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CXXIX. URTICACEiE. 
[Ficus. 
Kwala Lumpur. Distrib. Malay islands, Tenasserim. Native 
name: Ara Katak. 
(50) F. hispida Linn. fil. Supft. 442, Hook. fil. F.B.I. l.c. 522; 
King. l.c. 
Shrub or small tree 20 to 30 ft. tall; branches hollow, hairy. 
Leaves ovate-oblong or sub-obovate acute obscurely toothed, base 
round, scabrid above; nerves 5 to 6 pairs and transverse nervules 
elevate beneath; 8 in. long, 4 in. wide; petioles 1*25 in. long. 
Figs in fascicles on the old wood, turbinate green, 75 in. through; 
peduncles 0 to 1 in. long, sometimes in long sprays from the lower 
part of the trunks, as in F. ribes. Hab. Pahang, Pekan and Pulau 
Tawar. Selangor, Batu Caves; Bukit Hitam (Kelsall). Perak, 
Fig. 156. — Ficus polysyce. 
Temengoh; Thaiping Waterfall. Kelantan, Kamposa; Chaning 
woods. Penang, very common. Kedah, Yan. Dislnb. India and 
Siam, Malay isles, China, Australia. 
(51) F. polysyce Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 82, p. 195. 
Tree about 50 ft. tall, stem over 1 ft. through. Leaves elliptic 
or lanceolate membranous and short acuminate or cuspidate; 
nerves about 9 pairs elevate beneath; 6 in. long„ 1*75 to 2*25 in. 
wide; petioles 1-25 in. long. Figs in clusters or tubercles on the 
stem and branches, obovoid, top flat, green (rarely turning dull red), 
often completely covering the trunk and boughs, 75 in. through; 
umbo large; peduncles slender, *5 in. long. Hab. Common in 
secondary growth and forests, lowland, Singapore, Garden Jungle, 
etc., Johor, Batu Pahat; Gunong Pulai. Pahang, Pekan. Negri 
