158 URTICACEL. _[Ficus. 
on trees. The receptacles ripen durirg the rainy season. DISTRIB. : 
Valleys of Outer Himalaya from the Sutlej eastwards to Bhutan ; 
also Assam, Khasia Hills, Chittagong, Chota Nagpur, Burma, and 
Andaman Islands. 
15. F. foveolata, Wall. Cat. 4493 ; Brandis For. F!. 423 ; Ind. 
Trees 608 ; King Sp. Ficus 133, t. 166; F. B. I. v, 528; Watt 
£. D.; Kanjilal For. Fl. (ed. 2), 375 , - Gamble Man. 648 ; Collett 
Fl. Siml. 460 ; Prain ine PL. 9S 2'> F. pubigera, Wall. ; ‘Brandis 
For. Fl. 424. 
A creeper or a lofty climbing shrub. Shoots pubescent. Leaves of 
climbing stems membranous, 1}-6 in., ovate oblong or lan- 
ceolate, acute or acuminate, entire, glabrous above, pubescent or 
glabrate beneath and with prominent nerves ; base rounded Peer enine 
or subcuneate, 3-nerved ; main lateral nerves 3-6 pairs ; petioles 3-3 
in., pubescent ; stipules in pairs, } in., villous. Receptacles axillary, 
sessile, usually solitary, subglobose, to ‘ovoid or obovoid, 4-1 in. long, 
warted or wrinkled, downy, red or orange-coloured when ripe ; basal 
bracts 3, ovate, acute, often reflexed; peduncle ;4-} in. MALE 
FLOWERS stalked. Stamens 2, rarely 3; filaments connate; anthers 
ovate, pointed. Sepals of all flowers 4. _ Ovary of gall flowers obovoid ; 
style short, stigma dilated. Achene oblong-reniform, papillose ; 
style long, subterminal. 
Dehra Dun, near the Robbers’ Cave. Distrip.: Outer Himalayan 
ranges from Chamba (Punjab) to Bhutan; also Chitral, Khasia Hills, 
Chittagong and Burma, extending to Hongkong, China and Japan. 
Collett remarks that the receptacles are rarely, if ever, produced on 
the creeping branches. 
_ 16, F. palmata, Forsk. FI. aye Agas 179 ; King Sp. Fic. 
146, t. 185 ; F. B. I. v, 5380 ; Watt FE. D. ; Kanjilal For. Fl. (ed. 2), 
376 ; Gamble Man. 649 ; Collett Fl. Siml. "460, f. 148' ; Baie Ind. 
Trees CLS ER pamiegiies Roxb. Fl. Ind. wi, 329. ~F. 
virgata, Roxb. l.c. 530; Royle Ill. 337 ; Brandis For. Fl. 419.— 
Vern. Anjiri, bedu, khemri (Dehra Dun), kembu (Merwara). 
A bush or small tree, never an epiphyte; bark smooth, dull ashy 
grey ; young shoots usually tomentose or pubescent. Leaves mem 
branous 13-5 in. long, orbicular-ovate, acute or apiculate, dentate or 
serrate or entire or obtusely 3-5-lobed, somewhat scabrous above, 
scabrid or shortly tomentose beneath; base 3-nerved ; main lateral 
nerves 3-6 pairs ; petiole 1-2 in., stipules in pairs, ovate, acute, pubes, 
