J^icus.] UrticacecE. 9 1 



11. p. Mooniana, King, Ficus, 57 (1887). 



Urostigma Wighiiamini, var. niajus, Thw. Enum. 265. C. P. 2464. 

 Fl. B. Ind. V. 514. King, Fie. tt. 69 and 84, f. w. 



A large glabrous tree ; branchlets stout, rough ; 1. 4^-6^ 

 in., oval or ovate-oblong, cuspidate or obtusely caudate, 

 minutely reticulate, margin entire, minutely undulate, base 

 rounded cuneate or narrowed into the petiole, veins 10-15 

 pairs, rather strong, spreading, basal short ; petiole very 

 variable, 1-2 j in. ; stip. about ^ in., puberulous ; recepts. 

 solitary or binate, peduncled, crowded below the tips of the 

 branchlets, globose, J-| in. diam., smooth, dotted ; basal 

 bracts 3, broadly ovate; ped. h in., stout; male fl. few, 

 sessile, sep. 3, lanceolate ; stam. i, fil. as long as the ovate 

 apiculate anth. ; gall and fert. fem. fl., with a 4-toothed peri- 

 anth, shorter than the ov. ; achene obovoid, style and stigma 

 long. 



Moist region up to 3000 ft. ; rather common. Fl. Jan.-May. Fr. 

 orange-red and punctate. 

 Endemic. 



12. r. Tsjakela,"^ Burm. Fl. Ind. 227 (1768). Kiripella, S. 



Pella ribesioides, Gaertn. Fruct. i. 143. Ficus indica, Moon, Cat. 74 

 (non L.). Urostigma ceylonense, Miq. in Lond. Journ. Bot. vi. 568. 

 U. infcciorium, Thw. Enum. 265 (non Miq.). C. P. 2931, 3083. 



Fl. B. Ind. V. 514. Gaertn. Fruct. i. t. 28, f. 8 (fruit). King, Fie. tt. 70, 



84, f. X. 



A large deciduous much-branched tree, aerial roots o ; 

 branchlets stout, scarred ; bud scales 3-5 in., lanceolate, 

 membranous, caducous ; 1. 3-5 in., linear - oblong, acute, 

 thinly coriaceous, obtusely acuminate or cuspidate, bright 

 green and shining above, base rounded or acute, veins, 7-10 

 pairs, slender, spreading, basal 1-3 pairs not conspicuous ; 

 petiole i|-2| in.; stip. small, ovate-lanceolate; recepts. solitary 

 and clustered on rameal tubercles, subsessile, depressed globose, 

 i-| in. diam., smooth, dotted ; basal bracts 3, broad, deeply 

 2-fid. ; male fl. few, sessile ; sep. 3, ovate, acuminate ; stam. i, 

 fil. larger than the ovate anther; gall and fert. fem. fl. similar, 

 sep. 3-4 ; achene obovate, style long, stigma cylindric. 



Moist region to 2000 ft. ; rather common. Fl. March-April, Jan., 

 July. Fr. not larger than a pea, dull grey-purple with pale spots. 



Also in Peninsular India. 



The tree is quite deciduous for a few days during the dry season. 

 "When coming into leaf the very large thin leaf-scales are very con- 

 spicuous, but they quickly fall. Gaertner's figure of the fruit is fairly 

 good, but he mistook it for a berry, hence the synonyms he quotes are 

 incorrect. 



* Tsjakela is the vernacular name given for this in the Hortus 

 Malabaricus, iii. 87, t. 64. 



