152 URTICACEM. [Ficus. 



acuminate apex forming about J of the blade ; margins entire, sub- 

 undulate ; base broad, truncate, slightly narrowed towards the 

 petiole, rarely subcordate, usually 5 -nerved ; main lateral nerves 

 3-6 pairs, prominent only in the young leaves ; petiole 2J-3J in., 

 flattened or channelled above ; stipules J-l in., ovate-lanceolate. 

 Receptacles sessile in pairs, axillary and from the old leaf scars, J in. 

 in diam., globular and not depressed at the apex, smooth and whitish 

 and with dark spots when young, nearly black when ripe ; basal 

 bracts 3, small, rotund. MALE FLOWERS few, only near the mouth 

 of the receptacle. Sepals 3, spathulate. Stamen 1, filament about 

 as long as the anther. Ovary of gall flower smooth, usually obovoid. 

 Achene minutely tubercled, mucilaginous ; style elongate, stigma cla- 

 vate. 



Forests of Dehra Dun and Saharanpur and eastwards along the Sub- 

 Him. forest tracts of Rohilkhand N. Oudh and Gorakhpur, also in 

 Bundelkhand and Merwara. Often planted in avenues, but a de- 

 structive epiphyte in forests. The young leaves, which are red, 

 appear in March, and the receptacles ripen during May and June. Dis- 

 TRIB. : Outer Himalayan ranges from the Chenab, ascending to 5,000 

 ft. ; also in Assam Bengal and southwards through Central W. and 

 S. India, extending to Burma and the Malay Peninsula and Islands. 

 The fruit is eaten, and the foliage is much used as fodder for cattle and 

 elephants. The soft spongy wood is pinkish-white. The tree is closely 

 allied to F. religiosa which it much resembles. 



8. F. Arnottiana, Miq. Ann. Mus. Liigd. Bat. Hi, 287 ; King Sp. 

 Fields 56, t. 68 and t. 84. ; F. B. I. v. 9 513 ; Kanjilal For. FL (ed. 2), 

 371 ; Gamble Man. 638 ; Prain Beng. PI. 980 ; Coolce FL Bomb, ii, 

 649 ; Brandis Ind. Trees 602. 



A small glabrous tree or a shrub, often epiphytic. Leaves subcoriaceous, 

 3-8 in. long, broadly ovate, narrowed upwards to the shortly caudate- 

 acuminate apex, margins entire ; base usually cordate, never nar- 

 rowed into the petiole, 7-nerved ; main lateral nerves 5-7 pairs with 

 fine lucid reticulations between ; petioles 2-6 in. long ; stipules 

 ovate -lanceolate, J-l in. long, caducous, reddish-brown when dried. 

 Receptacles mostly from the axils of fallen leaves, in pairs or clusters 

 from tubercles, sessile or shortly stalked, depressed-globose, smooth, 

 J-f in. in diam., purple with greenish dots when ripe ; basal bracts 3, 

 brown, membranous. MALE FLOWERS few, near the mouth of the 

 receptacles, sessile. Sepals 3, loose, inflated, broadly acuminate, 

 larger than the small subsessile solitary anther. GALL AND FERTILE 

 FLOWERS undistinguishable except by the contents of the ovary, 



