506 cxxxvi. URTICACE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) [Ficus, G. Kiny. 



scattered, with no proper perianth ; stamen single, filament long and embraced by the 

 anceolate hracteoles. Gall and/<?m. fl. alike, except as regards the contents of the 

 ovary ; sepals 4 or 5, linear-lanceolate ; achenes very dark brown ; style rather short, 

 thick. At once distinguished by the cup formed by the united basal bracts. 



24. F. grlaberrima 9 Blume Bijd. 451 ; glabrous, branchlets and leaves 

 beneath puberulous, leaves subcoriaceous shining above elliptic oblong or 

 ovate-lanceolate acuminate entire, base acute or narrowed rarely rounded 3- 

 nerved, receptacles peduucled in axillary pairs subverrucose when young 

 globose smooth, ripe ^in. diam. orange-coloured, basal bracts 3 broad minute 

 pubescent deciduous, peduncle $-% in. King Fie. 37, t. 43, 82J 2 ; Miq. Ann. 

 iii. 286. F. angustifolia, Eoxb. Fl. IncL iii. 554. ? F. bistipulata, Griff. NotuL 

 iv. 398 : Ic. Plant. Asiut. t. 559, f. 1. F. Thomsoni, Miq. in Ann. I. c. 215, 

 286 ; Kurz For. Flor. ii. 443. F. fraterna, Miq. Ann. I. c. 217, 287. F. 

 aurantiaca, Wall. Cat. 4565 (not Griff.}. Urostigma glaberrimum, Miq. Fl. 

 Ind. Bat. i. ii. 340. 



TROPICAL HIMALAYA; from Kumaon, DutJiie, to Bhotan. BURMA and the AN- 

 DAMAN ISLANDS. DISTEIB. Malay Islands. 



A tall tree. Leaves 5-8 in. ; nerves 8-10 pairs, nearly horizontal, not very pro- 

 minent; petiole f-l in., slender; stipules glabrous, linear -lanceolate, fugacious, 

 2 f in. Male fl. few, only near the mouth of the receptacles, subsessile; sepals 4, 

 lanceolate ; stamen 1, anther broad, filament short. Gall fl. sessile or shortly stoutly 

 pedicelled; perianth 4-cleft. Fern. fl. when ripe with viscid achenes and no 

 perianth. The receptacles are often attacked by an insect, and become three or four 

 times their normal size. The leaves of some individuals retain their hairs much 

 longer than others, but all ultimately become glabrous. There are two distinct 

 forms of the leaf-base ; broad and rounded in Chittagong specimens, much narrowed 

 at the base in Sikkim and Khasian ones. 



25. P. microstoma. Wall. Cat. 4566 ; glabrous, leaves coriaceous 

 petioled elliptic-ovate to -obovate shortly abruptly and obtusely cuspidate 

 occasionally rounded obtuse and non-cuspidate entire, base narrowed 

 3-nerved, receptacles sessile in axillary pairs pisiform dotted glabrous 

 prominently umbonate, apex perforated, basal bracts 3 broadly ovate free. 

 King Fie. 38, t. 44, 83 a . 



SINGAPORE, Wallich. PERAK, Kunstler. 



A tree. Leaves 3-6^ in.; nerves 4-7 pairs, rather prominent beneath; petiole 

 -! in., rather slender; stipules in. Malefl. scattered over all parts of receptacle, 

 pedicelled ; sepals 2, broad, concave ; anther 1, elongate. Gall fl. with ovoid ovary 

 and hooked stigma; perianth, as of female, of 4 lanceolate sepals; achene broadly 

 ovate ; style not hooked The scales, which usually close the mouth of the receptacle, 

 are here partially united in a ring surrounding a comparatively wide opening into 

 the receptacle. In the unripe receptacle this annulus is bright yellow and very 

 conspicuous. 



26. P. indica, Linn. Sp. PL Ed. ii. 1514 (in part) ; glabrous except the 

 stipules, leaves coriaceous shortly petioled broadly tp narrowly oblong 

 acute or shortly caudate-acuminate entire, base narrowed with 2 prominent 

 and sometimes 2 small basal nerves, receptacles in crowded pairs, sessile 

 globose (ovoid or ellipsoid in var. Gelderi) smooth ripe yellowish-red and 

 about in. diam., basal bracts 3 ralher large ovate acute spreading. 

 King Fie. 39, t. 45, 83 b ; Miq. Ann. iii. 287 (excl. many syns.} ; Kurz. For. 

 Fl. ii. 442. F. sundaica & rubescens, Blume Bijd. 450, 453. F. pellucid o- 

 puuctata, Griff. Notul. iv. 394, and Ic. PL Asiat. t. 544. F. longifolia, 

 Ham. in Wall. Cat. 4570 (C, D, and part of E). Urostigma rubescens & 



