Ficus.] LXVII. URTICACE^E. 421 



11. F. scandens, Roxb. 1. c. 536 ; Wight Ic. t. 643. (Not F. scandens, 

 Roxb. of Stewart Pb. Plants, 214.) 



A climbing shrub ; leaves coriaceous, rough on both sides, or on the 

 under side only, short-petiolate, ovate, entire, main lateral nerves 4-6 pair, 

 with shorter intermediate nerves between, the lowest pair basal, joined by- 

 slender reticulate and intramarginal veins, blade 4-6, petiole J-l in. long. 

 Receptacles in pairs, axillary, pedunculate, but not stipitate, supported at 

 the base by 3-4 ovate bracts. Male flowers few, monandrous; perianth of 

 both sexes red, glabrous, of 4 linear segments. Style lateral, short, stig- 

 ma 2-lobed. Fruit subglobose, J in. diam., yellowish-green when ripe, 

 peduncle J in. long. 



Kamaon, Parisnath in Behar, Eastern Bengal. 



Ficus radicans, Roxb. 1. c. 536 ; Wight Ic. t. 671 Syn. F. wrophylla, Wall., 

 is a scandent shrub with rooting stems, often epiphytic. Leaves short-petiolate, 

 elliptic or elliptic-oblong, suddenly narrowed into a long linear apex, midrib, 

 nerves and veins very prominent beneath, impressed on the upper side of leaf, 

 main lateral nerves 3-4 on either side of midrib, anastomosing by stout intra- 

 marginal transverse and reticulate veins. Fruit axillary, subglobose, pedun- 

 culate, 2 in. diam., yellow or orange when ripe. East Bengal, Burma, Indian 

 Archipelago. 



12. F. trachycarpa, Miq. in Hook. Journ. Bot. vii. (1848) 430; Ann. 

 291. 



A shrub or small tree, with rough branchlets. Leaves rough, short- 

 petiolate, oblong - lanceolate, long-acuminate, dentate with large distant 

 teeth, main lateral nerves 6-8 pair, arcuate, blade 4-6 in., acumen (tail) 

 1 in., and petiole \ in. long. Receptacles axillary, solitary, short-pedun- 

 culate, male and female flowers in one receptacle. Male flowers : perianth 

 gamophyllous, segments 3-5, hairy ; stamens 1 or 2, anthers versatile, cells 

 parallel, distinct. Female flowers : perianth-segments linear, ciliate, gen- 

 erally 5. Ovary stipitate, style short, lateral, bifid at the top, but early 

 deciduous. Fruit ovoid, f in. long, rugose with a very uneven surface, on 

 short peduncle. 



Sutlej valley near Rampur, Kamaon, ascending to 5000 ft. Sikkim, Kasia 

 hills, Burma. Fr. May, June. 



13. F. Cunia, Buch. ; Roxb. 1. c. 561 j Wight Ic. t. 648 ; Miq. Ann. 

 Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 296. Yern. Khewnau, Garhwal ; Khurhur, Oudh ; 

 Kassoe, Gorakhpur; Ghivi, C. Prov. 



A small or sometimes a large tree, branchlets scabrous. Leaves alternate, 

 bifarious, unequal-sided, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, serrate, rough on 

 both sides, under side soft-tomentose while young, base semicordate, the 

 lower half forming a large rounded, projecting, 3-nerved lobe; main lateral 

 nerves 8-12 pair, with prominent transverse veins, blade 6-15, petiole \ 

 in. long. Fruit turbinate, ribbed, pedunculate, in pairs or in threes, in 

 long leafless panicled racemes from the trunk, often several feet long. 



Sub-Himalayan tract, ascending to 4000 ft. in the outer hills, and extending 

 west to the Chenab. Oudh forests, in ravines and water-courses. East Bengal, 

 Parisnath, Coromandel coast, Burma. The principal crop of the fruit ripens in 



