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XCI. URTICACEiE 
stalked, axillary, solitary or rarely in pairs, ovoid or globose, about 
\ in., rough or wrinkled, yellow when ripe. 
Sutlej valley, Basantpur, usually in forest undergrowth ; figs ripen May, 
June.— Outer Himalaya, ascending to 4500 ft.— Burmah, Malacca. 
*5. Ficus hispida, Linn. f. ; FI. Br. Lid. v. 522. A shrub or 
small tree, roughly pubescent all over. Leaves opposite, stalked, 
broadly ovate or ovate-oblong, 4-9 in., base rounded or slightly 
cordate or wedge-shaped, margins toothed, tip sometimes shortly 
and abruptly pointed. Figs shortly stalked, globose or slightly 
flattened, \-l in. diam., sometimes warty and bearing small, brown 
scales on the surface, usually clustered on short or long, leafless 
branches issuing from the stem or boughs, but sometimes in 
axillary pairs, pale yellow when ripe. 
Common in the plains throughout India, ascending to 3500 ft. ; figs ripen 
April, May. — Malay islands, China, Australia. 
6. Ficus Cunia, Buck. -Ham. ; FI. Br. Lid. v. 523. A small tree. 
Leaves rough, especially when young, shortly stalked, oblong- 
lanceolate or ovate, 6-12 in., very unequally 2-lobed at the base, 
the lower lobe rounded, projecting, margins toothed at least in 
the upper half, tip long-pointed. Figs shortly stalked, globose, 
about \ in. diam., rough and wrinkled, often scaly, borne on 
numerous, long, scaly, usually leafless branches issuing from the 
boughs and lower parts of the stem. 
Valleys below Simla, Sutlej valley ; figs ripen August, September and often 
at other seasons. — N. and Central India, ascending to 4000 ft. — Burmah. 
7. Ficus foveolata, Wall. ; FI. Br. Ind. v. 528. A climbing or 
creeping shrub ; stems, when young or when growing in damp, 
shady places, pubescent or hairy, creeping on rocks or trunks of 
trees, and rooting at the nodes ; when older or when growing on 
open ground, nearly or quite glabrous, climbing, but without adven- 
titious roots. Leaves usually glabrous, lanceolate or ovate-lanceo- 
late, those on the creeping stems thin, rarely exceeding 2 in. ; but 
on fruiting branches, and in open situations, leathery, 3-6 in., 
base rounded, cordate or wedge-shaped, margins always entire, 
tip acute, often long-pointed ; stalks \ in. or less, pubescent. Figs 
axillary, sessile or shortly stalked, solitary, globose, J in. diam., 
hairy, often warty and wrinkled. Fruit rarely or never produced 
in the creeping state. 
Simla, the Glen, etc., the creeping form ; the climbing form is not uncommon 
below Elysium, and on trees or on steep banks elsewhere ; figs ripen June, 
July. — Outer Himalaya, 2000-7000 ft. — Burmah, China. 
8. Ficus palmata, Forsk. ; FI. Br. Ind. v. 530. A shrub or 
small tree ; young branches tomentose or pubescent, often 
becoming glabrous. Leaves thick, usually broadly ovate, 2-5 in., 
sometimes deeply 3-5-lobed, base cordate or wedge-shaped. 
