Ficus.] URTICACEM. 153 



sessile or pedicelled. Perianth gamophyllous, lax, toothed at the 

 apex, completely investing the ovary. Style elongate, stigma flat. 



Rajputana, in the neighbourhood of Ajmer, on rocky ground (Brandis). 

 DISTRIB. : Outer ranges of W. Himalaya in Jaunsar Garhwal and 

 Kumaon, up to 3,000 ft., and from Chota Nagpur through Central W. 

 and S. India to Ceylon. The leaves resemble those of F. Rumphii, 

 but they are never narrowed at the base into the petiole. 



9. F. Infectoiia, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. Hi, 551 (excl. syn, Eheede) (not of 

 Willd.) ; Brandis For. FL 414 (excl. syn.) ; Ind. Trees 602 ; King 

 Sp. Fie. 60, t. 75 ; F. B. I. v, 515 ; Watt E. D. ; Comm. Prod. Ind. 

 538 ; Kanjilal For. FL (ed. 2), 372 ; Gamble Man. 645 ; Prain Beng. 

 PL 981 ; Cooke FL Bomb, ii, 651. F. Lacor, Buch.-Ham. in Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. XV, 150. Vern. Khobar, pdkJiar, pilkJian. 



A large spreading deciduous fast-growing glabrous tree, often epiphytic 

 in early life and sometimes sending down a few aerial roots from the 

 trunk or branches ; bark greenish -grey, smooth. Leaves membran- 

 ous, 3^-5 in. long, ovate or ovate-oblong, shortly and rather abruptly 

 acuminate ; margins entire, subundulate ; base usually rounded, 

 slightly cordate or sometimes narrowed or acute, 3-nerved, main 

 lateral nerves 5-7 pairs, not very prominent; petioles H-2 in., 

 sometimes indistinctly jointed with the blade ; stipules about J in., 

 long, broadly ovate, acute, pubescent. Receptacles axillary, in pairs 

 sessile, globose, in. in diam., whitish flushed with red and 

 dotted when ripe ; basal bracts 3 minute, ovate-rotund. MALE 

 FLOWERS few, sessile near the mouth of the receptacles. Sepals 

 4 or 5. Stamen 1 ; anther broadly ovate filament short. Perianth 

 of gall and fertile flowers as in the male. Style of gall flowers short ; 

 of the fertile female flowers long, stigma elongate. 



Forests of Dehra Dun and Saharanpur and eastward? along the Sub- 

 Himalayan tracts of Rohilkhand and K. Oudh, also in Bundelkhand. 

 It is not common anywhere wild, but is occasionally met with near 

 villages as a planted tree. DISTRIB. : Throughout India, extending 

 from the outer Himalayan ranges to Ceylon, Burma, Malay Peninsula 

 and China. The wood is used chiefly for making charcoal, and the 

 young shoots are eaten in curries. The bark yields a fairly good 

 fibre, and the tree is much lopped to supply fodder for cattle and 

 elephants. 



VAR. 1. Lambertiana, King Sp. Fie. 63. t. 76 ; F. B. I. V, 516 ; Kanjilal 

 For. FL (ed. 2) 373 ; Prain Beng. PL 981 ; Cooke FL Bomb, ii, 651. 

 F. Lambertiana, Miq. Leaves coriaceous ; base broad, rounded 



