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CXX1X. URTICACEiE. 
[Ficus. 
Kwala Lumpur (Curtis); Semangkok Pass. Perak, Temengoh; 
Tupai (Wray); Goping (Kunstler); and Chanderiang. Penang, 
Penara Bukit (Curtis). Kelantan, Kota Bharu. Distrib. Chitta¬ 
gong, Malay isles to Philippines, China. 
(4) F. parietalis Bl. Bijdr. 462; Hook. fil. l.c. 498; King, 
l.c. 10, pi. 8. 
Epiphytic shrub; branchlets, figs, petioles and underside of 
leaves rusty pubescent. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic-oblong, long 
Caudate, base narrowed, blunt; nerves and reticulations strongly 
raised beneath; nerves 1 pair from base and 2 pairs from midrib, 
7 to 12 in. long, 3 to 3*5 in. wide; petioles thick, -25 to *5 in. long. 
Figs bright orange, globose, hairy, -4 in. through; peduncles *2 in. 
long, solitary or in pairs axillary. Male flowers few with gall 
flowers ; sepals 5, connate. Stamen 1. Female perianth 3-lobed, 
lobes linear. Hab. Malacca, Selandor; Brisu (Cantley): Perak, 
Kampang Kota; Matang Jambu and Thaiping (Wray). Penang 
(Wallich); Penara Bukit (Curtis). Adang group, Pulau Rawei. 
Native name: Akar Lendang Putih. 
(5) F. urophylla Wall. Cat. 4483; King, l.c. ii. 11, pi. 9. 
Shrub epiphytic. Leaves coriaceous, thinly ovate, abruptly 
caudate entire or sinuate at top, base narrowed; nerves 2 to 3 
pairs, bold; 2-5 to 4 in. long, 75 to 2 in. wide; petioles *25 in. 
long. Figs -2 to -3 in. through, globose, orange; peduncles slender 
as long, axillary, glabrous. Male flowers; sepals 4. Stamen 1, 
joined to a pistiUode. Female flowers, perianth trifid. Hab. 
Common in low country, Singapore Gardens; Cluny; Bukit Timah. 
Johor, Pinerong; Batu Pahat. Malacca, Merlimau (Cantley). 
Bindings, Pulau Sembilan. Perak, Tapah (Wray); Ipoh (Curtis); 
Thaiping Hills. Penang Hill (Curtis). Kelantan, Kota Bharu. 
Distrib. Assam, Burma. Native name : Akar Buntat Ular. 
(6) F. celebica Bl. Bijdr. 461; Hook. fil. l.c. 498; King, l.c. 
12, pi. 10. var. Kunsfleri. 
Sub-scandent shrub; branchlets hairy. Leaves membranous 
elliptic-lanceolate acuminate (or caudate) serrate, base shortly 
narrowed blunt inequilateral, scabrid above, beneath hairy, especi¬ 
ally on the elevated 6 pairs nerves and reticulations, 4 in. wide; 
petioles very short. Figs globose, 1 to 4, sessile, hairy, white, 
•15 in. through when dry. Hab. Perak, Larut (Kunstler). Distrib. 
Celebes, Philippines. 
(7) F. Burkillii Ridl. 
A bush, quite glabrous. Leaves sub-coriaceous lanceolate- 
elliptic narrowed at tip blunt, more narrowed to base, or rounded 
at tip; nerves 6 pairs, undulate, reticulations oblong or angled, 
thickly dotted within; 4 to 4*5 in. long, 2 to 2'i in. wide; petioles 
•3 in. long. Figs in axillary pairs glabrous except the bracts, 
globose-pyriform, *25 in. long, peduncles *1 in. long, thick. Basal 
bracts 3 ovate, edges ciliate. Scales at mouth ovate pubescent. 
