Ficua.] urticejE. 329 



Whether they be really that species, or only barren shoots of F. impressa, can only be deter- 

 mined when the plant shall have been seen in fruit. 



10. P. Wrightii, Benth., n. sp. Branches (climbing or prostrate?) 

 emitting clusters of fibres, and pubescent when young. Leaves oval-oblong, 

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

 nerves short and nearly marginal, the primary veins arcuate towards the margin, 

 and very prominent underneath, as well as the reticulate 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 i^./o»eo&te, WaU. {Pog(motrophe,M\^^, 

 but the characters are those of a Urostigma. 



11. P. Beecheyana, Hook, and Am. Bat. Beech. 271; Miq. in Lond. 

 Joiirn. Bot. vii. 437. 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 ; the piimary veins 

 few and arcuate. Kgs pubescent, nearly globular, 7 or 8 lines diameter, on 

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



Hongkong, Barland, Home, Wright. Also Loochoo and Formosa. 



13. P. hirta, VaUt Fmrnm. ii. 201 ; Miq. in Loud. Journ. Bot. vii. 456. 

 A tall shrub, the branches, petioles, and figs hirsute with stiff hairs or 

 bristles, often of a rusty or yellowish colour. Leaves very variable in shape, 

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

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

 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 B lines diameter to twice that size, sessile or on very 

 short pedicels, bracteate at the top. — F, hibiseifolia, Champ, in Kew. Joum. 

 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 

 (species or variety f) F. Roxburghii, Miq. 



13. P. hispida, lAnn^fil. Svppl. 442. A small tree, the young branches 

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

 shortly acuminate, B or fi in. long, crenate-serrate, 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., neaily globose, full 

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

 top. Female perianth truncate, neai-ly as long as the ovary, but so thin and 

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

 stigma.— i?'. oppositifoUa, Eoxb. PI. Corom.'t. 124 ; Wight, Ic. t. 638. Co- 

 vellia oppositifolia, Gasp. ; Miq. in Lond. Journ. Bot. vii. 461, and C. hispida, 

 Miq, 1. c. 462. 



Hongkong, Harland. Common iu northern and eastern India, extending to the Archi- 

 pelago and to S. China. I can see no difference in the Javanese specimens named by Miquel 

 G. hispida, and if the two species are identical, the vpunger Linnains's name is several years 



