398 URTICACEJE. 
20. Ficus bistipulatus, Gr. Pl. DLIX. Fig. I. 
Frutex erectus, 6-8 pedalis. Rami robusti, corpore 
ligneo parco, medulla ampla. 
Fol. alternis, petiolis rubris, uncialibus supra lineato- 
canaliculatis, oblonga basi subcordata acuminato-cuspidata 
repanda, pubescente hirta supra tactu scabra, venatio 
ordinaria duobus infimis secondariis basi approximatis, ideo- 
que, fol. trivenia, venis rubro-tinctis, vernatio conduplicata. 
Stipule membranaces, stipulis urticeis similis duo per- 
sistentis. - 
Fructus: bini abortive solitarii in axillis, pedunculati, 
pedunculis petiolo 4-plo brevioribus, medium versus arti- 
culates ibidemque tribracteatis, turbinata rubra, punctis irre- 
gularibus albidis, umbilico annulo obsolito cinct. 
Has. Assam Tezpore sylvis squamis clauso. 
This belongs to a very different section characterised by 
its large medulla, leaves hairy on both sides, with membranous 
distinct stipules, and terrestrial habit. 
21. Ficus oppositifolia, Gr. Pl. DLX. 
Frutex arbusculoideus robustus, 
Ramuli teretes crassi medulla magna contracta fistulosa 
scabrida. 
Folia opposita petiolis vix uncialibus, subteretibus ob- 
l i cordatis novella brunneo-pubescent. obsolete 
dentatis cuspidato-acuminatis, tactu utrinque scaberrimis 
venis omnibus infere prominulis, 
Gemm: mediocres, conico-subulate, stipule membran. 
caduce, discretze binæ. 
Fructus in racemis axiliaribus. abreviatis, squamatis € 
pius binatim aggregat. pedunculis 2-3 linealibus, globos? 
turbinalis, subscabris interdum  subcostata costis squat 
circum. umbilicum respondentibus basi calyculo trisep? 
cincti, apice squamato, squamis carnosis pluribus umbili : 
— an affinis F, laminosz. 
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