Ficus, G. King.~\ cxxxvi. URTICACE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) 521 



Miq. in L. J. B. vii. 431 ; Ann. iii. 275. F. trachycarpa, Miq. in L. J. B. I. c. 

 430; Brand, for. Fl. ii. 421. F. caudata, 'Wall. Cat. 4494; Miq. in 

 L. J. B. 1. c. 431 ; Ann. 275. F. Chincha, Roxb. Fl. 2nd. iii. 534. 



Lower hills of the HIMALAYA, ascending to 4500 ft.; from the Sutlej to 

 Bhotan ; MUNNIPORE, the KHASIA MTS., BURMA and MALACCA. 



An erect shrub, shoots scabrid. Leaves 45 in.; base acute, 3-5-nerved, nerves 

 prominent harsh punctulate beneath; petiole |-J in.; stipules in., lanceolate, ca- 

 ducous. Recepts strongly umbonate in the obovoid forms and J in. diam., in. in 

 the globose, umbilical bracts often large, basal small, ripe yellow ; peduncle TJJ in. 

 Mate and gallfl. 5-6-cleft, anther broadly ovoid. ' Fern. fl. campanulate, 5-toothed j 

 achene ovoid subpapillose, style subterminal elongate, stigma cyliiidric. F. clavata, 

 Wall., has the obovoid large recepts, with male and gall flowers intermixed all over. 

 F. caudata, Wall., has subglobose scabrid ones, some exclusively female, others -male 

 and gall ; they are often wrinkled in both. 



65. P. sikkimensis, Miq. Ann. Mus. iii. 225, 292 ; leaves alternate 

 membranous elliptic or oblanceolate cuspidate entire, nerves 5-6 pairs, 

 recepts small shortly peduncled solitary or clustered globose or globosely 

 ovoid smooth warted. F. salicifolia, Miq. in L. J. B. vii. 431 ; Ann. iii. 292. 

 F. caudata, Herb. H.f. fy T. 



EASTERN HIMALAYA and KHASIA MTS., alt. 2-4000 ft. 



A small tree, sometimes epiphytal, shoots puberulous. Leaves 2^5 in., tip sub- 

 acute, base acute or acuminate 5-nerved, under surface pale punctulate, nerves pro- 

 minent, petiole - in. scurfy ; stipules - | in., convolute curved. Recepts in. 

 diam., subumbonate, with long warts and sometimes whitish scales near the apex, pe- 

 duncle about T \j in., bracts at the middle or base minute. Male Jl. ; sepals 3 ; anther 

 ovoid, filament with a basal process. Gall. fl. ; ovary ovoid smooth, style short 

 lateral tubular. Fern. fl. ; perianth 3-toothed ; achene bordered with white, style 

 short, stigma cylindric solid. Resembles a miniature F.subulata, which is a climber 

 not found north of Chittagong. 



66. F. obscura, Blume Bijd. 474 ; leaves short-petioled membranous 

 oblong to oblanceolate or elliptic-obovate or subtrapezoid very unequal-sided 

 caudate dentate serrate or subentire scaberulous, nerves 4-5 pairs, recepts 



solitary or in axillary pairs on the old wood subsessile ovoid or globose 

 scabrid hispid or hirsute. Miq. Flor. i. ii. 302 ; Ann. iii. 272, 292. F. coro- 

 nata, Reimcdt. in Blume I. c. 470; Miq. Flor. 304. F. asperiuscula, 

 KuntTi fy Bouche Ind. Sem. 21 ; Miq. in L. J. B. vii. 234, and Flor. I. c. 300. 

 F. grewisefolia, Sort. Berol. F. Beemblas (in part), brevipes & hyphila 

 (in part}, Miq. PI. Jungli. 58, 60 ; Flor. 304, 305, 303. F. Zollingeriaiia. 

 & dasycaula, Miq. in L. J. B. 1. c. 460; Flor. I. c. 322. F. cyrtophylla, 

 Wall. Cat. 4532; Miq. in L. J. B. I. c. 460. F. subdenticulata, Miq. 

 Flor. I. c. 323. 



EASTERN HIMALAYA, KHASIA MTS. to BURMA and the MALAY PENINSULA, 

 ascending to 3000 ft. DISTRIB. Malay Islands. 



Shrubby or subarboreous. Leaves 510 in., narrowed to the tail, base oblique 

 often ^-sagittate, 3-7- nerved, above scabrous or subscabrous, hirsute or hispid, 

 beneath with strong nerves ; petiole J-l m - J stipules lanceolate, deciduously hirsute. 

 Recepts g-f in., young umbonate, ripe reddish ov orange with 1-2 wart-like side and 

 no basal bracts ; peduncle Jj-l in., with minute hispid bracts. Male fl. 4-sepalous 

 and monandrous, or diandrous with 6 obovate sepals. Gall jl. ; ovary globose, smooth, 

 style short lateral, stigma dilated. Fem.fl. ; sepals 5, linear, hispid ; achene ovoidly 

 globose, style long lateral, stigma cylindric, Some narrow-leaved forms approach 

 Jf.pisifera, Wall. 



