520 cxxxvi. URTICACE.E. (J. D. Hooker.) \_Ficus, G. King. 



61. F. nigrescens, King ; leaves alternate petioled broadly ov rounded 

 ovate shortly acuminate coarsely serrate toothed above minutely strigose 

 beneath harshly pubescent, nerves 3 pairs above the cordate 5-nerved base, 

 receptacles solitary or in pairs shortly peduncled harshly pubescent. 



MUNNIPORE and KEGARONA in the NAJA HILLS, alt. 5-5800 ft., Clarice. 



A small creeping shrub, rooting at the nodes ; shoots at first softly pubescent. 

 Leaves l-2 in.; petiole |~f in., pubescent; stipules in pnlrs, lanceolate scarious 

 glabrous about \ in. Receptacles ^ in. diam. on short scaly tubercles at the leaf-scars. 

 Fem.fl. stoutly peclicelled ; sepals 3, lanceolate; style lateral longer than the minutely 

 tubercled acheue, stigma cylindric. Figs nearly black (Clarke). Male Jl. unknown, 

 but species clearly allied to heterophylla and Ampelos. 



62. P. rostrata, Lamk. Encycl. ii. 498; leaves alternate petioled 

 narrowly oblong elliptic or lanceolate rarely subobovate abruptly caudate 

 entire or subsinuately toothed above the middle, nerves 3-6 pairs, recepts 

 subsessile in axillary pairs or clustered ovoid then globose scabridly hispid, 

 basal bracts 0. Blume Bijd. 465 ; Miq. Flor. i. ii. 307 ; Ann. iii. 274, 293. 

 F. radicans, Roxh. FL Ind. iii. 536 ; Wight Ic. t. 67 ; Miq. passim. F. acu- 

 minata, Kuntli fy Bouche Ind. Sem. 21 ; Wall Cat. 4478 A to D. F. saxatilis, 

 parietalis var. ovalis, & quercifolia, Blume Bijd. 460, 462, 466, 468. F. ob- 

 tusidens, Miq. PI. Jungh., and Flor. I c. 305, and angulidens, I. c. 310. 

 F. Lobbii & raridens, Miq. II. c. 233, 430, and Flor. 305, 309. F. uni- 

 glandulosa, Wall. Cat. 4479 ; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 453 ; Miguel II. c. 



Forests at the base of the hills in BHOTAN, the KHASIA, CHITTAGONG, BURMA 

 and the MALAY PENINSULA. DISTRIB. Malay Islands. 



A scandent or creeping rarely erect shrub. Leaves 2J-8 in., glabrous, base (rarely 

 suddenly) narrowed 3-nerved, nerves and reticulations strong, above shining beneath 

 pale harsh ; petiole \-% in. scurfy ; stipules minute, subulate. Receptacles in axillary 

 pairs or fascicles or from leaf-scars, i-J in. diam., young boldly umbouate, ripe red- 

 yellow ; peduncle | In. Alale and gall sepals linear, gall ovary pedicelled globose 

 smooth, style short lateral. Fern, perianth 2-3-cleft ; acheue ellipsoid, notched at the 

 style base; stigma cylindric. 



63. F. cuspidata, Reinwdt. in Blume Bij 'd. 474 ; leaves shortly pe- 

 tioled elliptic-lanceolate or linear-oblong caudate-acuminate glabrous, nerves 

 6-8 pairs horizontal, recepts clustered in the leaf-axils subsessile ovoid or 

 subglobose scabrid, basal bracts 0. Miq. in L. J. B. vii. 429 ; Flor. i. ii. 

 308; Ann. iii. 274, 292. F. tenuiramis, Kuntli Sf JBouckeInd.Sem.2li 

 Miq. L c. 432. F. angulifolia, Blume I c. 463. F. fallax, Miq. Flor. I. c. 

 308 ; Ann. 292. 



PEKAK, Kunstler. DISTRIB. Sumatra, Java. 



A shrub or tree, never scandent or creeping, branches slender. Leaves 3-5| in., 

 tail long straight, base 3-nerved acute, shining above, dull and minutely subscabrid 

 beneath; petiole - in. ; stipules -5 in. convolute. Recepts -- 1 in., umbouate ; 

 peduncle 0- in. slender/with'one bract about the middle and several at the base. 

 Male sepals 3-4, .lanceolate, stamens 1-2, anther short subsessile. Gall Jl. ; sepals 

 3, lanceolate, ovary pedicelled smooth, style short lateral. Fern. fl. ; sepals 2-3 ; acheue 

 ellipsoid notched at the lateral style base, stigma dilated. 



VAR. sinuata ; leaves larger narrowly oblong sinuate or lobed. 



64. r. clavata, Wall Cat. 4495 ; shoots scabrid, leaves alternate 

 short-petioled membranous oblong-lanceolate or oblanc'ecjate cuspidate or 

 caudate glabrous coarsely toothed above the middle, nerves 4-6 pairs, recepta 

 shortly peduncled axillary solitary dimorphic obovoid and subglobose smooth 

 scabrid or warted, fern, recepts smaller than those with male and gall. n. 



