Ficus, G. Kiny.~\ cxxxvi. URTICACEJ:. (J. D. Hooker.) 529 



elongate. Gall ovary obovoid, smooth, style short. Achene elliptic, style long, 

 stigma cylindric. F. adhcerens is a constant form with smaller leaves and sessile 

 recepts. 



89. F. araneosa, King\ leaves ovate-lanceolate obtusely cuspidate 

 entire glabrous above, densely flocculent beneath, recepts in axillary pairs 

 or clusters pyriform flocculent. 



PERAK ; at Laroot, Kunstler. 



Leaves 2|-3^ in. ; petiole ^ | in. ; stipules ovate, convolute, flocculent. Recepts 

 shortly peduncled, basal bracts 0. Sepals in all fl. 4, broad, anthers 2 elongate 

 sagittate. Gall ovary narrowly obliquely ovoid; style short, subterminal. Achene 

 (young) with a short thick style. 



90. F. villosa, Blume Bijd. 441 ; shoots fulvous villous, leaves coria- 

 ceous ovate-oblong or -lanceolate acuminate entire glabrous and subrugose 

 above except the hirsute midrib and 5-6 pairs of nerves, beneath densely 

 fulvous villous, recepts in clusters on axillary tubercles shortly pedun- 

 cled. Miq. in L. J. B. vii. 451 ; Flor. i. ii. 317, t. 21 B ; Ann. iii. 294. 

 F. dives, Miq. Choix, t. 12. F. obtecta & ? F. barbata, Wall. Cat. 4505, 

 4576. 



PENAN& and SINGAPORE, Wallich. PERAK, Kunstler. DISTRIB. Malay Islands. 



Leaves 5-7 i in., base 3-5 -nerved rounded notched or subcordate; petiole J-l in., 

 villous ; stipules in pairs if-lf in., broadly oblong-lanceolate, glabrous, caducous. 

 Recepts % in. diam., (ripe) orange-yellow, umbonate ; peduncle -j^-i in., villous, 

 bracts minute. Sepals of all fl. 4, lanceolate ; anthers elongate, filaments short. 

 Gall ovary narrowly elliptic, style subterminal. Achene ellipsoid. Very near F. 

 lanata and recurva, Blume. 



91. F. crininervia, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 432; shoots tawny- 

 silky, leaves coriaceous elliptic- or ovate-oblong acuminate or cuspidate 

 entire above glabrous and minutely lepidote beneath tessellately reticulate, 

 nerves 5-6 pairs above the cordate or subsagittate base silky beneath, 

 recepts axillary solitary or in pairs obovoid or globose smooth in age, 

 basal bracts 0. F. lanigera, Wall.- Cat. 4577. F. grossinervis, Miqutl in 

 Herb. 



ASSAM, Griffith, Clarice, CHITTAGON&, Lister. DISTRIB. Malay Islands. 



Creeping and rooting from stem and branches. Leaves ^-1 in., base 5-7-nerved ; 

 petiole -|-1| in., scurfy and deciduously hirsute ; stipules f-l in., in pairs, linear- 

 lanceolate flaccid glabrous, very conspicuous on the branchlets. Recepts $-. in. 

 diam., subumbonate, base contracted, hairs deciduous ; peduncle - in., base bracteate. 

 Fern, sepals 3; achene (young) obliquely ovoid; style subterminal, short, stigma 

 large. 



92. F. diversifolia, Blume Bijd. 456; leaves sessile polymorphous 

 usually deltoid or cuneate-obovate with the apex obtuse rounded truncate 

 or 2-fid and base narrowed glandular with a forked midrib, sometimes 

 obovate oblanceolate or rhomboid and penninerved tip a'cute or obtuse, 

 recepts axillary solitary or in pairs depressed globose ovoid or pyriform 

 smooth. Miq. Ann. iii. 288. F. deltoidea, Jack Mai. Misc. vii. 71, and 

 ovoidea, 1. c. ; Wall. Cat. 4526. F. spathulata, Miq. in L. J. B. vii. 441 

 (excl. F. retusa). F. sideroxifolia, G-riff. Notul. iv. 389; Ic. PL Asiat. 

 551, f. 2. F. lutescens, Desf. Hort. Par. Ed. 3, 413. Synoecia diversifolia, 

 Miq. in L. J. B. I. c. 470, t. 9 B ; Flor. i. ii. 328. Erythrogyne frutescens, 

 Visiani in Gaspar. Ric. 86 ; Miq. in L. J. B. I. c. 453. 



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