502 cxxxvi. URTICACE.E. (J. D. Hooker.) [Ficus, G. King. 



with 4 loosely attached lanceolate sepals, achene elongate, often sessile. The interior 

 of the receptacle contains numerous lanceolate bracteoles. The enormous persistent 

 prefoliar stipules (really leaf-scales) on the apices of the branches and surrounding the 

 densely tomentose young fruit distinguish this from any other Urostigma. 



13. F. pruniformis, Illume Bijd. 451 ; all parts except the stipules 

 glabrous, leaves coriaceous long-petioled lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate 

 acuminate entire, base much, narrowed rarely rounded 3-nerved, receptacles 

 long-peduncled axillary solitary or in pairs ovoid slightly nmbonate and 

 reddish when ripe about 1 in. long, apical scales small coriaceous, basal 

 bracts 3 small coriaceous free ovate acute puberulous sometimes attached 



. Miq. Ann. I. c. 266, 286 ; in Zoll. Syst. 

 Ferz. 91, 97; and in^Flor. i. ii. 352, and Suppl. 177, 440? U. depressum, 

 Miq. Flor. I. c. 351 (not of L. J. JB.). U. peracutnm, Miq. Flor. I. c. 343. 



PEEAK, Kunstler, alt. 1-4000 ft. DISTEIB. Sumatra, Java. 



A powerful stem-clasping epiphyte or large tree. Leaves 4-6 in.; nerves 6- 

 10 pairs, prominent beneath ; petiole slender, f-lj in. ; stipules linear-lanceolate, 

 -- in., pubescent. Malefl. very numerous over all the receptacle, pedicelled ; sepals 

 2, broad, concave, hyaline; stamen 1, anther elongate-ovate sessile. Gallfl. pedi- 

 celled ; perianth gamophyllous, 5-cleft ; ovary smooth, short, stigma obliquely truncate. 

 Fern. fl. mostly sessile, the achene ovoid, tuberculate; style long, lateral ; stigma flat, 

 elongate. Readily recognized by its large long-peduncled receptacles. 



14. F. annulata, Slums Sijd. 448; all parts glabrous or (var. 

 ralida) the leaves and stipules beneath and petioles more or less pubescent, 

 leaves thinly coriaceous oblong or oblanceolate or ovate- elliptic aud shortly 

 acuminate entire or margins slightly undulate, base acute or slightly rounded 

 never cordate 3-nerved, receptacles peduncled in axillary pairs ovoid or 

 oblong prominently umbonate smooth, ripe 1-li in. long greenish orange- 

 yellow with white spots, basal bracts 3 ovate acute free, peduncle stout 

 |- in. with a thickened annulus near the top and below the basal bracts 

 of the receptacle. King Fie. 25, t. 23, 81 1 ; Miq. Ann. iii. 285 ; Kurz For. 

 Flor. ii. 443. F. flavescens & valida, SI. I.e. 449. Urost. annulatum, 

 Miq. in Zoll. Syst. Verz. 90 ; Flor. i. ii. 352, and Suppl. 440. U. flaves- 

 cens, Miq. in Plant. Jungh. 48, and Fl. Ind. Sat. I. c. 335, and Suppl. 

 436. U. biverrucellum, Miq. Flor. Suppl. 436. U. validum & conocarpum, 

 Miq. n. c. 337, 350. U. depressum, Miq. in L. J. . vi. 576, and Zoll. 

 Sijst. Verz. (excl. F. depressa, SI.}. 



BUBMA; on the plains and lower hills. PERAK, Kunstler. DISTEIB. Malay 

 Islands. 



A large stem-clasping, semi-scandent epiphyte, rarely an independent, tree. 

 Leaves 6-12 in.; nerves 10-15 pairs, prominent with curving submarginal anas- 

 tomoses, reticulations conspicuous ; petiole 1-1| in. ; stipules linear-oblong, flaccid, 

 fugacious, l-6 in. Male ji. scattered all over the -interior of the receptacle, 

 numerous, pedicelled. Gallfl. numerous ; perianth gamophyllous, 3-toothed ; achene 

 ovoid, smooth; style long, stigma long flattened. Fem.fl. very few; perianth deeply 

 4-cleft ; achene tubercled ; style shorter than achene, stigma clavate. Widely 

 distributed and variable ; the following are the two principal forms. 



F. FLAVESCENS, Slume ; leaf-base much narrowed. U. biverrucellum, Miq. 

 Burma ; ascends to 5000 ft. in Java. Cultivated in Bengal as F. magnifolia. 



F. VALIDA, JBlume ; leaves puberulous beneath especially on the nerves, stipules 

 silky, pedicels only in. very stout deciduously tomentose. 



15. F. Beddomei, King Fie. 26, t. 24 and 81 m ; all parts glabrous, 



