604 C. HORACES [Ficus 



from the branches, trunk supported by high, branching buttresses. L. shining, 

 elliptic, abruptly and shortly acuminate, blade 5-10, pet. i-23? in., stipules 

 piuk, up to 6 in. long. Receptacles enclosed, while young, by hooded involucres 

 which fall off, leaving a saucer-shaped base under the fr. Fr. sessile, greenish- 

 yellow when ripe, ovoid-oblong, \ in. long. 



Outer Himalaya from. Nepal eastwards, ascending to 5,000 ft. Assam. Khasi hills. 

 Upper Burma south to 24° N. Fr. H. S. The tree as a rule germinates on the - 

 branches of tall forest trees, grows very slowly at first, hut soon sends down aerial '_ 

 root-drops, and when these have taken root begins to make rapid progress. Eventually 

 the tree stands on its own legs, and attains a height of 100-200 ft., with a diam. of the 

 crown of 150-200 ft. Cultivated on a large scale for the yield of India .Rubber since 

 1872 in Java and since 1874 in Assam. 35. F. Benjamina, Linn, (a) Var. comosa, 

 Kurz ; King, Ann. i. t. 52. — Syn. F. comosa, Boxb. Cor. PI. t. 125 ; Wight Ic. t. 658. 

 Vern. Kabra, Nep. ; Chilli, Bbr, Assam ; Vel al, Mai. ; Nyaung thabye, Burm. Foot of 

 the Eastern Himalaya. Assam. Chittagong. Andamans. Pegu. Martaban. Tenas- 

 seriin. Chutia Nagpur. Northern Circars. Travancore, 1,000-3,000 ft. common 

 (Bourdillon). — Malay Archip. China. A large tree with a spreading crown and 

 drooping branches, perfectly glabrous. L. thinly coriaceous, shining, elliptic, abruptly 

 acuminate, blade 3-5, pet. J-J in. Fr. sessile, yellow or red when ripe., § in. diam. 

 (J~2 i n - Singbhiim, Haines), basal bracts small, (b) F. Benjamina proper, fr. small, red, 

 -J- in. diam. Andamans (Kurz). Malay Peninsula (cultivated), Archipelago (wild). 

 The size of the ripe fr. however varies greatly. 36. F. Trimeni, King. Kanara. 

 Itharwar, Bellary. — Ceylon. A very large tree, entirely glabrous, 1. coriaceous, 

 elliptic, blade 3-4, pet. f in. Fr. sessile, globose, orange-yellow or red, not dotted, 

 i-j in. diam., basal bracts small, ovate-cordate. 



Sect. III. Syncecia. $ fl. monandrous, in the same receptacle with gall fl. ; 

 ? and neuter fl. in separate receptacles. Neuter fl. consist of 3 linear sepals 

 on a long pedicel without any trace of either anther or pistil. 



37. F. callicarpa, Miq. ; King, Ann. i. t. 90. — Syn. F. pomifera, Kurz. Tenasserim 

 (Kurz). — Malay Penins. and Archip. Climbing, stems often flat, 40-100 ft. long, clinging 

 to the bark of trees by innumerable slender branching rootlets. L. glabrous, rigidly 

 coriaceous, entire, obovate, blade 3—4, narrowed into pet. J— J in., sec. n. slender, 3-4 

 pair, on the underside of the I. the surface raised between the tesselate veins. Fr. on 

 the old wood, solitary, pale yellow or orange when ripe, 1-1J in., peduncle 1-2 in. long. 



Sect. IV. Sycidium. $ fl. monandrous with gall fl. in one set of receptacles, 

 ^ in another set. L. in most species small and rough. 

 A. Erect shrubs or trees. 

 («) L. entire or nearly so, caudate-acuminate. 



38. F. clavata, Wall. ; King, Ann. i. t. 111. — Syn. F. trachycarpa, Miq. 

 Yern. Khanoi, Jauns. ; Ka-aung gale, Burm. 



An erect shrub or small tree, sometimes attaining a large size, branchlets 

 rough. L. rigidly membranous, lanceolate, sometimes oblanceolate or obovate, 

 upper part dentate, caudate-acuminate, tail tapering, \— 1 in., blade 4-8, pet. 

 \-\ in., sec. n. 5-10 pair, the lowest pair from the base and running as intra- 

 marginal nerves to the apex, tert. n. and reticulate veins prominent beneath, 

 stipules \ in., lanceolate, caducous. Receptacles solitary and axillary, of two 

 kinds, globose, \ in. diam. and obovoid, up to f in. long, smooth or warted, 

 the § receptacles smaller than those with $ and gall fl., peduncles yo~\ in., 

 basal bracts small, fr. yellow. 



Himalaya, outer hills, ascending to 6,000 ft., from the Sutlej eastwards. Nepal 

 frontier north of Bahraich (Duthie). Khasi hills. Manipur. Upper Burma. Fr. 

 April-June. — Malacca. China. 39. F. sikkimensis, Miq. Sikkim 2^4,000 ft. Khasi 

 hills. A small tree, sometimes epiphytic, 1. membranous, nearly glabrous, entire, 

 lanceolate or oblanceolate, tail J-J in., blade 3-7, pet. J-J in. Becept. solitary or 

 clustered, nearly sessile, ^ in. diam. 



(b) L. denticulate, crenate, serrate or deeply lobed, not caudate-acuminate. 



40. F. brevicuspis, Miq. ; King, Ann. i. 1. 106. Andamans. — Johore. Java. A shrub, 

 branchlets sparsely hispid. L. elongate-elliptic or obovate, slightly denticulate; blade 

 5-10, pet. |-2 in. Beceptacles globose, J in. diam., pedunculate, solitary, axillary or 

 from the scars of fallen 1. 41. F. obscura, Blume ; King, Ann. i. tt. 102, 103. Sikkim, 

 outer hills and valleys, ascending to 5,000 ft. Khasi hills. Burma (King). — Malay 



