Ficus.] 
CXXIX. URTICACEAE. 
329 
§ i. Pal^eomorphe 
(1) F. pisifera Wall. Cat. 4504; Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 496; 
King, Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. i. t. 1. 
Strong climbing epiphyte, later a tree 20 to 5 ° ft. tall. Leaves 
sub-coriaceous, inequilateral oblanceolate or elliptic cuspidate, 
toothed at top or not, base narrow very unequal, 7 in. long, 2-5 in. 
wide; petioles very short. Figs clustered and solitary on the 
branches, *15 in. long, white, globose; pedicels slender, -5 in. 
long. Male flowers and gall flowers in the same receptacle. 
Stamen 1. Females in other figs, perianth gamophyllous. Hob. 
Common in Malay Peninsula, Singapore, Tanglin; Kranji; Bukit 
Timah (Hullett). Pahang, Kwala Semantan (leaves rather hairy). 
Malacca, Selandor and Chabau (Cantley). Selangor near Klang 
Gates. Perak, Goping (Kunstler); Thaiping (Wray). Penang, 
road to Sungei Penang (Curtis). Distrib. Malay isles. Native 
names : Akar Beringin; Ara Lidah Rimau; Ara Supideh; Supideh 
Pay a. 
(2) F. gibbosa Bl. Bijdr. 466; Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 496; King, 
Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. 4, t. 2 A. 
Epiphytic at length a tree; branches scabrid. Leaves cori¬ 
aceous, glabrous, very slightly or not inequilateral, lanceolate, 
bluntly acuminate or cuspidate, base cuneate, 3-nerved from base, 
lateral nerves irregular, 3*5 in. long, 1-5 in. wide or less; petioles 
•2 in. long or less. Leaves dry brown beneath with pale nerves. 
Figs orange yellow, -5 in. through (dry -25 in.), globose usually 
solitary below the leaves or in axils; peduncles slender, -i in. long. 
Umbilicus of fig prominent, pale. Male sepals 4 to 6, linear, hairy. 
Stamen 1. Female sepals 4, linear. Achene papillose oblique 
ovoid. Hab, Not common. Selangor, Batu Road, Kwala Lumpur 
(Hashim). Perak, Ulu Bubong (Kunstler, Wray, Scortechini). 
Distrib. Indo-Malaya, Hongkong. 
This is very variable elsewhere, our form is F. cuspidifera Miq. 
(3) F. subulata Bl. Bijdr. 461; Hook. fil. F.B.I. l.c. 497; 
King, l.c. 8, pi. 6. 
Climber 80 to 100 ft. long, stem 4 to 6 in. through, or erect; 
young parts pubescent. Leaves membranous elliptic-lanceolate to 
obovate, cuspidate, base acute, glabrous; nerves 10 to 16 pairs 
slender, very slightly raised; 6 to 9 in. long, 3 in. wide; petioles 
•15 in. long. Figs axillary below the leaves, 2 or 3 together, -25 in. 
through, yellow; females globose; males ovoid; peduncles -i in. 
long or less with numerous ovate bracts. Male flowers tubular 
4-toothed. Stamen 1. Female flowers tubular, teeth 4, long, 
hairy. The male plant is erect and shrubby; the female a climb¬ 
ing epiphyte. Hab. Not rare. Johor, Kwala Kahang (Kelsall); 
Castlewood. Muar, Bukit Keyara (Fox). Pahang, Kwala Tem- 
beling. Negri Sembilan, Tampin Hill; Bukit Kandang. Selangor, 
