610 C. MORACEiE [Ficus 



valley. Western Peninsula. A middle-sized or large tree, young shoots minutely 

 hairy, mature 1. glabrous. L. entire, elongate-elliptic, ovate- or elliptic-lanceolate, base 

 acute or rounded, blade 3-8, pet. §— 2 in., sec. n. 6-8 pair, the lowest pair basal. 3 ? and 

 gall fl. together in one receptacle (Solms-Laubach in Bot. Zeit. 1885, 548 and King, 

 Ann. i. 173). Fr. nearly globose, 1-14 in. diam., clustered on leafless branches, from 

 trunk and larger branches ; rarely axillary. L. renewed between Jan. and April, when 

 the tree is sometimes bare for a short time. 



(c) L.oas a rule entire, lanceolate or oblong, pet. short. 



76. F. lanceolata, Ham. ; Wight le. t. 645 ; King, Ann. i. t. 224. Khasi hills. Beds 

 of streams in Chittagong and Singbhum. A much-branched, nearly glabrous shrub, 

 usually prostrate, 1. lanceolate, entire base mostly rounded, blade 4-8, pet. J— § in., 

 stipules as long as petiole, base broad, scar annular. Receptacles glabrous, pear-shaped, 

 depressed, 1-2 in. diam., purple when ripe, in clusters of 5-6, on short lateral branchlets 

 on the old wood, often near the ground. Ovary and style glabrous, fr. edible. 77. 

 F. Clarkei, King in Ann. i. t. 221. Khasi hills. A tall tree, nearly glabrous. L. oblong, 

 acuminate, base acute, entire or with a few large teeth near the apes, unequal-sided, 

 blade 9, pet. J in., sec. n. 8-10 pair, the lowest pair basal, running close under the 

 edge of 1. Stamens 2-3. Fr. pyriform, red, edible, 1 in. diam., contracted into a long 

 stalk, at the base of which are 3 ovate-lanceolate bracts. 



J3. Climbing shrubs, leaves entire, broadly-ovate, 3-5-nerved. 



78. F. guttata, Wight Ic. t. 1966 (Covettia), King, Ann. i. t. 209. Nilgiris. Palnis. 

 Branchlets, pet. and underside of 1. rusty -pubescent, 1. sparsely and minutely hairy 

 above, blade 5-6, pet. 4.-J in. long. Fr. 1-1J in. diam., on short peduncles in dense 

 clusters on the old wood. 79. F. macrocarpa, Wight MSS. ; King, Ann. i. t. 208. — Syn. 

 Pogonotrophe macrocarpa, Miq. in Wight let. 1965. Nilgiris. Branchlets, petioles 

 and underside of 1. minutely hairy. L. glabrous above, blade 6-S, pet. 1-2 J in. 

 Fr. 1-2J in. diam., in large clusters on the old wood. 



Hullettia GrimtMana, King. — Syn. Dorstenia Griffithiana, Kurz. Tenasserim. An 

 evergreen shrub, branches stout, branchlets pubescent, 1. rigidly chartaceous, upper- 

 side glabrous and glossy, underside rough with very minute stiff hairs, oblanceolate, 

 base rounded or cordate, sec. n. joined by prominent intramarginal veins. Fl. dioecious, 

 10-12, sunk in cavities of axillary peduncled open funnel-shaped 3^-lobed receptacles. 

 (J perianth tubular 2-lobed, stamens 2, filaments connate into a column. ? perianth 

 tubular, clavate, mouth minute. Ovary free, ovule erect. Fruiting receptacles velvety, 

 1-2 in. diam. 



Conocephalus suaveolens, Blume. — Syn. Urtica naucleiflora, Roxb. ; Wight Ic. t. 6S4. 

 Subhimalayan tract and outer hills from Sikkim eastwards. Assam. Khasi hills. 

 Chittagong. Burma, Upper and Lower. — Malay Peninsula. A large evergreen 

 climber, 1. glabrous, broadly ovate or elliptic, cystolith cells prominent, usually as 

 raised whitish dots on the upper and as raised whitish lines on the lower surface, blade 

 6-10, pet. 1-6 in., sec. n. 8-12 pair, the lowest pair basal, stipules large, deciduous. Fl. 

 fragrant, dioecious, in dense globose heads, i heads J in. diam. in broad shortly peduncled 

 dichotomous cymes, fl. sessile, stamens 3-4, ? heads usually 4-6, in short cymes, fl. 

 shortly peduncled, perianth tubular, including the free ovary, styles short, undivided. 

 Bracts at the bifurcation of both 6 and 9 cymes opposite, broad, concave, deciduous. 



2. ALL^ANTHUS, Thwaites; M. Brit. Ind. v. 490. 



Species 8, Indo-Malayan region. 



A. Kurzii, Hook. f. — Syn. Malaisia tortuosa, Kurz F. Fl. ii. 466. Vern. 

 Malaing, Burm. : Yeyun, Shan. 



A large deciduous climber, stem attaining 2 ft. in girth, glabrous or young 

 shoots minutely pubescent, 1. ovate-oblong, acuminate, dentate, penninerved, 

 blade 3-5, pet. \-i in. long, stipules broad, deciduous, Fl. dioecious, $ in 

 short pedunculate-fascicled spikes, 1-2 in. long, sepals 4, thin, each fl. supported 

 by 3-4 hyaline bracteoles. 5 in globose heads, \ in. diam. on lateral minutely 

 pubescent racemes, sometimes solitary, bracteoles and perianth confluent into 

 a fleshy mass, in which the ovaries are embedded, style one, long, slender, 

 stigmatose from the base. Syncarpium fleshy, \ in. diam., seeds 2-3, ellipsoid, 

 1 



6 



long as cotyledons. 



Assam. Burma, Upper and Lower. Fl. Feb.- April. Paper and cardboard are made 

 from the inner bark. Cultivated in the Bhamo district. 



- s in. long, albumen 0, embryo curved, cotyledons folded, radicle incumbent, as 



