Ficus, , King.'} cxxxvi. URTICACE.E. (J. D. Hooker.) 509 



In damp forests at the base of the SIKKIM HIMALAYA eastwards; the KHASIA 

 HILLS, ASSAM, BURMA and PEEAK. DISTBIB. Malayan Archipelago. 



A large tree, usually epiphytic. Leaves 3-12 in.; primary and secondary nerves 

 numerous, hardly distinguished from one another, all nearly horizontal; midrib thick, 

 prominent and running nearly straight almost to the margin; petiole 1-2^ in.; 

 stipule single, subpersistent, coloured, almost half as long as the leaves, lanceolate, 

 flaccid. Male ft. scattered over interior of receptacle, pedicelled ; sepals 4, ovate ; 

 anther ovate, sessile. Gall fl. ; sepals 4 ; ovary smooth ; style subterminal, hooked. 

 Fern. fl. mostly sessile; achene ovoid, tubercled; style long; stigma large, sub- 

 capitate. 



This species, though it has received many names, is not very variable. The greatest 

 difference is, that the leaves of old fruiting-branches are very much smaller and broader 

 in proportion than those on young shoots. In all states the close parallel straight 

 nervation of the leaves (almost resembling that of a monocotyledon) aud the enor- 

 mous " stipules " form unmistakable diagnostic marks. 



32. P. Trimeni, Xing in Trimen Journ. Sot. xxiii. 242 ; all parts 

 glabrous, leaves coriaceous elliptic acute entire, base slightly tapering 

 obscurely 3-nerved, receptacles sessile in axillary pairs globose slightly 

 verrucose when ripe %-\ in. diam , basal bracts 3 small spreading ovate- 

 cordate slightly pubescent. Urostigma Tjiela, Thwaites Enum. 265 in 

 part. 



The DECCAN PENINSULA and CENTRAL PBOYINCES of INDIA. CEYLON ; Central 

 Province, Thwaites. 



A gigantic tree, with very few aerial roots. Leaves 3-4| in. ; nerves diverging at 

 a low angle from the thick prominent midrib, very numerous, close, straight, anasto- 

 mosing just within the slightly thickened revolute margin ; petiole about f in., stout ; 

 stipules ovate, acuminate, J-f in. Male fl. scattered, peduncled ; sepals 3, broadly 

 ovate ; anther sessile. Gall fl. pedicelled ; fern. fl. sessile ; sepals of both 5, lanceo- 

 late ; achenes similar ; style of both elongate ; stigma flattened, especially in the 

 gall flower. Approaches Tsiela, Roxb., and retusa, L., var. nitida, but differs by its 

 more numerous straight primary nerves, much more spreading habit, and fewer 

 aerial roots. 



33. F. dubia, Wall. Cat. 4561 ; all parts glabrous, leaves petioled 

 thickly coriaceous shining from broadly oblanceolate to elliptic acute entire, 

 base narrowed 3-nerved, receptacles peduncled solitary axillary ovoid-globose 

 slightly narrowed to the peduncle smooth dull red with yellowish spots when 

 ripe 1-li in- diam,, peduncle thick i in. with basal bracts 3 short broad 

 rounded. King Fie. 46, t. 56, 83 k . 



PEBTANG, WalMeh ; MALACCA, -King. DISTEIB. Sumatra. 



An epiphytal climber ov small umbrageous tree. Leaoes 4-5 in. ; neVves 6-8 



pairs, reticulations minute but distinct; petiole about f in., rather stout ; stipules 



lineaT-lailt-f . ulucous> 1| 2 in. Nalefl. numerous, scattered, elongate; 



r-f'ius o, elongate-spiith alate; stamen 1, filament long. Gallfl. ; sepals of the male; 



ovary pyoid' pedicel as long as the perianth; style short, subterminal. Fern. fl. 

 ee.s*!, - . . ' v lanceolate,, acuminate; style longer than the smooth-ovoid 

 ac>icne.--T are mixed with numerous linear bracteoles. 



3-1. XVJLurzii, King Kc. : 47, t. 57, 83 1 ; >a ll parts glabrous, leavea 



petioled thin' \ nu ovate-elliptic or elliptic upper surface minutely 



tub'" iiniuate entire, base narrowed obscurely 3-nerved, 



: cdmicled (in pairs F) globose when ripe about \ in. 



diam. dark pp;' rontly tubercled, apical scales prominent, 



bracts at l>;ise oC rcc';]>laclo but at base of the peduncle 3 minute glabrous 

 caducous. F. nuda, 3iq. t var. macrocarpa, Kuvz For. Flor. ii. 446. ? F. 

 euphylla, Kurz 1. c. 445. 



