Ficus, G. King.] cxxxvi. URTICACEJE. (J. D. Hooker.) 501 



3 minute rounded membranous ciliate basal bracts. King Fie. 21, t. 16, 

 81 e ; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 441. Urostigma pilosum, Miq. in Zoll. Syst. Verz. 

 90, 96, and Flor. i. ii. 351. U. bicorne, Miq. PL Jungh. 47, and.' Flor. I.e. 

 350, t. 24 A. U. subcuspidatum, Miq. in Zoll. I. c. 97. 



UPPER TENASSERIM, Kurz. PENANG ? (I have seen no specimen). DISTRIB. 

 Java, Borneo, N. Australia. 



A lai-ge tree, with a few aerial roots. Leaves 3 in., nerves about 8-11 pairs, 

 curving and anastomosing near margin ; petiole -f in. ; stipules Jf in., membranous, 

 rufous-tomentose when young. Male fl. on short thick pedicels; sepals 4, hyaline ; 

 anther 1, filament stout, short. G-allfl. with a gamophyllous 3-4-toothed, oblique, 

 closely-embracing perianth ; style elongate, stigma flattened ; ovary smooth. Fem.fl. 

 very like the galls, but the perianth less distinct and the achene broader and tuber - 

 culate. Probably a var. of mysorensis. The only good fruit J have seen is in 

 Queensland specimens, here described. The following variety is parallel to the var. 

 pubescens of F. mysorensis. 



F. CHRYSOCOMA, Slume Bijd. 443 ; tomentum more copious bright rufous. 

 Urostigma chrysothrix, Miq. in Zoll. Syst. Verz. 90, 96. 



11. F. tomentosa, Eoxl. Hort. Seng., and Fl. Ind. iii. 550; shoots 

 petioles leaves beneath and receptacles covered with rusty- grey tomentum, 

 leaves crowded towards the ends of the branches coriaceous petioled elliptic- 

 ovate or -obovate obtusely apiculate entire, base rounded or slightly cordate 

 5-7-nerved, receptacles sessile in axillary pairs pisiform tomentose %-% in. 

 diam., apical scales small glabrous, basal bracts 3 larg$ spreading pubescent 

 sometimes 3-fid when young. King Fie. 22, t. 18 and 81 g ; Willd. Spec. 

 Plant, iv. 1136; Wight Ic. t. 647 ; Brand. For. Fl. 414 ; jBedd. For. Man. 

 223. Urostigma tomentosum, obversum & connivens, Miq. in L.J.B. vi. 

 573. F. mollis, Valil Symb. i. 82, and JSnum. ii. 192 (excl. syn. Willd.). F. 

 asinina, Ham. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xv. 138 ; Wall. Cat. 4497 A to D. 



Drier parts of the GANGETIO PLAIN, BEHAB, BANDA, CENTRAL INDIA, the, 

 DECCAN PENINSULA, and CEYLON. 



A large umbrageous tree, throwing out small aerial roots from the branches. 

 Leaves 2-5 in., with about 5 pairs of nerves, upper surface glabrous or glabresceut 

 minutely dotted when dry ; petiole f-1 in. ; stipules -| in. densely woolly outside, 

 margins broad scarious glabrous. Male fl. few, near the mouth of the receptacle ; 

 sepals 4, lanceolate ; stamen 1. Gall and fern. fl. with 4 sepals shorter than the 

 ovary; gall fl. with smooth ovary and short style; fern. fl. with tubercled acheue 

 and loug style. 



12. F. bracteata, Wall. Cat. 4498; young branches leaves beneath 

 stipules petioles aiid receptacle c densely covered with deciduous [reddish- 

 brown flocculent tomentu-^' leaves coriaceous petioled obovate-oblong 

 entire with an abrupt short >otuse apiculus, base 'cordate slightly unequal 

 truncate 5-nerved, receptacles sessile crowded at the apices of the branches 

 in the axils of the undeveloped leaves globose or turbinate slightly trigonous 

 densely tomentose even when ripe bright orange % in. diam. King Fie. 23, 

 1. 19, 81 h ; Miq. in L. J. B. vi. 576. 



PENANG, PERAK and SINGAPORE, WallicTi, King. DISTRIB. Java. 



A powerful scandent epiphyte. Leaves 7-11 in. ; nerves 4-6 pairs, prominent 

 beneath, upper surface smooth except the persistently rusty -tomentose midrib, lower 

 in adult leaves pubescent or subglabrous ; petiole f-lf in. ; stipules flaccid, ovate- 

 acuminate, 2 by 1 in., densely tomentose on the midrib outside ; basal bracts 3 or 4, 

 broad, rounded, scarious, glabrous. Malejl. scattered all over the receptacle, pedi- 

 celled; sepals 2 or 3 hyaline; anther 1, filament very short. Gall fl. with a gamo- 

 phyllous, 3 -toothed perianth closely enveloping .the smooth ovoid ovary. Fern. fl. 



