FicUS.] URTICE.E. 329 



Whether (hey be really tliat species, or only barren shoots of /''. impressa, can only be dcter- 

 rniaed when the plant shall have been seen ia fruit. 



10. F. Wrightii, ^^^//^/^., u. sp. Brandies (cliiubiiio- or prostrate!?) 

 emitting- clusters of libres, and pubescent when young. Leaves oval-obloug, 

 acuminate, entire, 3 to 4 in. long, cuneate and 3-ncrvedat the base, the lateral 

 nerves short and nearly m;n-ginal, the primary veins arcuate towards tlie margin, 

 and very prominent underneath, as well as the reticuhite smaller ones, glabrous 

 and smooth above, pubescent but scarcely scabrous underneath, on petioles of 

 3 to 5 lines. Figs small (not yet full-grown ?), axillary, globose, slightly 

 pubescent, on petioles of 1 line, bracteate at the top. Female flowers shortly 

 stipitate. Perianth-segments brown. Stigma long and subulate. 



Hongkong, Wright. This much resembles the F.foveolata, Wall. {FogonotropJu',W\{\.), 

 but the characters are those of a Urostigma. 



11. F. Beecheyana, Hook, and Am. Bot. Beech. 271 ; M'kj. in Lund. 

 Joi'rn. Bot. vii. -137. Branches pubescent. Leaves from broadly ovate or 

 obovate to oblong, always acuminate, 3 to 5 in. long, more or less cordate, 

 and 3-nerved at the base, on a petiole of ^ to 1 in., scabrous, hirsute above, 

 or nearly glabrous when old, softly pubescent underneath ; tlie primary veins 

 U^w and arcuate. Figs pubescent, nearly globular, 7 or 8 lines diameter, on 

 pedicels of 4 or 5 lines, bracteate at the top. 



Hongkong, Harland, Hanre, Wright. Also Loochoo and Formosa. 



12. F. Mrta, VaJd, Enmn. ii. 201 ; Miq. in Lond. Jovrn. Bot. \\\. 456. 

 A tall slirub, the branches, petioles, and tigs hirsute with stitf l^airs or 

 bristles, often of a rusty or yellowish colour. Leaves very variable in sha))e, 

 usually 5 to 8 in. long, seiTate-crenate, not coriaceous, but green and scabrous 

 on both sides, hirsute on the principal veins, either entire from oblong-hmce- 

 olate to broadly oblong-cordate, or shortly 3-lobed, or deeply 3- or 5-lobed, 

 with long lanceolate lobes, on the side branches often small and narrow. 

 Figs globular, from 4 or 5 lines diameter to twice that size, sessile or on very 

 short pedicels, bracteate at the top. — F. JiibiscifoUa, Champ, in Kew, Joiu'u. 

 Bot. vi. 77. 



Common in ravines, Champion and others. In S. China and the Archipelago, and per- 

 haps in Assam and Silhet, but there generally replaced by the closely allied broad-leaved 

 (sjjecies or variety ?) F. Ro.rhurghii, Miq. 



13. F. hispida, Linn.fil. Suppl. 442. A small tree, the young branches 

 hispid. Leaves mostly opposite, stalked, from ovate or obovate to oblong, 

 shortly acuminate, 5 or 6 in. long, crenate-seiTate, very rough on both sides 

 with short stiff hairs. Figs mostly on the old wood, 2 or 3 together on old 

 spurs, which grow out into leafless branches of 1 to 2 in., nearly globose, full 

 if in. diameter, shortly but densely hirsute, on short peduncles, bracteate at the 

 top. Female perianth truncate, nearly as long as the ovary, but so thin and 

 transparent that it is easily overlooked. Style short, with a concave peltate 

 stigma. — F. oppositifoVta, Roxb. Pi. Corom. t. 124 ; Wight, Ic. t. G38. Co- 

 vellia oppositifolia, Gasp. ; Miq. in Lond. Jonrn. Bot. vii. 4G1, and C. Jiiapida, 

 Miq. I.e. 462. 



Hongkong, Uarlaiul. Common in norlhcrn and eastern India, extending to the Archi- 

 pelago and to S. China. I can see no difference in the Ja\anesc specimens named by Miqucl 

 C. hispida, and if the two species are identical, the younger Liuuccus's mime is several years 



