Ficus.] cxxix. urticacejE. 33 1 
Male flowers pedicelled. Sepals 4, ovate acute, dark red edged 
white. Anther 1, oblong red; filament short. Rudimentary pistil 
elliptic nearly as long. Gall flowers few, about 10. Achenes large 
oblong unequally reniform smooth; style below the tip lateral. 
Hab. Pahang, Pinetree Hill upon Fraser Hill (Sempang) (Burkill 
and Holttum). 
§ ii. Urostigma 
(8) F. bengalensis Linn. Hort. Cliff. 471, t. 4; Hook. fil. l.c. 
499; King. Ann. Bot. Card. Calc. 18, pi. 13, 8ie. 
A big tree rooting from branches; young parts soft pubescent. 
Leaves coriaceous ovate or orbicular, base round, sub-cordate, 
pubescent beneath; nerves 5 pairs, prominent; 5 to , 8 in. long, 
3 to 5 in. wide; petioles 1 in. long. Figs sessile in pairs axillary, 
globose, pinkish red, puberulous, as big as a cherry. Hab. Culti¬ 
vated here and there in Singapore and other towns. Ihe Banyan. 
(9) F. pilosa Reinwt. Bl. Bijdr. 446; Hook. fil. l.c. 500; King, 
l.c. 21, pi. 16. 
Large tree; branches thick, red-tomentose. Leaves stilt, 
coriaceous, shining above, tomentose beneath, oblong shortly 
cuspidate acuminate, base narrowed or rounded; nerves about 
8 pairs elevate beneath; 5 to 6 in. long, 275 to 3 in. wide; petioles 
thick tomentose, 1 in. long. Figs solitary, sessile oblong 1 in. 
long, glabrous, red. Bracts at base round, large. Hab. Penang 
Hill (Curtis). Distrib. Java to Australia. 
The leaves are more coriaceous and fruit much larger than the other 
specimens seen. 
(10) F. consociata Bl. Bijdr. 447; Hook. fil. l.c. 505; King, 
l & 33, pi* 36, 37 ' 
Epiphyte'forming a large bush; young parts covered with a 
red-brown flocculent tomentum. Leaves coriaceous eventually 
glabrous elliptic or oblanceolate, base round or cordate occasionally 
narrowed, tip blunt; nerves basal pair and 6 pairs above strongly 
elevate, midrib stout; 11 in. long, 4 in. wide; petioles stout, 2 in. 
long. Figs in pairs, sessile, nearly 1 in. through, orange, tip 
flattened with, broad rounded umbo scales. Basal bracts large, 
rounded. Hab. Singapore, Seletar; Changi; BukitTimah. Johor, 
Tanjong Kupang. Pahang, Temerloh, Malacca (Griffith). Selan¬ 
gor, Kwala Lumpur. Perak, Tapah (Wray); Larut (Kunstler). 
Distrib. Sumatra, Java. Native name : Akar Piangu An tan. 
(11) F. bracteata Wall. Cat. 4498; Hook. fil. l.c. 501; King, 
l.c. 23, pi. 19. 
Very large shrub or short tree; young branches, leaves beneath, 
stipules, petioles and figs covered with flocculent red wool. Leaves 
rigid, coriaceous obovate-oblong with a short point, base cordate, 
nerves 7 or 8 pairs inarching, very prominent; 9 to 11 in. long 
4 to 4-5 in. wide; petioles thick, 1 in. long. Figs sessile at the end 
