Ficus, G. King.'] cxxxvi. UETICACE^. (J. D. Hooker.) 519 



WilU. I c. 1149 ; Eoxb. 1. c. 535 ; Wight Ic. t. 636 ; Miq. 1. c. 226. F. rubi- 

 folia, Griff. Notul. iv. 399, and Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 557, ii. iii. F. assamica, 

 acutiloba, elongata & subpandurreformis, Miq. in L. J. B. I. c. 226, 227, 

 t. xi. A, 231, 235. F. grossularioides, Burm. Fl. JW. 227. Covellia 

 Griffithii, Miq. I. c. 467. 



Throughout the HOTTER PARTS OP INDIA, near water, from the Gangetic Plain 

 eastwards, and southwards to PERAK and CEYLON. DISTEIB. Malay Islands. 



A creeping pubescent shrub. Leaves 2-5 in., base rounded or cordate, petiole 

 |-2 in. ; stipules in pairs, \-% in., ovate. Receptacles -1 in., umbilicus partially 

 open ; basal bracts minute ; peduncle ^-1 in. Male and gall perianth 3-4-cleft, 

 fein. 4-cleft ; gall ovary smooth ovoid, style short lateral. Achene subglobose tu- 

 bercled, viscid, style long lateral, stigma cylindric. Polymorphous under two pretty 

 constant forms. 



F. SCABRELLA, Roxb. ; leaves shortly petioled narrow not lobed, receptacles glo- 

 bose or subpyriform, peduncle short. 



F. REPENS, Willd. ; leaves long-petioled broad, receptacles long peduncled more 

 or less pyriforrn. 



59. F. bhotanica, King-, branchlets tomentose, leaves petioled 

 membranous oblong or obovate-oblong to broadly lyrate toothed or lobed, 

 base rounded or subtruncate 3-nerved, above strigose-scabrid, beneata 

 tomentose, nerves about 5 pairs, stipules ovate-lanceolate scarious, 

 receptacles in axillary pairs peduncled ovoid young hispid old smooth. 



BHOTAN, Griffith ; ASSAM, Masters, Mann. 



Shrubby, erect. Leaves 3^-4^ by 1^-3^ in., more or less acuminate ; petiole 

 -f in. ; stipules in., midrib tomentose. Receptacles f by J in. ; umbo prominent, 

 many-bracted ; basal bracts 3, ovate, acute; peduncle in., tomentose. Male fl. 

 pedicelled; sepals 5, linear -lanceolate; stamens 1 or 2, anthers broadly ovate. 

 Gall fl. with perianth longer than the male ; ovary ovoid smooth, style short sub- 

 terminal. Fem.fi. perianth of the male but half as long; achene triangular rounded 

 smooth, style lateral shorter than the ovary. 



60. "% quercifolia, Eoxb. FL Ind. iii. 534; shoots hispid, leaves 

 short- petioled thickly membranous entire lobed ovate elliptic or elliptic 

 obovate coarsely crenate-serrate acuminate, nerves 5-7 pairs scabrid beneath 

 and often above, receptacles usually in axillary pairs ovoid or pisiform sca- 

 brid. Wight Ic. t. 646 ; Miq. passim \ Load. Bot. Cat. t. 1540. F. humilis 

 Roxb. I. c. 535; Wight Ic. t. 635; Miq. Flor. I. c. 299 ; Ann. I. c. 271, 291. 

 F. sinuosa, Miq. in L. J. B. 1. c. 232 ; Ann. I. c. 291. F. inconstans, Miq. in 

 L. J. B. 1. c. 252, 330. F. biglandula, Blume Bijd. 475. F. biglandulosa, 

 Miq. Flor. 1. c. 298, and Suppl. 426 ; Bedd. For. Man. 224. F. anastomosans 

 IV all. Cat. 4513, 4546 ; Xurz For. Fl. ii. 455. ? F. moiitana, Burm Fl 

 Ind. 226 ; Blume Bijd. 471. 



BURMA and the MALAY PENINSULA ; in crevices of rocks. DISTEIB. Malay 

 Islands. 



A shrub, often creeping or decumbent. Leaves 2-5 in., base acute or cuneate 

 rarely rounded, nerves 3-5 pairs prominent above and beneath, petiole |-1 in. hirsute ; 

 -stipules in pairs, in., lanceolate. Receptacles - in. diam., rarely from below the 

 leaves, young umbonate, ripe globose or tip depressed, crimson ; peduncle ^-J in. ; 

 bracts 1-2 above the base, linear. Male sepals 2, anther broadly ovate. Gall sepals 

 about 3; ovary ovoid -globose, smooth ; style short, lateral. Fern, sepals 3, minute; 

 achene broadly ovoid tuberculate, style long, stigma cylindric. Resembles F. hetero- 

 phylla in habit, &c., but male fl. and receptacles very different. There are two 

 leading forms : F. quercifolia, Roxb. ; leaves coarsely sinuate-creuate deeply lobed, and 

 F. humilis, lioxb. ; leaves subentire or serrate not lobed. , 



