Ficus, G. King.] cxxxvi. URTICACE^;. (J. D. Hooker.) 499 



branous short-petioled elliptic-lanceolate acuminate or caudate-serrate, 

 papillae beneath with 4-6 pairs of hairy nerves above the 3-5 basal, recepts 

 subsessile solitary or fascicled axillary or from scars subglobose setose, 

 basal bracts 0. King Fie. 12, t. 10 ; Miq. Flor. i. ii. 313 ; Ann. iii. 274, 292 

 F. lancifolia, Miq. in L. J. B. vii. 452 ; Ann. 292. 



PEBAK, Kunstler. DISTRIB. Celebes, Philippines. 



A subscandent shrub. Leaves 4-7 in., base entire, often auricled ; petiole T V~5 m - > 

 hirsute ; stipules subulate, tomentose. Recepts white, about i in. diam., young 

 ovoid. Male perianth 3-5 -cleft ; gall 3-cleft. Gall ovary sfipitate, smooth; style 

 long, lateral. Fern. fl. not seen.--The Perak plant may be regarded as a var. (Kunstleri) 

 with leaves shortly acuminate, little tapering at the base and often fascicled 

 recepts. 



Sect. II. UEOSTIGMA (see p. 495). 



7. P. Dalhousiae, Miq. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. vi. 571 ; young 

 branches at first softly pubescent afterwards glabrous, leaves subcoria- 

 ceous petioled elliptic- or broadly ovate acute entire base cordate 3-7- 

 nerved, receptacles in pairs shortly peduncled axillary obovoid with 3 

 broad triangular apical scales which and the 3 spreading broad triangular 

 sometimes bifid basal bracts are densely hairy when ripe about \ in. diam. 

 pubescent, peduncles about in. densely hairy. King Fie. 16, t. 11 and 

 81 a ; Miq. Ann. iii. 285. 



NILGHIRI HILLS ; alt. 2-3000 ft., Wight, Gamble. King. 



An umbrageous tree, 30-40 ft. Leaves 4-9 in., minutely dotted and puberulous 

 or glabrous above, beneath softly minutely pubescent ; nerves 10-12 pairs, rather 

 prominent beneath, with midrib minutely pubescent ; petiole l-2- in., pubescent ; 

 stipules ^-1 in., ovate-lanceolate, much acuminate, puberulous or glabrous. Malefl. 

 very few, only near apex of receptacle, sessile, globose ; sepals 3, concave, rounded ; 

 stamen 1, connective wide, filament thick adnate. Gall fl. on thick pedicels ; peri- 

 anth gamophyllous ; ovary obovoid, smooth ; style short. Fern. fl. sessile ; acheue 

 ovate j style long, lateral, stigma cylindric. 



8. P. bezigalensis, Linn. Sort. Cliff. 471, n. 4 ; young parts softly- 

 pubescent, leaves coriaceous petioled ovate or orbicular-ovate to elliptic 

 obtuse entire base rounded subcordate or slightly narrowed 3-7-nerved, 

 receptacles sessile in pairs axillary globose puberulous red and about the 

 size of a small cherry when ripe with 3 broad rounded spreading nearly 

 glabrous coriaceous basal bracts. King Fie. 18, t. 13, 81 ; Linn. Sp. PI. 

 JL'd. 2, ii. 1514; Beddome For. Man. 222; Brand. For. Fl. 412; Kurz 

 For. Fl. ii. 440. Urostigma bengalense, Gasp. Ric. 82, t. viii. 14^21 ; 

 Wight Ic. 1. 1989 ; Miq. in L. J. B. vi. 572 ; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 240. 

 F. indica, Linn. Aman. Acad. JEd. 3, i. 27, n. 6 (excl. 7 and 8, and syn. 

 RJieede}; Roxb. FL Ind. iii. 539; Champ, in Hook. Journ. Bot. 1841, 284- 

 292, t. 13, 14. Rheede Hort. Mai. i. t. 28. Ham. in Linn. Trans, xiii. 

 489. Vuta, Asiat. Res. iv. 310. Wall. Cat. 4560 (in part). 



Planted in all the plains of INDIA; wild only in the SUB-HIMALAYAN FORESTS 

 and on the lower slopes of the DECCAN HILLS. 



A tree, 70-100 ft., rooting from the branches, and thus forming accessory trunks, 

 extending the growth of the tree indefinitely. Leaves 4-8 by 2-5 in., glahrescent 

 above, beneath glabrous or minutely pubescent, reticulations distinct ; nerves about 

 5 pairs, prominent ; petiole -2 in., stout; stipules f-1 in., coriaceous. Male fl. 

 rather numerous near the mouth of the receptacles ; sepals 4, rather broad ; stamen 1. 

 Gall fl. with a similar perianth, style short. Fern. fl. with shorter perianth and 

 elongated style. Known to Europeans as the^uanyan, and to natives of India under 

 a variety of names. The name F. bengalensis was first published by Linnaeus in 



