326 URTICE.E. [Artocarj)us. 



on tomentose peduncles of 6 to 8 lines. Male heads 6 to 8 lines long-. Perianth- 

 segments linear-spathulate, plnmose-haiiy, so densely crowded with the cla- 

 vate or siibpeltate bracts that it is difficult to distingnish those belonging to 

 each flower. Female flower-heads rather smaller. Perianths densely haiiy. 

 Styles shortly protruding. 



Hongkong, Hance. Not £een in any other collection. It is very near to the A. glau- 

 cescens, Tree, from Java ; but that has not the same prominent veins on the under side of 

 the leaves, and the flower-heads are much smaller and nearly sessile. 



5. FICUS, Linn. 



Plowers unisexual, minute, enclosed in a hollow globular ovoid or pear- 

 shaped succulent receptacle called a Jig or syncecimn ; the minute aperture 

 closed by bracts turned inwards. Male floAvers usually near the mouth of the 

 fig. Perianth 3- to 6-lobed. Stamens usually 1 or 2, rarely more. Pemale 

 flowers usually lining the greater part of the cavity. Perianth entire, or of 2 

 or more lobes or segments. Ovary 1 -celled, with 1 pendulous or laterally at- 

 tached ovule. Style usually lateral, with a more or less oblique, variously 

 shaped siigma. Pniiting fig usually enlarged, the enclosed seed-like nuts 

 surrounded each by its membranous or pulpy persistent perianth. Em- 

 bryo curved, in a fleshy albumen. — Trees or shridjs, with the juice usually 

 milky. Leaves alternate, or very rarely opposite, entire or divided. Pigs 

 (receptacles) solitary, or in clusters of 2 or more, axillaiy or on the old wood 

 below the leaves, usually with 3 small bracts at their base, or at the base of 

 the pedicel. 



A very large tropical or subtropical genus, ranging over both the New and the Old World, 

 but most abundant in Asia. 



Figs axillary, solitary or 2 or 3 together. 

 Leaves and figs glabrous. 

 Figs sessile. 



Petioles 1 to 2 in. long \. F. Wightiana. 



Petioles under J in. long 2. F. retusa. 



Kgs pedunculate. 



Bracts none, or only at the base of the peduncle. 



liCaves entire, abruptly acuminate 4-. F. nervosa. 



Leaves irregularly angular or dentate towards the top . . Z. F. difformis. 

 Bracts at or near the top of the peduncle. 

 Erect shrubs. 



Leaves (pale -green) coriaceous and very shining ; the 



transverse veins very prominent 5. i^. Championi. 



Leaves green above, glaucous underneath ; the transverse 

 veins not prominent. 



Fig pear-shaped, 1 in. long or more &. F. pi/riformis. 



Fig globular, \ in. long or less 1. F. variolosa. 



Stems prostrate or creeping. 



Leaves rounded at the base. Figs small, globular . 8. F. impressa. 

 Leaves unequally cordate at the base. "Figs large, pear- 

 shaped " 9. F. stipulata. 



Leaves and figs pubescent or hispid. 



Leaves glabrous above, very reticulate underneath. Figs almost 



sessile. (Stem prostrate ?) " . . . 10. F. Wriylitii. 



Leaves pubescent on both sides, soft. Figs pedunculate . . . 11. F. Beecheyana. 

 Leaves and sessile figs very hispid or bristly 12. F. hirta. 



