Ficus. | CIX. URTICER. 163 
Leaves entire or sinuate-crenulate, not aculea 
Leaves of the flowe pring branches ovate, 2 to T in. long, 
petioles 4 ip h in. . 29. F., opposita. 
Leaves of t flowering branches obovate, "2 to 3 in. f 
' long, Sois very short . 90. F. scobina. 
. Covellia.— Male periode ad. 3 or 4 read pnpniente enveloping each other, 
Female pe ery smal rarely 
exceedin, € ipes of th eh disin ‘Style gla pie art with a peltate or oblique 
stigma. p Des paral, large. Stipular scar prom : Receptacles chiefly on 
mere all Sponte, Receptacles 2 to 1 in. ba not 
AI, hispida. 
bru all or mostly alternate. Receptacles ‘about H in. dia- 
meter, 6-ribbe 
aves henian 4 to 10 in. long. Young shoots pubescent 
or his v2 p 82. F. fasciculata. 
ave Ain, “glabrous. and smooth as well as ; the branches 33. F. casearia. 
Leaves ail ker, glabrous and smooth. Dry 1 X 
1j in. diameter, not ribbed. Signa oblique 4, F. glomerata. 
Mn. in the Journ. Bot. Neerl. 1861, 234, mentions his U. stipulosum Mig) M 
ings river, Beckler. I can find ‘nothing in Beckler's collections which 
able to vir to the Philippine mt Vois originally described as U. stipulosum, tA 
entered as Ficus sti; a in the us. Lugd. Bat. iii. 287. Miquel has also in 
the oes n. Bot. deg: 1861, 240, ru piel an Urostigna $ Kee iin from Rock- 
m o dewription Neat than some of m forms of F. plat oda, but they e more 
s tha " mentioned b y Miquel, and no can be satisfactorily 
identified without the fructification ; 
Szcr. I. Urostrama.—Male perianth of 3 lobes. or segments 
(except in F. colossea). Stamen 1; anther-cells distinct or more fre- 
Jie confluent at the apex. Female perianth of 4' or 5 rarely 
lobes or segmen Stigma undivided, elongated, acute, filiform, or 
slightly broader towards "the base. Leaves alternate, entire, gully 
coriaceous, glabrous or softly pubescent or villous, not at all o 
scarcely scabrous. Hecdteclss usually axillary. 
__ 1. F. colossea, F. Muell. Herb. A tree “attaining more than 
ws ft. with imm — abutments and a spreading head, and therefore 
named Ajbey-tree by the colonists,” the young shoots, petioles, and 
ideas of the leaves densely and sofily pubescent or villous, Leaves 
| ivre e cordate, acuminate, entire, mostly 4 to 5 in. long 
; to 
. pair not very prominent. Petioles ne to l}in. long. Rece ait onl 
Seen loose and their attachment not noted, turbinate-glo dm 
lies diameter, shortly pubescent, on peduncles of 1 to 2 lines. 
. Flowers within the receptacle intermixed with hairs: or T about as 
