Ficus] C. MOEAOEiE G09 



Himalaya from Hazara eastwards 2-7,000 ft. Assam. Kliasi hills. Behar. Chitta- 

 gong. Martaban (?).— China, Japan. Creeping or climbing, rooting at the nodes, 

 sometimes erect. Branchlets, petioles, underside of 1. as a rule pubescent. L. 

 rigidly membranous to thinly coriaceous, entire, ovate or elliptic to lanceolate, 

 blade 3-8, pet. l-l in., sec. n. 8-10 pair, the lowest pair basal, tertiary n. joined by 

 closely and elegantly reticulate veins. Eeceptacles hairy, solitary, gbbose or ovoid, 

 l-l in. diam., usually pedunculate, basal bracts ovate. The barren creeping 

 stems have small 1., and send out fl.-bearing branches with much larger 1., in 

 the same manner as F. pmiiKa, Linn., of the same section from China and Japan, 

 commonly cultivated on walls in India. 68. F. ramentacea, Boxb. ; King. Ann. i. t. 

 169. Sikkim, hot valleys. Assam. Silhet Chittagong. Pegu Yoma. — Malay Penins. 

 and Archip. China. A large epiphytic climber, stems 50-60 ft. long, at times a tree, 

 1. glossy, bright green, nearly glabrous, entire, ovate or elliptic, blade 4-10, pet. |-1^ in. 

 long, sec. n. 4-8 pair, lorominent beneath, the lowest pair basal. E-ecept. j— J in. diam., 

 axillary, solitary or clustered, sessile or on short peduncles. 69. F. criainervia, Miq. ; 

 King, Ann. i. t. 178. Assam. Chittagong. Malay Archip. Creeping, stems and 

 branches rooting. Young shoots, branchlets, petioles and undeisideof 1. (chiejBy along 

 midrib and nerves) densely silky with long tawny hairs, 1. coriaceous, entire, ovate- 

 oblong, base cordate, finely reticulate. Eecept. I-} in. diam. 70. F. scandens, Eoxb. ; 

 Wight Ic. t. 643 ; King, Ann, i. t. Ib2. Subhimalayan tract and outer ranges, ascend- 

 ing to 4,000 ft., from Kumaon eastwaids. Behar. Khasi hills. Lower Burma. A 

 large scandent shrub, rooting at the nodes, tiailmg on rocks and ascending tall trees, 

 branchlets and 1. slightly rough. L. chartaceous, entire, ovate, blade 8-5, pet. J-1 in., 

 sec. 11. prominent, 4-6 pair, the lowest pair basal. Eeceptacles globose, solitazy or in 

 pairs, I in. diam., peduncles | in. 71. F. Isevis, Blume; King, Ann. i. 1. 161. Himalaya 

 outer hills, ascending to 5000 ft., from Nepal eastw^ards. Assam. Khasi hills. Cachar. 

 Often epiphytic, 1. broadly ovate, entire or nearly so, base often cordate, blade 6-9, 

 pet. 1J~3 in. long, upperside glabrous excepting the nerves, underside more or less 

 pubescent. Eecept. -^-1 in. diam., axillary, usually solitary. 



Sect. VII. Neomorphe, (^ fl. as a rule diandrous {F. Clarkel often has 8 

 stamens) in the same receptacle with gall fl. $ in distinct receptacles. F, 

 glomerata^ has all 3 kinds of fl. in the same receptacle. Trees, never epiphytic, 

 some species climbing, 1. alternate. Eeceptacles in dense clusters from tubercles 

 on the trunk and larger branches, often very large. 



A. Erect trees. 



(a) L. serrate or denticulate, base often cordate, petiole long. 



72. F. RoxTaurgMi, Wall. ; King, Ann. i. frontispiece and t. 211. — Syn. F. macropTiylla^ 

 Eoxb. ; Wight Ic. t. 678. Vern. Hurmal, Haz. ; Timla^ Tirmal^ Hind. 5 Smthapan, 

 Burm. Subhimalayan tract and outer Himalaya, ascending to 6,000 ft. Chutia 

 Nagpur. Ori&sa. Khasi hills. Manipur. Chittagong. Burma.— Hainan. I^ormosa. 

 A small or middle-sized tree, branchlets hollow, young shoots and stipules minutely 

 velvety, petioles and underside of 1. softly pubescent. L. broadly ovate, entire or 

 dentate, base deeply cordate, sometimes rounded, basal n. 5-7, blade 8-18, pet. 1-6 in. 

 Eeceptacles sometimes narrowed into a stalk, up to I in. long, at the base of which are 

 3 broad bracts, peduncle i-2 in. long. Fr. depressed-turbinate, 2-3 in. diam., longi- 

 tudinally ribbed, russet-brown or purple when ripe, edible, in large often immense 

 clusters upon short thick leafless branches from the trunk, often near the ground, and 

 from the larger branches. Por the development of fl. and their fertilization see 

 D. D. Cunningham's paper in the appendix to Ann. Gard. Calc. i. 73. F. pomifera, 

 Wall. ; King, Ann, i. t. 215.— Syn. F. regia^ Miq. (in part). Subhimalayan tract from 

 Sikkim eastwards, ascending to 3,000 ft. Khasi hills. Chittagong. Martaban and 

 Tenasserim. — Malay Penins. and Archip. A tall tree, nearly glabrous, 1. coarsely 

 serrate, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, blade 5-10, pet. 2-5 in. Fr, globose or pyriform, 1 in. 

 diam. on peduncles up to 2 J in., on short leafless branches. 74. F. variegata, Blume ; 

 King, Ann. i. tt. 212, 213.— Syn. F. racemifera, Eoxb. 5 Wight Ic. t. 639. Chittagong. 

 Andamans. Malay Penins. and Archip. A tall spreading tree, glabrous, only stipules 

 minutely pilbescent. L. ovate, re|)and or denticulate, base cordate or rounded, blade 

 4-7, pet, 1-2 in. Fr. red, globose 1 in. diam., peduncles J-2 in. long, fascicled on woody 

 tubercles on the old wood. 



(&) L. entire, base acute or rounded, petiole generally short. 



75. F. glomerata, Eoxb. Cor. Pl.t. 123; Wight Ic. t. 667; Brandis F. Fl. t. 49; King, 

 Ann. i. tt. 218, 219.— Syn, F. Chittayonya, Miq. Vern. Vmar^ Gular, Hind. ; THmbal^ 

 Chamba ; Umhri^ Merw. ; Umhar, Umra, Mar. ; Atti, Tel. ; Thajmn, Te tJiapan, Burm. 

 Salt range. Subhimalayan tract and outer valleys, in ravines, on the banks of rivers, 

 and in damp places. Ajmere and Merwara, Mount Aboo. Behar. Chutia Nagpur 

 Bengal plains. Khasi hills. Chittagong. Lower Burma. Dry region of the Irawadd 



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