Ficus, G. King.] cxxxvi. URTKUCEJE. (J. D. Hooker.) 503 



young branches tliick, bark pale, leaves coriaceous long-petioled ovate-rotund 

 or broadly ovate shortly acuminate entire or margins slightly undulate, 

 base broad truncate or very slightly emarginate 3-nerved, receptacles pe- 

 duncled in axillary pairs ovoid or'subobovoid with a rather prominent apical 

 umbilicus and several vertical ridges smooth 1 in. long about f in. across, 

 basal bracts 3 small broadly triangular coriaceous united by their bases, 

 peduncles stout f in. 



DECCAN PENINSULA; Tinnevelly Hills, Beddome. 



A tree ? Leaves about 7 by 4 in. ; nerves nearly at right angles to the midrib, 

 about 12 pairs, prominent on both surfaces j petiole stout, about 2^ in.; stipules 

 lanceolate, about ^ in. Male fl. numerous, scattered, shortly pedicelled ; anther 

 broad, single, sessile ; sepals 2 or 3. Gall and fern. fl. shortly pedicelled ; sepals 4 or 

 5, lanceolate (ripe achenes unknown). Interior of the receptacle covered between the 

 insertions of the flowers with long, narrow, pointed scales. A remarkable species ; I 

 have seen only three specimens. 



16. F. g"lobosa ? Blume Slid. 449 ; younger branches covered with 

 deciduous brown scurf mixed with a few hairs ultimately all parts glabrous, 

 leaves thinly coriaceous petioled elliptic or oblong suddenly shortly cuspi- 

 date entire, base broad rounded slightly emarginate (narrowed in var. 

 Manok} 3-nerved, receptacles shortly peduncled in axillary pairs subglobose 

 and umbonate when young, ripe depressed at the apex almost turbinate 

 \-\ in. diam. minutely scurfy, basal bracts 3 small, peduncles stout 3 in. 

 King Fie. 27, t. 25, 81 U ; Miq. Ann. iii. 285. F. onusta, Wall. Cat. 4563; 

 Kurz For. Fl ii. 441. F. firma, Wall. Cat. 4564 A, B. Urost, globosum, 

 Miq. Flor. i. ii. 335. U. Manok, Miq. in Zoll. Syst. Verz. 90, 96 { Flor. I. c. 

 337. U. onustum, Miq. in L. J. B. vi. 57 ; Fbf. I. c. 336. 



BURMA and PENANG, WallicJi. PERAK, Kunstler. DISTRIB. Malay Islands. 



A large climber. Leaves 3-6| in. ; primary nerves 6-9 pairs, nearly at right 

 angles to the midrib, rather prominent below; petiole i-l| in.; stipules |-2^ in., 

 deciduous, linear, acute. Malefl. few, scattered, pedicelled ; sepals 4, hyaline ; anther 

 single, sessile. Gall fl. mostly pedicelled; perianth gamophyllous, 5-cleft; ovary 

 smooth; style short, lateral. Fem.fl. few, sessile or nearly so; perianth gamophyl- 

 lous, with 5 lanceolate teeth ; style elongate, stigma obovate ; achene ovoid, tuber- 

 cled. Miquel's U. Manok is a variety with a narrowed leaf-base. 



17. F. travancorica, King Fie. 28, t. 26, 82 ; young parts minutely 

 pubescent all ultimately glabrous, bark of young shoots pale, leaves coria- 

 ceous lanceolate acuminate entire margins subundulate, base much nar- 

 rowed 3-nerved, receptacles in axillary pairs peduncled globose smooth 

 when ripe and about ^ in. diam., apical scales broad flat, basal bracts 3 

 broadly triangular obtuse, peduncles % in. 



HILLS of NORTH TRAVANCORE, alt. 3500 ft., Beddome. 



A straggling shrub. Leaves 5-6 in.; nerves 10-12 pairs, distinct but not 

 thick, reticulations minute but distinct; petiole about - in. ; stipules linear-lanceolate, 

 about 1 in. Malefl. scattered, sessile; sepals 4 or 5 ; anther 1, filament short. 

 Gall andjfew. fl. subsessile, sepals of both 4 or 5 ; ovary of the gall elongate-ovate, 

 and style short; achene of fern, ovate, with a long style and bifid stigma. The single 

 specimen of this at Kew is the only one I have seen ; it approaches F. Beddomei, but 

 has differently shaped leaves and much smaller receptacles. 



18. F. xylophylla, Wall. Cat. 4558 ; branchlets thick pale scurfy 

 when very young, other parts quite glabrous except the stipules and recep- 



' tacular bracts, leaves large very coriaceous broadly elliptic or oblong to 

 elliptic-obovate, narrowed to the strongly 3-nerved base, apex broad rounded, 



