Malaisia .] cxxix. urticace^:. 325 
immersed in a small head of fleshy white tomentose bracts only 
one or two in a head fertile. Perianth urceolate. Ovary included; 
style long bifid; stigmas filiform. Fruit head hardly enlarged. 
Achene included in the slightly fleshy perianth. Species 2, Siam, 
Malaya and Australasia. 
(1) M. tortuosa Blanco , Flor. Philip, i. 789. 
Leaves chartaceous, oblong cuspidate, 5 hi. l°ng, 1 '75 111 • broad, 
many-nerved or coriaceous elliptic with fewer and stronger nerves, 
2 in. long, 1 in. wide. Male spikes cylindric, 1 in. long or less, 
axillary; peduncle about as long. Female heads *i in. through, 
grey tomentose with 1 to 3 fertile flowers; stigmas *4 in. long, on 
tomentose peduncles -3 in. long. Fruit ovoid, smooth, *2 in. long. 
Hah. Tringganu (Yapp). Distrih. Malaya. 
10 . FICUS, Linn. 
Laticiferous trees or shrubs often epiphytic and strangling big 
trees or scandent. Leaves alternate (rarely opposite) entire lobed 
or toothed. Stipulate. Flowers minute unisexual on the inner 
walls of a fleshy receptacle (fig), the mouth of which is partly closed 
by imbricate bracts. Male flowers usually near mouth; perianth 
2- to 6-fid. Stamens 1 to 2, rarely more. Female flowers; perianth 
as in male or o. Ovary straight or oblique; ovule 1; style ex- 
centric. Achenes crustaceous. Species about 600, mostly tropical. 
The figs may contain male flowers and gall flowers (which only 
contain the larvae of a Hymenopteron fertiliser) only, the female 
flowers in distinct figs, or the flowers may be mixed. Native name 
for genus: Ara. 
s i. Paueomorphe. Small trees or shrubs. Male flowers in figs with 
gall flowers. Stamen 1, with a pistillode. Female flowers in different figs, 
gamophyllous except in F. gibbosa. 
Leaves inequilateral abruptly cuspidate, coarsely 
serrate. Figs clustered on branches 
small, white. Epiphyte . . . 
Leaves hardly or not unequal coriaceous. Figs 
orange, solitary axillary . 
Leaves membranous abruptly cuspidate. Male 
erect shrubby, female climbing. 
Epiphyte. Figs orange axillary 
Leaves coriaceous pubescent, long-caudate; 
nerves 3 pairs, strong elevate. Figs 
orange, globose hairy 
Leaves ovate-elliptic abruptly caudate glabrous; 
nerves prominent. Figs pubescent . 
Leaves membranous serrate, hairy beneath. 
Figs sessile hairy, white . 
Leaves sub-coriaceous, glabrous entire lanceo¬ 
late elliptic ..... 
5 ii. Urostigma. Trees or shrubs epiphytic when young. Leaves usually 
stiff, coriaceous. Figs sessile, axillary usually below the living leaves with 
3 large bracts at base. Male, female and gall flowers in one fig. Figs often 
large. 
( 1 ) F. pisifera 
(2) F. gibbosa 
(3) F. subulata 
(4) F. parietalis 
(5) F. urophylla 
(6) F. celebica 
(7) F. Burkillii 
