Ficus.] U11T1CE.E. 327 



Figs 2 or more, in clusters on the old wood below the leaves. 



Figs sessile or nearly so. Stigma subulate. Leaves oblong, loug- 



stalked, glabrous I, F. Wightianu. 



Figs pedunculate. Stigma peltate, concave. {Covellla.) 



Figs hispid. Leaves all or mostly opposite 13. Z hupida. 



Figs glabrous. Leaves all or mostly alternate. 



Leaves with a short obt ise point, not cordate at the base. 



Branches strigose 14. /''. Earlandi. 



Leaves mostly cordate, tapering to a point at the top. Branches 



glabrous 15. i^^. chlorocarpa. 



1. F. Wightiana, Wall. Catal. n. 4540. A large tree, quite glabrous. 

 Leaves oblong, shortly acuminate, about 4 in. long and \\ to 2 in. broad, 

 rather stiff ; the primary veins arcuate and confluent at some distance from 

 the edge, 3-nerved at the base, on petioles from 1| to 2 in. long. Figs nearly 

 globular, about 4 lines diameter, on peduncles of about 1 line, solitary or in 

 clusters of 2 to 4 on the old wood below the leaves, with veiy small bracts 

 under the fig. — Urostignia JFigldianum, Miq. in Lond. Joui'u. Bot. vi. 560. 



Hongkong, Hance, Wright ; at Little Hongkong, Wilford. This agrees well with indif- 

 ferent specimens we have of F. Wightiana from the Indian Peninsula, and it appears to have 

 been found also here and there in other parts of India. It may be a variety only of the 

 common Indian F. infectoria, Eoxb., which has the same foliage, but the figs are all axillary 

 and closely sessile. 



2. F. retusa, Linn. Mant. 129. A large tree, quite glabrous. Leaves 

 from ])roa(]ly obovate or nearly orbicular to obovate-oblong, obtuse or ob- 

 tusely acuminate, 1^ to 2^ in. long, 3-nerved at the base ; the primaiy veins 

 rather numerous, oblique, and joining in a continuous vein near the margin. 

 Petioles stout, 2 to 4 lines long. Figs globular, about 4 lines diameter, 

 closely sessile, solitary or in pairs in the axils of the leaves ; the subtending 

 bracts rather large. — F. nitida, Thunb. ; "Wight, Ic. t. 642. TJrod'ujma piaife- 

 rum, U. ovoidcum, U. nitidum, and TJ. retusiim, Miq. in Lond. Journ. Bot. vi. 

 580, 581, and 582. 



Hongkong, Champion, Wright ; on roadsides and near habitations, perhaps cultivated, 

 Seemanv, Hance. Dispersed over India, from Ceylon and the Peninsula to the Archipelago, 

 and northward to the Himalaya, Assam, and Sikkim, and common in China. 



3. F, difforxnis. Lam. Diet. ii. 500? Branches glabrous. Leaves 

 obovate-oblong, more or less oblique, acuminate or obtuse, usually irregidarly 

 sinuate or angular, about 4 in. long, narrowed and 3-nerved at the base ; the 

 lateral nerves short and almost marginal; the primai*y veins few, arcuate, 

 glabrous and almost shining, but rough to the touch. Petioles 2 to 3 lines. 

 Figs axillary, globular, 4 or 5 lines diameter, on a pedicel of 2 or 3 lines, 

 with small bracts at its base. 



Hongkong, Wright. Also in the Philippine Islands if this be really Lamarck's plant. The 

 specimen is insufiicient to describe the flowers. 



4. F. nervosa, Roili, Nov. PI. Sp. 388. A large glabrous slirub or tree. 

 Leaves oblong, acuminate, 4 or 5 in. long, smooth and shining above ; the 

 primaiy arcuate veins very prominent underneath, slightly 3-nerved at the 

 base, on petioles of 3 to 6 or 8 lines. Figs axillary, solitaiy or in pairs, tur- 

 binate-globular, 4 or 5 lines diameter, on peduncles of 3 to 5 lines. Bracts 

 none, or ver^^ minute at the base of the peduncles. — F. aiujudifolia, Koxb. ; 

 Wight, Ic. t. 660. Urostigma nervosum^ Miq. in Lond. Journ. Bot. vi. 585. 



