Le ae , ay 
” Prooe.) URTICACE®, 143, 
tacle, the inner wall studded with crustaceous or fleshy achenes,. 
Seed pendulous, testa membranous, albumen scanty, embryo curved, 
radicle ascending.—Species about 600, mostly tropical. 
For full information regarding the figs of British India see Sir George 
King’s valuable monograph published in Vol. I of the Annals of the: 
R. Botanic Garden, Calcutta in 1888. 
Section I. Parzomorrne. Male flowers 
with 1 stamen and a rudimentary pistil 
in the same receptacle with gall flowers ; 
female flowers in separate receptacles :— 
A large epiphytic climbing shrub with 
thinly coriaceous leaves and small stalked 
globose receptacles : . ‘ . Ll. F. parasitica.. 
Section II. Urostigma. Flowers unisexual, 
rarely neuter. Male gall and fem. flowers in 
the same receptacle. Male flowers usually 
monandrous. Leaves alternate, entire, 
rarely membranous (see F. infecioria). Re- 
ceptacles axillary or from the scars of fallen 
| leaves, 3-bracteate at the base.—Usually 
trees or powerful climbers, epiphytic at least 
in early life :— 
Petioles }-} in. long, rarely (in F’. bengalensis) 
as much as 2 in., never jointed to the 
blade :— 
Receptacles sessile :— 
Leaves more or less hairy, at least when 
young, main lateral nerves much 
stronger than the secondary ones :— 
Leaves obtuse at the apex, glabrous 
above, puberulous beneath when 
young ; petioles up to 2 in, long; 
receptacles globose, ; in. in diam., 
red and downy when ripe.—A large 
wide-spreading tree with many 
aerial roots from the main bran- 
ches . ; ° . . . 2. F. bengalensis. 
