610 C. MORAOEiE [Flcus 



valley. Western Peninsula. A middle-sized or large tree, yonng shoots minutely 

 liairy, mature 1. glabrous. L. entire, elongate-elliptic, ovate- or elliptic-lanceolate, base 

 acute or rounded, blade 3-8, pet. |-2 in., sec. n. 6-8 pair, the lowest pair basal. ^ $ and 

 gall fl. together in one receptacle (Solms-Laubach in Bot. Zeit. 1885, 548 and King, 

 Ann. i. 173). Fr. nearly globose, 1-1^ in. diam., clustered on leafless branches, from 

 trunk and larger branches ; rarely axillary. L. renewed between Jan. and April, when 

 the tree is ^metimes bare for a short time. 



(c) L. as a rule entire, lanceolate or oblong, pet. short. 



76. F. lanceolata, Ham. ; Wight Tc. t. 645 ; King, Ann. i. t. 224. Khasi hilK. Beds 

 of streams in Chittagong and Singbhum. A much-bi-anched, nearly glabrous shrub, 

 usuall3'' prostrate, 1. lanceolate, entire base mostly rounded, blade 4-8, pet. J-J in, 

 stipules as long as petiole, base broad, scar annular. Receptacles glabrous, pear-shaped, 

 depressed, 1-2 in. cliam., purple when ripe, in clusters of 5-6, on short lateral branchlets 

 on the old wood, often near the ground. Ovary and style glabrous, fr. edible. 77. 

 F. Clarkei, King in Ann. i. t. 221. Khasi hills. A tall tree, nearly glabrous. L. oblong, 

 acuminate, base acute, entire or with a few large teeth near the apex, unequal-sided, 

 blade 9, pet I in., sec. n. 8-10 pair, the lowest pair basal, ru.nning close under the 

 edge of 1. Stamens 2-3. Fr. pyriform, red, edible, 1 in, diam., contracted into a long 

 stalk, at the base of which are 3 ovate-lanceolate bracts. 



B. Climbing sbrubSj leaves entire, broadly-ovate, 3-5-nerved. 



78. F. guttata, Wight Ic. t. 1966 {CoveUia), King, Ann. i. t. 209. Nilgiris. Palnis 

 Branchlets, pet. and underside of 1. rusty-pubescent, 1. sparsely and minutely hairy 

 above, blade 5-6, pet. \~% in. long. Fr. 1-1^- in. diam., on short peduncles in dense 

 clusters on the old wood. 79. F. macrocarpa, Wight MSS. ; King, Ann. i. t. 208.— Syn. 

 PogonotropJie macrocarpa^ Miq. in Wight Ic. t. 1965. Nilgiris. Branchlets, petioles 

 and underside of 1. minutely hairy. L. glabrous above, blade 6-8, pet. 1-2 .J. in. 

 Fr. 1-2J in. diam., in large clusters on the old wood. 



Hullettia G-riffitMana, King. — Syn. Dorstenia Griffithiaiia^ Kurz. Tenasserim. An 

 evergreen shrub, branches stout, branchlets pubescent, 1. rigidly chartaceous, upp)er- 

 side glabrous and glossy, underside rough -with very minute stiff hairs, oblanceolate, 

 base rounded or cordate, sec. n. joined by prominent intramarginal veins. Fl. dioecious, 

 10-12, sunk in cavities of axillary peduncled open funnel-shaped 3-4-lobed receptacles. 

 (? perianth tubular 2-lobed, stamens 2, filaments connate into a column. $ perianth 

 tubular, clavate, mouth minute. Ovary fi^ee, ovule erect. Fruiting receptacles velvety, 

 1-2 in. diam. 



Conoceplialus suaveolens, Blume. — Syn. Urfica 7imicleiflora^ Boxb. ; Weight Ic. t. 684. 

 Bubhimalayan tract and outer hills from Sikkim eastwards. Assam. Khasi hills. 

 Chittagong. Burma, Upper and Lower. — Malay Peninsula. A large evergreen 

 climber, 1. glabrous, broadly ovate or elliptic, cystolith cells p>rominent, usually as 

 raised whitish dots on the upper and as raised whitish lines on the lower surface, blade 

 6-10, pet. 1-6 in., sec. n. 8-12 pair, the lowest pair basal, stipules large, deciduous. Fl. 

 fragrant, dioecious, in dense globose heads, 6 heads J in. diam. in broad shortly jjeduncled 

 dichotomous cymes, fl. sessile, stamens 3-4, ? heads usually 4-6, in short cymes, fl. 

 shortly peduncled, perianth tubular, including the free ovary, styles short, u.ndivided. 

 Bracts at the bifurcation of both 6 and 9 cymes opposite, broad, concave, deciduous. 



2. ALL^ANTHUS, Tliwaites; M. Brit. Ind. v. 490. 



Species 3, Indo-Malayan region. 



A. Kurzii, Hook. f. — Syn. Malaisia forhtosa, Kurz P. M. ii. 4G6, Yern. 

 Malaing^ Biirm. : Yeyim, Shan. 



A large deciduous climber, stem attaining 2 ft. in gii'tb, glabrous or young 

 slioots minutely pubescent, 1. ovate-oblong, acuminate, dentate, penninerved, 

 blade 3-5, pet. 4-| in. long, stipules broad, deciduous, M. dioecious, £ in 

 short pedunculate-fascicled spikes, 1-2 in. long, sepals 4, tbin, each fl. supported 

 by 3-4 hyaline bracteoles. $ in globose heads, | in. diam. on lateral minutely 

 pubescent racemes, sometimes solitary, bracteoles and perianth confluent into 

 a fleshy mass, in which the ovaries are embedded, style one, long, slender, 

 stigmatose from the base. Syncarpium fleshy, J in. diam., seeds 2-3, ellipsoid, 

 ^ in. long, albumen 0, embryo curved, cotyledons folded, radicle incumbent, as 

 long as cotyledons.*^ 



Assam. Burma, Upper and Lower. Fl. Feb.- April. Paper and cardboard are made 

 from the inner bark. Cultivated in the Bliamo district. 



