81, f. G. 



A large umbrageous tree ; branches emitting small aerial 

 roots ; young parts clothed with rusty-grey tomentum ; 1. 

 ■crowded on the ends of the branches, 2-4 in., oval-ovate or 

 obovate-oblong, obtusely apiculate, entire, coriaceous, glabrous, 

 .at length shining and dotted above, hoary beneath, base 

 rounded or subcordate, veins 5-7 pairs, basal pair strong ; 

 petiole h-i in.; stip. J- J in., densely woolly; recepts. axillary, 

 binate, sessile, globose, \-^ in. diam., tomentose; basal bracts 3, 

 large, spreading ; male fl. : — sep. 4, lanceolate ; stam. i ; gall 

 and fem. fert. fl. : — sep. 4, shorter than the ov. ; ov. of gall fl. 

 smooth, style short ; achene tubercled, style long. 



Rocky places and old buildings in the dry region ; rather rare. Nilgala ; 

 Mihintale; Polonaruwa ; Bintenne; Trincomalie. Fl. July-September; 

 Fr. grey, Roxb. 



Also in India. 



Abundant in the ruins of Polonawura, which it has done much to 

 destroy. Specimens in Herb. Perad. have 1. ovate to orbicular, quite 

 ^glabrous above, finely puberulous beneath. 



5. r. altissima, Bl. Bijdr. 444 (1825), var. Ferg-uso^i, Kin^^ 

 Fie. 31 (1887). Nug-a, Kosg-ona, S. 



Urostigma lacciferu?n, Miq., Thw. Enum. 265. C. P. 2221. 

 Fl. B. Ind. V. 504. King, Fie. t. 31, f. c. 



