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CXXIX. URTICACE2E. 
[Ficus. 
of the branches in the axils of large triangular acuminate bud-scales, 
the lowest over x in. long and tomentose on back. Figs globose or 
turbinate, orange, densely tomentose. Hob. Singapore (Wallich); 
Batu Putih; Chua Chu Kang. Johor, Malacca (Bland). Selangor, 
Kwala Lumpur (Curtis). Perak, Larut (Kunstler). 
(12) F. xylophylla, Wall. Cat. 4558; Hook. fil. l.c. 503; King, 
l.c. 29, pi. 28. 
A big epiphyte or low tree. Leaves very thick, coriaceous, 
broadly elliptic to obovate, narrowed to base, tip blunt or round; 
nerves 5 pairs obovate, the lowest pair from the leaf base; midrib 
very thick, reticulations lax; 6 to 9 in. long, 3 to 3-5 in. wide; 
petioles thick, 2 in. long. Figs sessile oblong umbonate, 1-5 in. long, 
yellow-orange or red with white spots; bracts triangular pubescent. 
Hab. Singapore (Wallich), Bukit Timah; Chan Chu Kang. 
Johor, Tempayan River. Malacca, Kwala Linggi and Bukit Bruang 
(Derry); Ayer Panas (Hervey). Selangor, Kwala Lumpur. Perak, 
Gunong Keledang; Goping (Kunstler). Penang, Moniot’s Road; 
Gardens, etc. (Curtis, Wallich). Disirib. Sumatra, Borneo. 
(13) F. Lowii King, l.c. 32, pi. 33; Hook. fil. F.B.I. l.c. 504. 
Stout climbing epiphyte, eventually glabrous. Leaves very 
coriaceous oblong-elliptic abruptly cuspidate, base round, margins 
thickened revolute, 3-nerved at base; midrib very stout with 6 
pairs of nerves; 5 to 8 in. long, 2-5 to 4 in. wide; petioles *75 to 
1 in. long. Figs sessile crowded, -5 to *75 in. long, dark red or 
yellow, globose. Bracts 3, coriaceous. Hab. Rare; Perak, Larut 
(Kunstler); Kenering (Wray). Use: Latex for birdlime. 
(14) F. procera Reinwdt. in Bl. Bijdr. 445; King, l.c. 35, 
pi. 40 and 41. 
A big tree, probably an epiphyte at first, glabrous. Leaves 
stiffly coriaceous oblanceolate or elliptic, shortly blunt-acuminate, 
base narrowed; midrib much elevate beneath; nerves fine, not 
much elevate, reticulations very fine; 5 in. long, 2 to 3 in. wide; 
petioles 1-5 in. long. Stipules broad ovate acuminate glabrous. 
Figs in pairs, globose sessile, -5 in. long. Bracts very broad ovate, 
coriaceous nearly as long as the fig. Hab. Singapore, Fort Canning; 
Changi. Pahang River, Kwala Berah. Perak, Waterloo (Glas¬ 
gow) ; Larut (Kunstler). Distrib. Java and Sumatra. 
(15) F. rigida Miq. Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 280; Hook. fil. 
F.B.I. l.c. 505. 
Epiphyte, glabrous. Leaves coriaceous lanceolate acuminate 
or elliptic cuspidate, base narrowed acute; nerves 4 to 5 pairs, 
elevate beneath; 3 to 6 in. long, 1*5 to 3 in. wide; petioles stout, 
•75 in. long. Stipules silky. Figs sessile on branch ends in pairs, 
sub-globose to oblong, *5 in. through, orange yellow with white 
spots, basal bracts large orbicular at first covering the fig imbricate; 
umbo rather large, scales round with a fleshy ring below. Hab. Singa¬ 
pore, Bukit Timah. Perak (Kunstler, Scortechini). Penang (Phillips). 
