500 cxxxvi. URTICACEJE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Ficus, G. King. 



1737 in the Hortus Cli/fortiantis. The figures there quoted, and the renlarks about 

 the nerial roots, prove that thi* name was intended for the banyan, to which he 

 unfortunately subsequently gave the name F. indica. In the Amoenitatts, ed. 3, i. 27 

 (1785), a list is given of three species of Ficus which Linnaeus named F. indica. The 

 third of these is probably American. The second is F. Tjiela, Roxb., the Tjiela of 

 Rheede (Hort. Malab. iii. t. 63), whilst remarks on the aerial roots appended to the 

 notice of the first make it quite clear that the banyan is there meant. But under it 

 is quoted Rheede's Katou alou (Hort. Malab. iii. t. 57), which is really F. mysorensis, 

 Heyne, as also F. indica, Rumph's Varinga repens (Hort. Amb. iii. t. 84), and to 

 this the name F. indica, Linn., has by modern writers been confined. F. bengalensis, 

 Linn., is also mentioned in the Amcenitates (1. c., p. 29), and under it is quoted 

 Rheede's figure of the Peralu (Hort. Malab. i. t. 28), which is unmistakably the 

 banyan. It is thus clear that Linnaeus gave two specific names, bengalensis and 

 indica, to the banyan, and, further, confused with the banyan the Katou alou of 

 Rheede. F. bengalensis, Linn., is hence the earliest name which can without doubt be 

 connected with the banyan. 



9. P. mysorensis, Heyne in Roth Nov. Sp. 390 ; branchlets covered 

 with rusty grey or rufous flocculent tomentuni afterwards nearly glabrous 

 and dotted, leaves coriaceous petioled ovate elliptic-ovate rarely -obovate 

 cuspidate entire base rounded emarginate or cordate 3-5-nerved, receptacles 

 sessile iu axillary pairs oblong to subobovate truncate or slightly depressed 

 at the apex, young flocculent-tomentose, ripe nearly glabrous 1 in. long 

 orange-red, basal bracts 3 broadly triangular obtuse spreading. King Fie. 

 19, t. 14, 15, 81 a ; Beddome For. Man. 222 ; Xurz For. Fl. ii. 440 ; Miq. 

 Ann. iii. 285. F. indica, Linn. Sp. PL Ed. 2 (1763), ii. 1514 ; Amcen. Acad. 

 i. 27, n. 6 (partly}. F. cotonisefolia, Vahl Enum. ii. 189 (excl. syn. 

 Rumph). F. citrifblia, Willd. Sp. PI. 1137. F. G-onia, Ham. in Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. xv. 137 ; Wall. Cat. 4496 A, B and C (not D) ; Rheede Hort. 

 Mai. iii. t. 57. Urostigma mysorense, Miq. in L. J. B. vi. 574. 



Forests of the base of the HIMALAYA from Sikkim eastwards ; the KHASIA MTS., 

 BURMA, the DECCAN PENINSULA and CEYLON. 



A large umbrageous tree ; aerial roots few, embracing the stem. Leaves 3-- 8 in. ; 

 nerves 10-13 pairs, prominent, upper glabrous and minutely dotted, beneath floecu- 

 lent-tomentose, ultimately nearly glabrous; petiole f- 1 in., stout; stipules - in., 

 broadly triangular, flocculent-tomentose. Male fl. near the apex of receptacle, rather 

 numerous, pedicelled ; stamen 1 ; anther-cells subglobose. Grail fl. broad, smooth ; 

 sepals 4 ; style short, subterminal. Fern. fl. with ovoid achene and elongate lateral 

 style. Young receptacles enclosed in calyptriform involucres (as n F. bengalensis, 

 Linn.), and others. The following are varieties. 



F. PUBESCENS, Roth Nov. Sp. 387 ; leaves smaller, nerves fewer, pubescence 

 denser longer deeper rusty red especially in thcfyoungest parts. F. rupestris, Ham. 

 in Trans. Linn. Soc. xv. 137. F. tomentosa, "V'-i. Madr. in Wall. Cat. 4499. 

 Urostigma dasycarpum, Miq. in L.J.B. vi. 574 ; J Dalz. fy Gibs. Bomb. FL 242. 

 Deccan Peninsula, and Ceylon with the typical form ascending to 2500 ft. 



F. SUBREPANDA, Wall. Cat. 4568 A'; leaves larger, adult glabrous subscabrid and 

 dotted, nerves 12-20 pairs above the basal 7-9, receptacles globose (young ovoid) 

 Ii in. diam. smooth orange-red. F. lateritia, Wall. Cat. 4496 D. Himalaya, Khasia 

 and Burma Hills. 



10. P. pilosa, Reinw. in Blume Bijd. 446 ; young parts covered with 

 short flocculent (usually grey) caducous tomentum, leaves subcoriaceous 

 elliptic-oblong to -obovate entire or margins subundulate, base narrowed 

 rounded or truncate often subcordate occasionally slightly unequal, apex 

 with a short abrupt obtuse apiculus, receptacles sessile in axillary pairs 

 ovoid- cylindrical umbonate f- in. long reddish and glabrous when ripe with 



