30 cxxxvi. URTICACEJE. (J.;D. Hooker.) [/<'/>,/>, (/. King. 



PENANG, PERAK and SINGAPORE, WallicTi, &c. DISTRIB. Malay Islands. 



Often epiphytal shrub or small tree. Leaves 1 by f in., to 5 by 4- in., coriaceous 

 or subcoriaceous, beneath granulate and with dark glands in the fork of the midrib 

 or in the axils of the lower nerves in the penninerved forms ; petiole ^-? r in. (1 .V- 3 in. 

 in var. Kunstleri) ; stipules \- in.,- linear-lanceolate, convolute. Recepts dull yellow 

 or reddish j basal bracts 3, short, broad, spreading, puberulous; peduncle -1 in. 

 Male sepals 4, obovate. Gall sepals 3, ovate or linear ; ovary globose, 'smooth, or 

 angular rough and crustaceous ; style short, subterniinal ; stigma wide tubular. 

 Achenes twice as large as the gall ovary, elougate-reniforin shining; style lateral, 

 long, stigma forked. The leaves are usually of the obovate-cuneate type, with 

 bifurcating midrib, rarely also elongated oblanceolate and penninerved. Such dimor- 

 phous individuals suggested Blume's name of diversifolia. This was not published 

 until 1825, whereas Jack's deltoidea and ovoidea were both published in 1822. I, 

 however, retain Blume's name, because it recognizes the dimorphism, and covers 

 both Jack's forms. Three vars. are distinguishable. 



VAR. ovoidea ; all parts smaller, leaves narrowly obovate to oblanceolate, tip 

 rounded entire, recepts usually in pairs subglobose or ovoid | in. long. P. ovoidea, 

 Jack. 



VAR. Kunstleri', leaves large cuneate-deltoid, tip rounded or notched, petiole 

 in., recepts about | in. long, male fl. long-pediceiled, perianth minute, gall 

 sepals 3 linear much longer than the achene. Perak. 



VAR. lutescens; leaves pinnate-nerved subrhombic acute at both ends. F. 

 lutescens, Desf. Perak, alt. 4-5000 ft., on the ground and trees. 



93. F. palmata, Forsk. Fl. ^Egypt. 179 ; leaves membranous orbicu- 

 lar-ovate acute or apiculate toothed or serrate entire or obtusely 3-5-lobed 

 subscabrous above scabrid or shortly tomeutose beneath, nerves 3-6 pairs, 

 recepts solitary axillary subglobose to pyriform, base constricted. Vahl 

 Symb. i. 84, t. 24 ; Miq. Ann. iii. 290, and in L. J. B. vii. 225. F. caricoides, 

 Roxb. FL Ind. iii. 529 ; Miq. in L. J. B. 1. c. 224. F. pseudo-sycamorus, 

 Dene. Fl. Sinaic. ; Miq. in L. J. B. 1. c. 227 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 1155. 

 F. virgata, Eoxb. I. c. 530 ; Wight Ic. t. 649 ; Miq. in L. J. B. 228, and Fie. 

 Afric. 130 ; Brand. For. Fl. 419 ; Wall. Cat. 4507 A and ? B, 4492. 



N.W. INDIA, from the Indus eastwards to Oudh, ascending to 3000 ft. in the 

 HIMALAYA. Mr. Acco, King. DISTRIB. Westward to Egypt and Abyssinia. 



A bush or small tree, nerves epiphytal, shoots tomentose, pubescent or glabrous. 

 Leaves l|-5 in., base 3-nerved ; petiole 1-2 in. ; stipules in pairs, ovate, acute, 

 pubescent, deciduous. Recepls |-1 in. diam., umbonate, (ripe) yellow ; basal bracts 

 3, acute, deciduous; peduncle ^-1 in. Male fl. on hairy pedicels ; sepals 4-5, lanceo- 

 late, hairy. Gall fl. sessile or pedicelled ; perianth deeply 5-cleft; ovary ovoid, 

 smooth ; style very short, lateral, stigma dilated. Fein. fl. ; perianth of gall fl. ; 

 achene trigonous, granular ; style subteraainal, long, hairy, stigma bifid. The 

 Indian representative of F. Carica, L. 



94. P. alba, Reinwdt. in Blume Bijd. 467 ; leaves ovate elliptic ovate- 

 lanceolate or subrhombic entire or acutely 3-lobed irregularly toothed 

 scabrid or hispidulous above clothed with white or cinnamon tomentum 

 beneath, nerves 3-4 pairs above the basal, recepts in axillary pairs sessile 

 depressed globose or ovoid smooth when ripe. Miq. Flor. i. ii. 294, and 

 F. Mappan, Suppl. 424, 425 ; Ann. iii. 270, 290. F. nivea, Blume I. c. ; 

 Miq. Flor. L c. 294. F. gossypina, Wall. Cat. 4488 ; Miq. in Hook. L. J. B. 

 vii. 455 ; Flor. I. c. 294 ; SuppL 425. F. Hunteri, Miq. in L. J. B. L c. 225, 

 and Flor. L c. 296. ? F. palmata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 529. 



PENANG, PERAK, SINGAPORE and MALACCA, ascending to 4000 ft. DISTRIB. 

 Malay Islands. 



