Ficus.] CXXIX. URTICACE^. 335 
(23) F. obtusifolia Roxb. FI. Ind. iii. 54 ^ > Hook. fil. F.B.I. 
lc 507; King, Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. 42, pi. 49 1 - 
’ A big tree 80 to 120 ft. tall, stem 3 to 4 ft. through. Epiphytic 
when young. Leaves thickly coriaceous, elliptic-oblong or obovate, 
round, blunt, base acute, 3-nerved at base, side-nerves very slender 
parallel rather inconspicuous, midrib stout, prominent; 4 to 7 in. 
long, 2-5 in. or more wide; petioles -5 in. long. Figs in axillary 
pairs sessile, globose, pink tipped yellow or all yellow; umbo of 3 
broad rounded bracts. Basal bracts 3, coriaceous round, cordate. 
Hab. Rare. Perak, Goping (Kunstler). Lankawi (Curtis). 
(24) F. acamptophylla Miq. Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 264; 
Hook. fil. F.B.I. l.c. 507; King, l.c. 40, pi. 46. 
Climbing epiphyte (or tree) branchlets and bud-bracts silky 
pubescent. Leaves coriaceous, thick, glabrous obovate-oblong or 
elliptic cuspidate acuminate, base narrowed; nerves little raised, 
conspicuously inarching, 3 to 6 pairs; 3*5 to 475 in. long, 1-5 to 
2*5 in. wide; petioles rather stout, 1 in. long. Figs orange yellow 
or dark green with yellow or red top, -5 in. through; umbo-scales 
3, ovate, round, large. Bracts ovate, round puberulous. Hab. 
Rather rare. Johor, Sedenah. Dindings; Pangkor. Perak, Gop¬ 
ing; Ulu Bubong (Kunstler). Dislrib. Bangka. 
(25) F. microsyce Ridl. 
Epiphytic or terrestrial shrub, a few feet tall. Leaves stiffly 
coriaceous oblong shortly blunt cuspidate; nerves about 7 pairs 
with 1 pair from the base; 3 in. long, 1 in. wide; petioles -2 in. 
long. Figs when adult -15 in. through, globose, sessile in pairs 
with 3 ovate blunt bracts at base, annulus of mouth elevate yellow ; 
scales inflected. Fruit few. Ovary ovoid ellipsoid; style lateral 
straight. Hab. Singapore, Garden Jungle; Jurong River (Ridley). 
Certainly allied to F. microstoma, but a bush with smaller coriaceous 
leaves and much smaller figs. 
(26) F. retusa Linn. Mantissa 129; Hook. fil. F.B.I. l.c. 511; 
King, l.c. 50, pi. 61. , 1 
A big tree with aerial roots, quite glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, 
broad ovate or rhomboid, bluntly cuspidate, base 3-nerved narrowed; 
side-nerves 5 to 6 pairs with numerous secondary ones all fine and 
not conspicuous, midrib prominent; 2 to 4 in. long, i*5 in. wide; 
petioles *25 in. long. Figs in pairs sessile, *3 in. through, yellow 
or red, basal bracts broad ovate obtuse. Hab. Dry spots near the 
sea, often planted near shrines by the Chinese. Singapore, Bukit 
Timah- Changi. Malacca, Bukit Bruang. Negri Sembilan, Gunong 
Angsi.' Perak, Selinsing Bay (Wray). Penang (Wallich). Perlis, 
Kanga. Distrib. Indo-Malaya, China. Native name: Ara Jejawi. 
(27) F. truncata King, Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. l.c. 41, t. 48; 
Hook. fil. F.B.I. l.c. 507; King, l.c. 41, pi. 43. 
Tree 40 to 60 ft. tall, 10 to 15 in. through. Leaves conaceous. 
