650 CXTI. URTICACE.E. 



(7iot of Miq.). Ficus cordifolia, Grab. Cut. p. 192 {not of lioxb.). — Fruit 

 ripe Feb.-Apr. A^ern, Pair. 



KoNKAN : on rocks near the coast, Talbot; W. Ghats, Woodrow, Dalzdl cf- Gibson; 

 Matheran, Cooke ! ; Khandala, Graham. Kanaka : on rocks on the coast and also in 

 moist forests, Talbot; Kumpta, near the Yena rocks, Talhot. — Distrib. India in 

 rocky places (Rajputana, Central Provinces, Behar, W. Peninsula) ; Ceylon. 



11. Ficus Tsjakela, Bwm. Ft. Ind. (1768) p. 227. A large 

 glabrous tree without aerial roots, leafless for a time during the dry 

 season ; bark rough, dark-colored. Leaves very glossy above, coriaceous, 

 3-7| by l|-3 in., ovate-oblong, shortly and abruptly acuminate, with 

 entire slightly undulate margins, base broad, rounded or subtruncate, 

 3-5-nerved ; lateral main nerves 7-10 pairs, shghtly prominent on both 

 surfaces ; petioles l-2:j in. long, slender ; stipules small, ovate- 

 lanceolate, I in. long; leaf-scales of the young branches large, linear- 

 lanceolate, flaccid, caducous, 3-5 in. long. Keceptacles in clusters of 

 2~Q, on very short crowded tubercles (abortive branchlets), in the axils 

 of the leaves or more frequently in the axils of tlie scars ot fallen leaves, 

 sessile (rarely very shortly pedunculate), depressed-globose, ^ in. in 

 diam., whitish-yellow, dotted when ripe ; basal bracts 3, broad, deeply 

 2-fid. Male flowers few, near the mouth of the receptacle, sessile. 

 Sepals 3, ovate, shorter than the single stamen. Filaments as long as 

 or longer than the ovate anther. GtAll and fertile flowers alike 

 except as regards the contents of the ovary. Sepals 3-4. Fertile 

 achenes obovate. Style elongate ; stigma cylindric. Fl. B. I. v. 5, 

 p. 514 ; King, Sp. Fie. p. 57, t. 70 & t. 84, fig. X ; Trim. FI. Ceyl. v. 4, 

 p. 91 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 329 : Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 12 (1899) p. 515. Ficus infectoria,WiM. Sp. PI. v. 4 (1805) p. 1137 

 {not of Eoxb.). Ficus venom. Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1, v. 3 (1789) p. 451 

 {not of Willd.). — Fruit ripe Mar.-May. Veen. Kel. 



Stocks without locality in Herb. Kew. Kanaka : abundant in the forests of Yellapur 

 and generally on the Ghats of N. Kanara, TaUmt ; Sirsi, Woodrow. — Distrib. India 

 (W. Peiiinsula) ; Ceylon. 



12. Ficus Tsiela, lloxh. Fl. Ind. v. 3 (1832) p. 549. A large 

 spreading tree without aerial roots, all parts glabrous. Leaves thinly 

 coriaceous, 3-6 by 1^-^^ in., broadly ovate or elliptic-lanceolate, acute 

 or obtusely cuspidate, with entire margins, base narrowed or rounded, 

 3-nerved ; main lateral nerves (indistnict till the leaf is dry) about 

 8-10 pairs with reticulate venation between; petioles 1^-2 in. long; 

 stipules |-1 in. long, ovate, acuminate, lieceptacles crowded towards the 

 ends of the branches, axillary or from leaf-scars, sessile, globose, about | in. 

 in diam., smooth and purple « hen ripe ; basal bracts 3, minute, broadly 

 ovate, scarious. Male flowers sessile. Sepals 3, ovate, acuminate, 

 longer than the single stamen ; ant her broadly ovate ; filament thick, 

 clavate, larger than the anther. Gall and iKJiXiLK flowers : Sepals 3, 

 ovate. Achenes ovoid-reniform, the fertile broader than the gall ones. 

 Style in both long; stigma very long, cylindric. Fl. B. I. v. 5, p. 515; 

 Grab. Cat. p. 191 ; King, Sp. Fie. p. 59, tt. 73, 74 & t. 84, fig. Z, 2; 

 Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 4, p. 92; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 329; Woodr. 

 in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 515; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod, 

 v. 3, p. 362. Ficus Tsiala, Wight, Icon. t. 668 ; Bedd. Flor. Sylvat. 

 t. 314. Urostiyma pseudo-Tjicla, Mitj. in Hook. Loud. Journ. Bot. v. 6 



