514 rxxxvi. URTICACE^;. (J. D. Hooker.) [Ficiifi, G. 



Urostigma Arnottianum, Miq. in L. J. B. vi. 564; Thwaites En um. 264. 

 U. cordifolium, Dalz. # Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 242. 



The BECCAN PENINSULA and CEYLON, in rocky .places. 



A tree or shrub. Leaves 3-8 in. ; nerves 5-7 pairs, reticulations lucid, minute; 

 petiole 2-6 in.; stipules ovate-Ian neolate, 1 in., caducous, reddish-brown when 

 dried. Malefl. few, near the mouth of the receptacles, sessile ; sepals 3, loose, in- 

 flated, broadly acuminate, much larger than the single small ovate-rotund subsessile 

 anther. Gall siudfem.fl. undistiuguislmble except by contents of ovary, sessile or 

 pedicelled ; perianth lax, toothed, completely investing the ovary ; style elongate ; 

 stigma flat. 



VAE. courtallensis ; leaves smaller, base less cordate. U. courtallense, Miq. in 

 L.J.B. I. c. 564 



46. P. TCooniana, King Fie. 57, t. 69, 84 W ; leaves subcoriaceous 

 elliptic or ovate-oblong shortly cuspidate glabrous prominently minutely 

 reticulated margin entire minutely undulate, base rounded or slightly 

 narrowed 3-nerved not cordate, receptacles crowded below the ends of the 

 branches solitary or in pairs chiefly in the axils of fallen leaves globose 

 \\ in. diam. punctate, peduncle ^ in. Urostigma Wightianum, Miq., var. 

 majus, Thwaites Enum. 265. 



CEYLON ; in the Central Province. 



A large tree. Leaves 4|-6 in.; nerves 10-15 pairs; petiole about \\ in.; 

 stipules about ^ in., puberulous. Malefl. few, only near the mouth of the receptacles, 

 sessile ; sepals 3, lanceolate, not quite covering the single stamen ; anther ovate- 

 apiculate, filament as long. Gall and fern. fl. sessile or pedicelled ; perianth 4- 

 toothed, shorter than the ovary ; gall ovary ovoid ; achene broadly triangular ovoid. 

 Differs from Wightiana and any form of infectoria in the straighter, more numerous 

 and spreading nerves and longer peduncles. 



47. F. Tjakela, Burm. FL Ind. 227-; all parts glabrous, leaves 

 coriaceous very glossy above long-petioled oval to ovate shortly abruptly 

 acuminate margins entire slightly undulate, base broad rounded or sub- 

 truncate rarely narrowed 3-5-nerved, receptacles in clusters of 2-6 on very 

 short crowded tubercles in the axils of the leaves or most frequently at the 

 scars of fallen leaves sessile rarely very shortly peduncled depressed-globose 

 whitish-yellow and dotted when ripe in. diam., basal bracts 3 broad 

 deeply bifid. King Fie. 57, t. 70, 84 X ; Miq. Ann. iii. 287. F. venosa, Ait. 

 Hort.Kew\\\. 451; Pair. Encyd. Suppl. ii. 657; Ham. in Trans. Linn 

 Soc. xv. 151. F. iufectoria, Willd. (not Roxb.} Sp. PL iv. 1137 ; Ait. L c. 

 485. F. caulocarpa, Miq. Ann. 1. c. 287 (excl. syn. caulocarpa). Urostigma 

 Tjakela, infectorium (in part), caulobotryum & ceylonense, Miq. in L J.B 

 vi. 566, 567, 568. Wall. Cat. 4519 A, B.Bkeede Hort. Mai. iii. t. 64. 



The DECCAN PENINSULA and CEYLON, ascending to 4000 ft. 



A very tall tree without aerial roots. Leaves 5-7 i in. ; nerves 7-10 pairs, 

 slightly prominent on both surfaces; petiole lf-2| in., slender; stipules small, ovate- 

 lanceolate, I in. ; leaf-scales of young branches large, linear-lanceolate, flaccid, 

 caducous, 3-5 in. Male fl. few, only near the mouth of the receptacle, sessile ; 

 sepals 3, ovate, shorter than the single stamen ; anther ovate, filament about as long. 

 Gall and fern. fl. alike ; sepals 3 or 4 ; achene obovate ; style elongate, stigma 

 cylindric. A distinct and beautiful species, allied to F. infectoria, Roxb., with 

 which it has been confused. It is distinguishable by its minute receptacles in clusters 

 of 4 to 6, and when dry by the dark greenish-grey leaves, with the upper surface smooth 

 and glistening. The large, membranous, caducous, flaccid leaf -scales resemble the 

 stipules of F. elastiea, but are more fugacious. A small form collected by Mr. 

 Gamble in the Cuddipore Forests has leaves only about 3| in. long. Under F. 



