N. 0. URTICACE.E. 1199 



A dried specimen submitted by the Deputy Conservator of Forests, Angu 

 Division, shewed the following composition : — 



Water ... ... ... ... ... 13*5 



Albuminoids* ... ... ... ... 87 



Oil ... ... ... ... ... 57 



Carbohydrates \ ... ... ... ... 43*1 



Fibre ... ... ... ... ... 177 



Ashj ... ... ... ... ... 11-3 



100-0 

 (Agricul. Ledger 1904— No. 4). 



1186. F. Ribes, Beinwdt, h.f.b.i., v. 524. 



Syn. : — F. policarpa, Roxb. 645. 



Vern. :— Chhota-junglf-anjir (H.) ; Chiria-pe-atti (Tarn.); 

 Chinna-verri-atti-pandu (Tel.) ; Cheriya-kat-tatti (Mai.) 



Habitat : — Tenasserim to Penang and "Singapore. 



A small tree, the young branches sparsely strigose, slightly 

 swollen at the insertion of the leaves. Leaves alternate, petiol- 

 ate, membranous, lanceolate or oblanceolate ; the edges entire ; 

 lateral primary nerves 7 to 9 pairs, not prominent, both sides 

 glabrous, except the lower which, on the midrib, and larger 

 nerves, is appressed, pubescent ; length of blade 2-5 to 4 5in., 

 petioles strigose, Jin. long ; stipule linear-lanceolate, convolute, 

 fin. long. Receptacles rising from elongated, ramous, leafless, 

 (sometimes stipulate towards the apex), glabrous branches which 

 issue from the stem near the ground, pedunculate, sub-globose, 

 strongly ribbed when young, verrucose, pubescent, about iin. 

 across when ripe ; umbilicus closed by 5 broad scales ; the base 

 constricted into a stalk about iVn. long, at the junction of which 

 with the peduncle are 3 small bracts ; peduncle proper ^in. 

 long. Male flowers numerous, the perianth of 2 large, inflated, 

 roundish pieces, anther single, almost sessile, very broad. Gall 

 flowers mostly sessile, without perianth, the ovary broad, obli- 

 quely obovoid, sub-rhomboid, with terminal thick style. Fertile 

 female flowers on separate receptacles, mostly pedicillate ; the 



* Containing nitrogen ... ... ... ... 1*40 per cent, 



t Ditto colouring matter ... ... ... 9*0 



+ {Ditto silica (Si 2 ) ... ... ... 165 



* \ Ditto phosphoric acid (P 2 5 ) ... ... 1*12 



