334 
CXXIX. URTICACEiE. 
[Ficus. 
nerves 8 pairs, slightly elevate; 5 in. long, 2 in. wide; petioles 
•5 in. long. Figs green with white spots, ovoid, *5 in. long, 1 in. 
through; peduncles 1 in. long. Bracts 3, ovate acute, Male 
flowers numerous pedicelled. Sepals 2. Stamen 1. Female 
flowers sessile. Hab. Not common, Dindings, Bruas (Burn-Mur- 
doch). Perak, Ipoh (Curtis); Batu Togoh (Wray); Goping (Kunst- 
ler). Distrib. Java, Sumatra. 
(20) F. indica Linn. Sp. PL 1060 (part), Hook. fit. F.B.L 
l.c. 506; King, Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. i. 39, pi. 45. F. pellucido- 
punctata Griff. Notulce , iv. 394; 1 c. PI. t. 544. 
Big tree. Leaves coriaceous, oblong or elliptic cuspidate, base 
narrowed, 3-nerved at base, lateral nerves slender, hardly elevate, 
4 to 6 pairs; 4 to 7-5 in. long, 2 to 3 in. wide; petioles *5 to 1 in. 
long. Figs in pairs sessile, globose, *4 in. through, orange yellow. 
Bracts fairly large ovate acute. Hab. Not rare, Singapore, Garden 
Road; Selitar. Johor, Tebing Tinggi. Pahang, river at Ren- 
chong; Gunong Berumbun. Malacca (Griffith); Selandor and 
near town. Selangor, Weld’s Hill; Ulu Sapetang (Bum-Murdoch), 
Perak, Asam Kumbang and Tapah (Wray). Penang, Waterfall 
(Curtis). Kelantan, Gunong, Kota Bharu. 
var. Gelderi has oblong figs. Malacca, etc. Distrib. Burma, 
Malaya. Native names: Ara Tampoh Pinang; Ara Tandok. 
(21) F. microstoma Wall. Cat. 4566; Hook. ffl. F.B.L l.c. 506; 
King, l.c. 38, pi. 44. 
Tree about 40 to 60 ft. tall, stem 1*5 to 2 ft. through. Leaves 
coriaceous, elliptic-ovate shortly cuspidate or round at tip, base 
shortly narrowed; nerves 4 to 7 pairs little elevate beneath; 
4 to 6*5 in. long, 2-5 in. wide; petioles *5 in. long. Figs *3 in. 
long, sessile in axillary pairs, globose green with a conspicuous yellow 
umbo, of the scales surrounding the rather large mouth forming 
a ring. Bracts 3, broad ovate. Hab. Singapore (Wallich); 
Gelang; Bukit Tanah; Pasir Panjang. Johor, Tempayan River; 
Sedenak. Malacca, Jus (Goodenough). Negri Sembilan, Tampin 
Hill. Perak, Larut (Kunstler). Native names: Ara Kechil; Ara Nasi. 
(22) F. elastica Roxb. Hort. Beng. 65; Hook. ffl. F.B.I. l.c. 
508; King, l.c. 45, pi. 5*4. 
Big shrub or tree. Leaves large, coriaceous oblong to elliptic, 
bluntly caudate, base round or narrowed; nerves very fine, parallel 
and close; midrib prominent, 8 in. long, 5*5 in. wide; petioles 
2 in. long. Stipules (bud bracts) 7 in. long, red. Figs sessile in 
pairs ovate-oblong, greenish yellow, *5 in. long. Hab. Perak on 
limestone rocks above the railway at Ipoh (Curtis). Distrib. 
Assam and Sumatra. Native name : Getah Rambong. 
Formerly cultivated for the rubber, and thus scattered about in various 
places in the peninsula. The big plant high up on the rocks at Ipoh is 
believed to be really wild, but I have never seen another apparently wild 
in our region. 
