158 URT1CACEJE. [Ficus. 



on trees. The receptacles ripen durirg the rainy season. DISTRIB. : 

 Valleys of Outer Himalaya from the Sutlej eastwards to Bhutan ; 

 also Assam, Khasia Hills, Chittagong, Chota Nagpur, Burma, and 

 Andaman Islands. 



15. F. fovcolata, Wall. Cat. 4493 ; Brandis For. Fl 423 ; Ind. 

 Trees 608 ; King Pp. Ficus 133, t. 166; F. B. I. ,v, 528; Watt 

 E. D. ; Kanjilal For. FL (ed, 2), 375 ; Gamble Man. 648 ; Collett 

 Fl. Siml 460 ; Prain Beng. PL 982 ; F. pubigera, Wall. ; Brandis 

 For. FL 424. 



A creeper or a lofty climbing shrub. Shoots pubescent". Leaves of 

 climbing stems membranous, 1^-6 in., ovate oblong or lan- 

 ceolate, acute or acuminate, entire, glabrous above, pubescent or 

 glabrate beneath and with prominent nerves ; base rounded cordate 

 or subcuneate, 3-nerved ; main lateral nerves 3-6 pairs ; petioles i-J 

 in., pubescent ; stipules in pairs, J in., villous. Receptacles axillary, 

 sessile, usually solitary, subglobose to ovoid or obovoid, i-l in. long, 

 warted or wrinkled, downy, red or orange-coloured when ripe ; basal 

 bracts 3, ovate, acute, often reflexed ; peduncle T \j-i in. MALE 

 FLOWERS stalked. Stamens 2, rarely 3 ; filaments connate ; anthers 

 ovate, pointed. Sepals of all flowers 4. Ovary of gall flowers obovoid ; 

 style short, stigma dilated. Acliene oblong-reniform, papillose ; 

 style long, subterminal. 



Dehra Dun, near the Robbers' Cave. DISTRIB. : Outer Himalayan 

 ranges from Chamba (Punjab) to Bhutan ; also Chitral, Khasia Hills, 

 Chittagong and Burma, extending to Hongkong, China and Japan, 

 Collett remarks that the receptacles are rarely, if ever, produced on 

 the creeping branches. 



16. F. palmata, For sic. FL Mgypi.-Arab. 179 ; King Sp. Fie. 

 146, t. 185 ; F. B. I. v, 530 ; Watt E. D. ; Kanjilal For. FL (ed. 2), 

 376 ; Gamble Man. 649 ; Collett FL Siml. 460, f. 148 ; Brandis Ind. 

 Trees 607, 718. F. caricoides Roxb. Fl. Ind. Hi, 529. F. 

 virgata, Eoxb. Lc. 530 ; Eoyle III. 337 ; Brandis For. FL 419. 

 Vern. Anjiri, bedu, Jchemri (Dehra Dun), kembu (Merwara). 



A bush or small tree, never an epiphyte ; bark smooth, dull ashy 

 grey ; young shoots usually tomentose or pubescent. Leaves mem 

 branous 1J-5 in. long, orbicular-ovate, acute or apiculate, dentate or 

 serrate or entire or obtusely 3-5-lobed, somewhat scabrous above, 

 scabrid or shortly tomentose beneath ; base 3-nerved ; main lateral 

 nerves 3-6 pairs ; petiole 1-2 in., stipules in pairs, ovate, acute, pubes. 



