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



BITEMA, Kurz. DISTEIB. Java (Zollinger, Herb. 2228). 



A tree. Leaves 4 in. ; nerves 10-14 pairs, obsolete above, distinct beneath, 

 diverging from the midrib at a high angle, secondary almost as prominent as the 

 primary and more numerous ; petiole about in. ; stipules lanceolate, glabrous, 3- in. 

 Male fi. few, only near the mouth of the receptacle, on thick pedicels ; sepals 2, 

 broad, ovate, hyaline ; anther single, ovate-rotund, sessile. Gall fl. pedicelled ; 

 perianth 4-toothed ; ovary ovate, with broad ends, smooth ; style elongate, stigma 

 flat. Fem.fi. sessile; achene ovate-reniform, minutely tubercled. 



35. P. rhododendrifolia, Miq. Ann. iii. 286 ; quite glabrous except 

 the stipules, leaves thinly coriaceous shining smooth elongate-elliptic or 

 oblong rarely elliptic-ovate acuminate entire, base narrowed or subcuneate 

 rarely rounded, receptacles in axillary pairs sessile smooth globose purplish- 

 red when ripe about \ in. diam., basal bracts 3 broad rounded glabrous 

 persistent! J^ing Flo. 47, t. 58, 83 m . Urostigma rhododendrif olium, Migr. in 

 L. J. B. vi. 579 (not of others] Kurz For. Fl. ii. 445. 



At the base of the SIKKIM and BHOTAN HIMALAYA; the KHASIA and PEGU 

 HILLS. 



A tree. Leaves 4-5 in. ; main nerves slightly more prominent than the secondary, 

 from 12-14 pairs? -Anastomosing near the margin ; petiole ~f in. ; stipules lanceolate, 

 in., deciduously pubescent. Male fl. few, only near the mouth of the receptacle, 

 sessile ; sepals 2, broadly ovate, flat, longer than the stamen ; anther ovate, apiculate, 

 filament very short. Gall fl. shortly pedicelled, perianth with 3 sharp teeth; ovary 

 globose; style elongate ; stigma flat. Fern. fl. sessile ; sepals 3, lanceolate; achene 

 triangular, prominently but minutely tubercled ; style elongate; stigma small. A 

 species badly represented in herbaria, and not well understood. Kurz is, I believe, 

 in error in giving the Andaman Islands as a habitat. 



36. F. caudiculata, Trimen in Journ. Sot. xxiii. 243; all parts 

 glabrous, leaves petioled thickly membranous narrowly elliptic shortly 

 cuspidate margins entire when dry subrevolute, base broad rounded or sub- 

 truncate, receptacles shortly peduncled axillary solitary or in pairs globose 

 smooth bright red when ripe about -| in. diam., basal bracts 3 broad obtuse 

 united in a shallow cup, peduncle ^ in. King Fie. 48, t. 58 A. 



CEYLON ; in the Western Province, at Paregodde and Padun Korle. 



A large tree. Leaves 2^-3 in. ; lateral nerves about 12 pairs, prominent, nearly 

 at right angles to the strong broad midrib, reticulations dark-coloured, small, but 

 very distinct beneath ; petiole stout, about in. ; stipules ovate, much acuminate, 

 about 1 in., membranous, rather persistent. Male jl. few, scattered, sessile; si ,- x .;ls 

 3, lanceolate, scarcely covering the single stamen; anther vv:u>.>, apicwuj.c, iihunent 

 short broad. Gall and fern. fl. similar, sessile oi\petli celled; pur'uu :l - -5-eleft ; 

 ovary ovoid ; style elongate when young-, short wlierrripe from breaking 1 " 1 * 



The affinities are with F. nemoralis, Wall., from which the thicker ; * wore 

 elliptic leaves, and larger stipules and receptacles distinguish it. 



37. F. pisocarpa., Blume Bijd. 454; glabro- - \ ;.* i ,. 



leaves crowded at the extremities of the branches meThoriiPouN cllrti< w si\ 

 subobovate-elliptic very shortly cuspidate margm eutiro vindui, to, b; 

 3-nerved obtuse rounded or very slight! ; / narrowed, receptacles <'v v >' 

 along the branches in pairs from the sc;irs cf fallen leaver sessile smaTi . 

 turbinate-globose smooth | in. diam., basii .! ! i rapt<5 3 broad obtuse*. A/ 

 Fie. 48, t. 59, 83". Urostigma pisocarpum, ; -' ; >> : i. it. Mi t 



PEEAK, Kunstler. DISTEIB. Java. 



A small tree. Leaves lf-2 in. ; nerves 5-7 pairs, prominent, reticulations fine, 

 distinct; petiole slender, -f in.; stipules ovate-lanceolate, pubescent externally, 

 $ in. Male fl. few, only near the mouth of the receptacles, sessile ; sepals 2, broadly 



