GiQ CXTI. UEXICACE.l', 



bark tliick, grey, rough. Leaves coriaceous, 3|-8 by 2|-5 in., ovate or 

 elliptic, shortly and abruptly acuminate, entire, glabrous and minutely 

 dotted above, at first flocculent-tomentose, afterwards nearly glabrous 

 beneath ; base rounded or cordate, 3-5-nerved, with 10-13 pairs of 

 lateral nerves above the basal ones ; petioles stout, |-1| iu. long ; 

 stipules 5-| in. long, broadly triangular, flocculent-tomentose. Re- 

 ceptacles sessile in pairs, axillary, oblong to subobovate, truncate or 

 slightly depressed at the apex, flocculent-tomentose when young, nearly 

 glabrous, 1 in. long, orange-red when ripe, with 3 broadly traugular 

 blunt spreading basal bracts. Male flowers near the apex of the 

 receptacle, rather numerous, pedicellate. Stamen 1 ; anther-cells sub- 

 globular. Sepals 4. Gall flowers broad, smooth. Style short, 

 subterminal. Fertile flowers : Sepals 4. Style elongate, lateral. 

 Achenes ovoid. Fl. B. I. v. 5, p. 500 ; Bedd. For. Man. in Flor. Sylvat. 

 p. ccxxiii ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 4, p. 86 ; King, Sp. Fie. p. 19, t. 14 & 

 t. 81, fig. D ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 327; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb, 

 Nat. V. 12 (1899) p. 515 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prodr. v. 3, p. 356.— Fruit 

 ripe Apr.-May. Vern. Burali-Wud. 



KoNKAN : along the Gbats, Talbot. Deccan: Lanoli, Woodrowl S. M. Country : 

 Dharwar, JVoodrow; Belgaum, Bi/chie, Q9'3 1 — Distrib. India (Sikkiin, Khasia Moun- 

 tains, Birma, W. Peninsula); Ceylon. 



Var. puhescens, King, Sp. Fie. p. 20. Leaves smaller with feAver lateral 

 nerves and often with repand margins ; tomentum denser, larger, more 

 copious and of a deep rusty-red colour especially on the young parts. 

 Fl. B. I. V. 5, p. 500. Ficus jiubescens (sp.). Both, Nov. PI. Sp. (1821) 

 p. 387. Urostigma clasycarpum, Miq. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. v. 6 

 (1847) p. 574 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 242. 



Dahell without locality iu Herb. Kew. ! Konkan : Balzell cf- Gibson, Law ! Kanaka : 

 Law ! 



4. Ficus tomentosa, lioxh. Hori. Bemj, (1814) p. 103. A large 

 shady tree with thin at-rial roots from the branches ; young parts clothed 

 with rusty-grey tomentum ; bark white, scal3^ Leaves cro\\ded towards 

 the ends of the branches, coriaceous, 2-5 by 1-3 in., ovate-elliptic or 

 obovate-elliptic, bluntly apiculate, entire, glabrous or nearly so and 

 dotted above, softly and densely rusty -grey tomontose beneath, base 

 rounded or cordate, 3-7-nerved, with about 5 pairs of lateral nerves 

 above the basal ones ; petioles |-1 in. long ; stipules ^-k iu. long, 

 densely woolly on the back. Receptacles sessile in pairs, axillary, 

 pisiform, grey-tomentose, ^-f in. in diam.; apical scales siiiall, glabrous ; 

 basal bracts 3, large, spreading, pubescent, sometimes 3-fid when young. 

 Male flowers few, near the mouth of the receptacle. Sepals 4, lanceo- 

 late. Stamen 1. Gall flowers: Sepals 4, shorter than the ovary. 

 Ovary smooth ; style short. Fertile flowers : Sepals 4, shorter than 

 the ovary. Style elongate. Achenes tuberculate. Fl. B. I. v. 5, p. 501 ; 

 Wight, Icon. t. 647 ; Bedd. For. Man. in Flor. Sylvat. p. ccxxiii ; King, 

 Sp. Fie. p. 22, t. 18 & t. 81, fig. G ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 4, p. 87 ; Talb. 

 Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 327; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 973. — Fruit ripe 

 Mar.-Apr. Vertj. Kallu-rjoU. 



Konkan : near the coast, Talbot. S. M. CorNTiiv : on pandstouc rorks near Badanii, 

 Talbot. Kanaua: Yellapur, Talbot, ^m\\ Karwar, Talbot \; K;lla \\iiM\, Ixiichic, 

 1378! — Distrib. India (Gangotic plain, Behar, Central India) ; Ceylon. 



