CXXlX. URTlCACEvE. 
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5 in. long. Figs pyriform, 2 in. long, 1*5 in. through, orange- 
scarlet; peduncles *25 in. long. Hab. Common in forests, Singa¬ 
pore, Kranji; Toas; Garden Jungle. Johor, Scudai River; Kwala 
Sembrong (Kelsall), Malacca (Griffith). Perak, Kota (Wray); 
Larut; Goping (Kunstler). Province Wellesley, Nibong Tebal. 
Distrib. Malay islands. Native names : Akar" Tangis Bur one • 
A. Halua. 
§ iv. Sycidium 
(40) F. heterophylla Linn. fit. Sufifil. 442; Hook. fil. l.c. F.B.I. 
518; King, Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. (2) 76, pi. 94. 
A low creeping and rooting shrub, later .becoming a large bush 
and finally a bushy tree, 20 ft. tall; young parts hairy. Leaves 
stiffly chartaceous, scabrid, very variable, according to the age of the 
plant. When it is low and creeping, they are 3 in. long and 1 in. 
wide, deeply cut into irregular acute toothed lobes, or linear acute, 
toothed with one or two lobes; 3 in. long, *25 in. wide; in 
bush form, leaves entire lanceolate acuminate at both ends, 3 in. 
long, -5 in. wide; in tree form elliptic serrate base rounded blunt, tip 
cuspidate, 4-5 in. long, 175 in. wide; nerves variable, one to 
each lobe in the first form, 6 pairs slender in the tree form; petioles 
•1 to -5 in. long; figs globose or more or less pear-shaped, green 
with white spots; umbo distinct, open. Hab . Sandy river banks 
and damp spots near rivers, Pahang River, Pulau Datang; 
Pulau Manis. Selangor, Klang river on the Petaling Road, Kwala 
Lumpur. Perak, Kampong Kota (Wray); Goping (Kunstler). 
Distrib. Indo-Malaya. 
(41) F. quercifolia Roxb. FI. Ind. iii. 534; Hook. fil. F.B.I. 
l.c. 519; King. l.c. 77, pi. 95. 
Creeping shrub. Leaves thick membranous, entire or lobed 
ovate or elliptic-obovate, coarsely serrate acuminate scabrid all 
over; nerves 5 to 7 pairs, raised on both sides; -2 to 5 in. long; 
petioles -5 to 1 in. long, hairy. Figs -25 to -5 in. long, crimson, in 
axillary pairs ovoid or pear-shaped; peduncles -25 to *5 in. long. 
Hab. Rocks by streams, Pahang River, Pulau Tijau. Perak, Ulu 
Temengoh. Kelantan, Kwala Lebir (Gimlette). Distrib. Burma, 
S. Siam. Native name : Kesinan. 
var. inconstans, F. inconstans, Miq. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. 
vii. 232. 
Small slender shrub, 2 to 3 ft. tall. Leaves lobed, 7 in. long, 
3 in. wide; petioles 5 in. long (lower ones). Figs red, *25 in. long. 
Hab. Kelantan, Chaning, edges of woods. Distrib. Java. 
The species is extremely variable in all points, and perhaps may have 
to be broken up eventually. 
(42) F. obscura Bl. Bijdr. 474; Hook. fil. F.B.I. l.c. 521; 
King, l.c. 81, pi. 102 and 103. 
Shrub or tree. Leaves membranous scabrid above, hairy 
