518 cxxxvi. URTICACE2E. (J. D. Hooker.) [Fictis, (!. King. 



fascicled globose ovoid obovoid or pyriform glabrous. Miq. in L. J. H. 

 vii. 440; Ann. iii. 268, 269. F. stipulata, Wall. Cat. 4574. Syncecia 

 falcata, Miq. in L. J. B. I. c. 470, t. 11 ; Flor. i. ii. 329. S. serpens, j\Jiq. 

 PI. Junah. 67. 



PERAK, PENANG and SINGAPORE, Wallich, &c. DISTEIB. Malay Islands. 



A branching creeper. Leaves shortly petioled, base rounded or truncate, nerves 

 sometimes obscure; reticulations white beneath; stipules in pa : rs, equalling the 

 petiole. Receptacles about ^ in. long, on stem and branches, young usually pubescent 

 and nmbonate, ripe russet -brown to orange, peduncle thick, bracts 3, united. Sepals 

 3, of male fl. broad, of gall fl. linear, of fern, linear; ovary oblong stipitate, margins 

 hyaline, stigma 2-fid. The following are the principal forms. 



F. PUNCTATA, DJiutib. ; leaves oblanceolate subequal tapering below. 



F. FALCATA, Miguel ; leaves oblong or subrhomboid not tapering below. 



56. F. callicarpa, Miq. Ann. Mus. iii. 268, 289, t. 10 B; glabrous 

 short-petioled subrhoniboidly obovate shining above beneath smooth or 

 sparsely strigose, reticulations tessellate not pale, nerves 3-4 pairs, recep- 

 tacles solitary subglobose papillose. F. pomifera, Kurz 'For. Fl. ii. 454. 

 Synoscia sumatrana, Miq. Flor. i. ii. 329. 



UPPEE TENASSEEIM, Kurz. PERAK, Kunstler. SINGAPORE, King. DISTRIB. 

 Malay Islands. 



Stem strong, creeping or climbing, often flattened. Leaves 2--4 in., narrowed to 

 the subequal obscurely 3-nerved base, entire, reticulations distinct minute with inter- 

 posed minute hairs ; petiole \ in., scurfy ; stipules in pairs, narrow, glabrous, shorter 

 than the petiole, persistent. Receptacle* on the stem and branches, peduncled, 

 1|-2|- in. long, subumbonate, ripe papillose mottled yellowish ; bracts 3, about its 

 middle, ovate acute united. 



57. F. apiocarpa, Miq. Aim. Mus. iii. 269, 289; shoots scurfily 

 pubescent, leaves long-petioled coriaceous ovate or ovate-oblcng acuminate 

 above glabrous shining beneath pnberulous when young only, nerves 2-3 

 pairs, reticulations distinct, receptacles peel uncled dimorphous ovoid or long- 

 pyrifoiin glabrous, neuter fl. 0. F. tetrnrgys. Miq. Flor. Suppl. 432. Uro- 

 stigma apiocarpa, Miq. 1. c. 440. Wail. Cat. 4570 E (leaves only}. 



PBEAK, Kunstler. SINGAPORE, Wallich. MALACCA, Griffith. DISIEIB. Malay 

 Islands. 



Leave* 4,^-10 in., base narrowed or rounded, reticulations coloured beneath ; 

 petiole ] i-2 in. ; stipules in pairs, I fin., ovate-lanceolate, puberulous. Receptacles 

 in axillary pairs or solitary, l|-2 in. long, ripe dark red, spotted yellow ; peduncle 

 12 in. ; bracts 3, basal, minute, ovate. Male fl. pedicelled ; sepals 3 linear. 'Gall.fi. ; 

 sepals of male, ovary ovoid-elliptic rough. Fern. JL; perianth 3-partite ; achene elliptic 

 edges pale. 



Sect. IV. SYCIDIUM (see p. 495). 



58 F. heterophylla, Linn.fil. Suppl. 442 ; leaves membranous from 

 lo&g- lanceolate to broadly ovate acuminate entire or 3-oo-lobed coarsely 

 tooth(;d or rcpaud scabrid above and beneath, nerves 4-8 pairs, receptacles 

 solitary uxiiiaiy jjeduiicled spherical to elongate pyriforrn young scabrid 

 old smooth. I^OM!J. FL 2nd. iii. 532 ; Brand. For. Fl. 424 ; Kurz For. Fl. 

 ii. 456 ; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 243 ; Wight Ic. t. 659 ; Miq. II. c. 

 F. truncata and F. denticulata, Valil Si/mb. i. 83. F. truncata, repens & 

 riif'eHC(.'iis, Jl<nn. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xv. 143. F. rnfescens, \~ahl l\nnm. ii. 

 203. F. aq natica, Kun. in Willd, Sp. PI. iv. 1133. F. scabrclla, 7iW;. /. c. 

 532~; tl'iy/it Ic. t. 001 ; Miq. in L. J. J3. vii. 229 ; Kurz I. c. 455. F. repens, 



