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or linear-oblong, abrupt caudate acuminate glabrous shining undu¬ 
late; nerves 6 to 8 pairs horizontal; 6 in. long, 1*5 in. wide; 
petioles *15 in. long. Figs globose, *12 in. through, crimson with a 
yellowish tinge, very shortly peduncled or sub-sessile axillary. 
Hab. Rare, Perak, Thaiping Hills, at 2500 to 3000 ft. altitude. 
Distrib. of type, Sumatra and Java. 
(47) F. trachycarpa Miq. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. vii. 430. 
F. clavata Wall. Cat. form trachycarpa; King , Bot. Gard. Calc. ii. 
87, pi. B. 
Epiphytic shrub, glabrous. Leaves membranous lanceolate or 
oblanceolate, long or short cuspidate entire or undulate; nerves 
slender, 12 pairs; 5 to 8 in. long, 3 in. wide; petioles -25 in. long. 
Stipules narrow-linear lanceolate. Figs globose, *15 in. through, 
brown, axillary solitary; peduncles slender, -2 in. long with several 
bracts at base, and 3 about half-way up the peduncle. Bracts of 
mouth small ovate, brown. Hab. Malacca (Griffith), Selangor, 
Batu Caves (Ridley). Distrib. Malay isles. 
I do not see how this small fruited plant can be the same species as the 
big-fruited Indian plant, F. clavata. 
§ V. COVELLIA 
(48) F. cunia Ham. in Roxb. FI. Ind. iii. 561; Hook. fit. F.B.I. 
lx. 523; King, l.c. 101, pi. 127. 
Bush or small tree. Leaves elliptic or oblong-lanceolate, base 
very inequilateral, one lobe round, acuminate acute, glabrous above, 
hairy beneath; nerves elevate beneath, 12 pairs; 4 to 8 in. or more 
long, 175 to 3 in. wide; petioles thick, pubescent, *25 in. long. 
Figs on long leafless pendulous branches 2 ft. or more long, pubes¬ 
cent, with short pubescent lateral branchlets 25 in. long, the figs 
sub-globose, hairy, pink, *5 in. through. Hab. Common in hill 
forests. The fruiting branches run along the ground and are 
seldom to be met with. Pahang, Pulau Tawar; Tahan River. 
Johor, Bukit Jitan; Serom. Selangor, Kwala Kubu; Ginting 
Bidai, etc. Perak, Temengoh; Thaiping Hills. Kelantan, Chaning. 
Distrib. India and Burma. 
(49) F. Miqnelii Hook. fil. F.B.I. l.c. 524; King, Ann. Bot, 
Gard. Calc. (2), 106, pi. 124. 
Tree about 40 ft. tall. Leaves membranous oblanceolate or 
elliptic cuspidate acuminate, base narrowed; nerves slender con¬ 
spicuous, 9 pairs, transverse nervules fine, conspicuous; 7 in. long, 
2*25 in. wide; petioles -i in. long. Figs ovoid-turbinate on simple 
or few branched racemes, stout, 6 in. long from lower part of 
trunk, brownish green, *6 in. through; peduncles -5 to 75 in. long. 
Hab. Common in wet lowland woods, Singapore, Stagmount; 
Bukit Timah. Pahang, Khol, Pahang River. Negri Sembilan, 
Tampin Hill (Goodenough). Selangor, Batu Caves; Weld's Hill, 
