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* FICUS MONTANA Burm. f. FI. Ind. (1768) 226. “Habitat in India.” 
The short description was based on a Javan specimen col- 
lected by Kleinhof. The description is entirely too short and 
imperfect to permit the correct interpretation of the species. 
FICUS PADANA Burm. f. FI. Ind. (1768) 226. 
Ficus toxicaria Linn. Mant. 2 (1771) 305. 
The description was based on a Sumatran specimen and is the 
form described three years later as Ficus toxicaria Linn. Lin- 
naeus cites Burman’s species as a synonym!. The two descrip- 
tions were doubtless based on material originating from the same 
collection. Burman’s name, being the older, should be retained. 
FICUS PYRI FOLIA Burm. f. FI. Ind. (1768) 226. “Habitat in Japonia.” 
From the very short description it is believed that this will 
prove to be identical with Ficus erecta Thunb. Ficus (1786) 
9, in which case Burman’s name should replace Thunberg’s. 
FICUS SEPTICA Burm. f. FI. Ind. (1768) 226. “Habitat in India.” 
Burman apparently had a Javan specimen, as he cites the 
Javanese name siri bipar for the species, but he also adds ref- 
erences to Rumphius and to Rheede. The Rumphian reference, 
which is the first one given, represents the widely distributed 
species commonly known as Ficus leucantatoma Poir. ; but I 
believe that Burman’s Ficus septica should be adopted in its 
stead, as it is the oldest valid name for this particular species. 
FICUS TSJAKELA Burm. f. FI. Ind. (1768) 227. “Habitat in Malabara.” 
This was based on a specimen collected by Garcin “Ficus 
surattensis & malabarica, mori folio,” and Tsjakela Rheede Hort. 
Malabar. 3: 87, t. 6 A. It has been badly confused with Ficus 
infectoria Roxb., and is really Ficus infectoria Willd., non Roxb. 
It is the valid name for a species of India and Ceylon, fully 
described and figured by King, in Ann. Bot. Gard. Calcutta 1 
(1887) 57, t. 70, who has there adjusted the synonymy, on page 
61. It is entirely different from Ficus tsiela Roxb. 
URTICACEAE 
BOEHMERIA Jacquin 
BOEHMERIA PLATYPHYLLA D. Don Prodr. FI. Nepal. (1826) 60. 
Urtica caudata Burm. f. FI. Ind. (1768) 198 (err. typ. 298). “Habitat 
in Java.” 
Boehmeria caudata J. J. Sm. in Koord. & Val. Bijdr. Boom. Java 12 
(1910) 706, non Sw. 
