Flcus] 



C. MORAOEiE 



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Arcliip Formosa. A sliriib or biiiall tree, braiiclileis rougli witli short stiff liairs and 

 scales. L. tliinly membranous, very unequal-sided, unequally serrate, rougli with raised 

 dots and minute stiff hairs, chiefly along the nerves, blade 4-10, pet. J-l in. Fr. J-J m. 



Fig. 1S7. — Ficus clavata, Wall J. 

 (The form with globose receptacles.) 



diam. with 1 or 2 wart-like bracts on the outer surface, no basal bracts, reddish or 

 orange when ripe, peduncle ^V*i i^^- ^^' ^* asperrima, Boxb. ; Wight Ic, t. 633 : King, 

 Ann. i. t. 100. Bocky bed of Pranhita river, Chanda district. Hills of the Western 

 Peninsula.— Ceylon, moist region, common. A shrub or small tree, atrial roots 0, 

 branchlets rough with short stijff hairs. L. rough on both sides w^ith raised dots, more 

 or less densely pubescent beneath, elliptic, crenate in the upper part, blade 3-5, pet. 

 J-J in., sec. n. 4-5 pair, the lowest pair basal, often extending beyond the half of leaf. 

 Pr. globose, hispid, |-1 in, diam., yellow when ripe, peduncles J in. long. 48. F. 

 Dhotanica, King, Ann.'^i. t. 205 b. Eastern Duars. Assam. A shrub, branchlets and 

 underside of 1. pubescent, 1. membranous deeply lobed. Fr. in axillary pctirs | in.,, 

 peduncle J in. long. 



B. Creeping, straggling or decambent shruhs. 



44. F. rostrata, Lamk. ; King, Ann. t. 110.— Syn. F. radicans, Eoxb. ; Wight Ic. t. 

 671'^ F. miiglanduJosa^WoJl. ^Bhutan, Assam. Klmsl hills. Cachar. Chittagong. 

 Lower Burma.— Malay Penins. Climbing or creeping, rooting at the nodes, growing 

 on trees and walls. L, thinly coriaceous, elliptic or elongate-elliptic, apes abruptly 

 caudate-acuminate, often vriih a few coarse irregular teeth in the upper part, tail 

 linear, i-l| in. long, blade 4-10, pet. J-f in., .sec. n. 4-6 pair, prominent beneath, 

 terminating in arching: intramarginal nerves, which extend from the base to the tip 

 of the leaf, intermediate and tertiary n. as well as reticulate veins conspicuous beneath, 

 stipules minute. Receptacles hispid, J in. diam,, pedunculate or nearly sessile, in 

 fascicles of 2-6, axillary or above the scars of fallen L Ovary stalked, stigma cylindric 

 blunt. 45. F. qtiercifolia, Poxb. ; Wight t. 646 ] King, Ann i. t. 95-— Syn. F, humilis, 

 Boxb. ; Wight Ic. t. 635 ; F anastomosan^, Wall. Tenasserim.— Malay Penins. and 

 Archip. A creeping or decumbent shrub. Branchlets hispid with short hairs, L 

 thickly membranous, lanceolate, coarsely crenate or lobed, blade 2-3, pet. J- J in. Fr. 

 crimson, depressed, i-A in. diam., ped. |-^ in. 46. F. nigrescens, King, Ann. i. t. 95a. 

 Manipur and Naga hills. A small creeping shfub, rooting at the nodes, 1. pubescent 

 beneath, minutely hairy above, ovate, toothed, blade 1-2, pet. pubescent, J-| in., stipules- 



