G. King.] cxxxvi. URTICACE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) 511 



ovate, longer than the stamen, anther ovatp, filament short. Gall and fern. fl. 

 alike ; sepals 1 or 2, hyaline or ; achene elongate-ovoid, smooth ; style elongate, 

 stigma cylindric. I have not seen the specimens from Java on which Blume founded 

 the species, but Kuustler's plant agrees well with the description. 



38. F. glabella, Blume Bijd. 452 ; young parts pubescent or all 

 glabrous, leaves petioled thinly coriaceous obovate-oblong or oblanceolate 

 (except in vars.) shortly cuspidate entire, base 3-nerved acute or cuneate 

 rarely rounded jointed to the petiole, receptacles rathejujrowded in axillary 

 pairs from the scars of fallen leaves sessile or peduncle"^-- - in. spheroidal 

 apex often slightly depressed smooth dark-bluish purple with sometimes 

 yellow dots -^ ^ in. diam., basal bracts minute broadly triangular. Kinq 

 'Fie. 49, t. 60, 83 ; Miq. Ann. iii. 286. F. parvifolia, Miq. 1. c. F. affinis, 

 Wall. Cat. 4524; Kurt For. Fl. ii. 444. F. snbpedunculata, Miq. I. c. 217, 

 286. F. Wightiana, Bentli. Fl. HongJc. 327. Urostigma glabellum & Mo- 

 ritzianum, Miq. Flor. i. ii. 340 and 342. U. canaliculatum & parvifolium, 

 Miq. in L. J. B. vi. 579, and Flor. I. c. 340, 343. 



EASTERN HIMALAYAS, the KHASIA MTS., CHITTAGONG and BURMA. 



A tree. Leaves 2-4 in. ; nerves 7-10 pairs, not very prominent, 1 reticulations dis- 

 tinct; petiole f-1 in. ; stipules ovate-lanceolate, in. Male fl. few, only near mouth 

 of receptacle, sessile; sepals 2, ovate, hyaline, larger than the single subsessile anther. 

 Gall and fern. fl. alike, sessile or shortly pedicelled ; sepals 4, hyaline, free or ; 

 achene spherical or ovoid, smooth ; style very long, stigma obovate. The following 

 is one variety, and there are others in the Malay Islands, &c. 



F. AFFINIS, Wall. Cat. 4524 ; leaves ovate-lanceolate acuminate shining, base 

 narrowed, nerves up to 12 pairs, receptacles peduncled. Herb. Griff. (Keio Distrib. 

 4589, 4590) ; Herb. H.f. #. T. Ficus, 113. 



39. F. retusa. Linn. Mant. 129 ; quite glabrous, leaves shortly 

 petioled coriaceous broadly ovate obovate or rhomboid obtusely cuspidate or 

 subacute, base 3-nerved narrowed into the petiole, receptacles small sessile 

 in .axillary pairs i in. diam. yellow or reddish, basal bracts broadly ovate 

 obtuse spreading persistent. King Fie. 50, t. 61, 62, 84?; Brand. For. Fl. 

 417 ; Xurz For. Fl. ii. 444 ; ]3edd. For. Man. 223. F. dilatata, Miq_. Ann. iii. 

 218,288. F. nitida, Thunb. Fie. 14; Slums Rijd. 4~>5 ; Wicjlit Ic.i. (512. 

 F. rubra, Roth Nov. Sp. 391 (easel, syn.'). F. littont!is,'l>^me /. 'c. 455. F. mi- 

 crocarpa, Linn. f. Suppl. 442. F. Benjamina, Willd. Sp. PL iv. 1143 (c.rr/. 

 syn. Lin.} ; Roxb. FL Ind. iii. 550. Urostigma retusum & nitidum, A//<y. 

 Flor. i. ii. 345 ; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl, 241, 242. U. microcarpum, 3%. 

 1. c. 346. U. ovoideum (exck syn.} & pisiferum, Miq. in L. J. B. vi. 580. 



Base of the EASTERN HIMALAYA, KHASIA HILLS, ASSAM, BURMA, the MALAYAN 

 and DECCAN PENINSULAS. DISTRIB. Malay Islands, China, New Caledonia. 



A large umbrageous evergreen tree, with a few aerial roots. Leaves 2-4 in. ; 

 nerves 5 or 6 pairs, uot much more Jfconiinent than the secondary nerves; petiole 

 j-.v' in. ; stipules lanceolate, about f in. Male jl. numerous, scattered, sessile or 

 shortly pedicelled ; sepals 3, subspathulate ; stamen single ; anther cordate-apiculate, 

 as long as the filament. Gall Ji. sessile or pedicelled ; sepals 3, broadly spathulate ; 

 ovary smooth. Fem.fl. sessile or pedicelled ; achene ovoid or obovoid, perianth much 

 smaller than in the gall ; styles of both short, stigma cylindric or clavate. The 

 following are the prevalent forms. 



F. RETUSA, Linn. I. c. ; 'leaves inclining to round apiculate, base narrowed. The 

 Deccan Peninsula, Penang, Ternate and Australia. 



F. NITIDA, Thunb. I. c. ; leaves ovate to rhomboid elliptic apiculate, base nar- 

 rowed. Transgangetic India, &c. 



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