G04 C. MORACEiE [Ficus 



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

 elliptic, abruptly and shortly acuminate, blade 5-10, pet. .^-2^ in., stipules 

 pink, up to G 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. Kiiasi hills. 

 Upper Bui ma south to 24P jN"". Fr. H. S. The tree as a ru.le germinates on the 

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

 loot-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 

 c rown of 150-200 ft. Cultivated on a large scale for the yield of India Bubber since 

 1872 in Java and since 1874 in Assam. 35. F. Benjamina, Linn, {a) Var. como9a, 

 Knrz ; King, Ann. i. t. 52.— Syn. F. comosa, Roxb. Cor. PL t. 125 ; Wight Ic. t. 658. 

 Yern. Kahra, Nep. ; Chilu Bor. Assam ; Yel al, Mai. ; Nymmg thahye, Burm. Foot of 

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

 senm, Chutia Nagpur. Northern Circars. Travaneore, 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~| in. Fr. sessile, j^ellow or red when ripe., | in. diam. 

 (]-] in. SingbMim, Haines), basal bracts small, (h) F. Benjamina proper, fr. small, red, 

 \ m. diam. Andamans (Knrz). Malay Peninsula (cultivated), Archipelago (wild). 

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

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

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

 \-l in. diam., basal bracts small, ovate-cordate. 



Sect. III. Syncpcia. cJ A- nionandrous, in the same receptacle with gall £. ; 

 5 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, poimfera^ Knrz. Tena&serim 

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

 to the bark of trees by innu.merable slender branching rootlets. L. glabrons, rigidly 

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

 pair, on the underside of the 1. the surface raised between the tesselate veins. Fr. on 

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



Sect. IV. Sycidmm. (J ii. monandrous with gall fl. in one set of receptacles, 

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

 A. Erect shrubs or trees. 



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



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

 Yern. Klicmoi, Jauns. ; Ka-attng 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 i in., lanceolate, caducous. Eeceptacles solitary and axillary, of two 

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

 the 9 receptacles smaller than those with ^ and gall fl., peduncles y\j-| in., 

 basal bracts small, fr. yellow. 



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

 frontier north of Bahraich (Dnthie). Khasi hills. Manipiir. Upper Burma. Pr. 

 April-June.— Malacca. China. 39. F. sikMmensis, 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. Eecept. 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. J-2 in. Eeceptacles globose, i 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 



