CXXIX. URTICACEjE. 
[Ficus. 
344 
long, i*5 to 2 in. wide; petioles *5 in. long. Figs green *5 to 1 in. 
through, axillary in pairs on pedicels *25 in. long. Hab. Pahang, 
Kwala Tembeling (figs spotted pink); Fraser Hill (Burkill). Perak, 
Thaiping Hills; Gunong Batu Putih (Wray); Goping (Kunstler). 
Penang, Batu Feringhi (Curtis). Kedah, Pulau Song Song. Distnb. 
Indo-Malaya. 
§ vi, Eusyce 
(57) F. excavata Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 526; King, Ann. Bot. 
Gard. Calc. 127, pi. H 5 B - T . 
Climbing epiphyte with pubescent shoots. Leaves orbicular- 
ovate, base round, top blunt, glabrous above, sparse pubescent 
beneath; nerves 2 pairs, 1*25 to 1-5 in. long; petioles 2 in long, 
pubescent. Figs in clusters of 6 axillary, sessile, depressed globose, 
•jej in. through (not ripe), orange-red, basal bracts 3> triangular- 
ovate. Hab. Perak, Goping (Kunstler). Distrib. Borneo. 
(58) F. Levis Bl. Bijdr. 437; Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 526; King, 
lx. 128, pi. 161. 
Epiphyte usually glabrous or small tree. Leaves ovate, base 
broad, acute tip, membranous; nerves 5 pairs; 7 in. long, 4 in. 
wide or less; petioles 3 in. long, pubescent. Figs 1 in. through, 
globose or pear-shaped, greenish yellow, pubescent, glabrous, 
hairy within; peduncles 75 in. long. Hab. Singapore, Bukit 
Timah top (Hullett); Chua Chu Kang. Selangor, Batu Caves, 
Perak, Ulu Leding (Wray); Larut (Kunstler). Penang, Gottlieb 
Road (Curtis), figs pear-shaped. 
var. tomentosa King, l.c. 128. Leaves tomentose. Figs 
tomentose or pubescent; peduncles 1 in. long. Distrib. Indo- 
Malava 
(59) F. obtusa Hassk. Cat. Hort. Bogor, 1844, 75; Hook. fil. 
F.B.I. v. 527; King. l.c. 130. pi. 163. 
Large shrub, climbing on trees, 60 to 80 ft. long, stem 3 to 4 in. 
through; young parts tomentose. Leaves coriaceous, ovate blunt, 
base round, sparse hairy especially on nerves above, tomentose, 
greenish yellow beneath; nerves 4 pairs, elevate as are the trans¬ 
verse nervules; 3 to 4 in. long, 2 to 3 in. wide; petioles -25 in. long, 
thick tomentose. Figs sub-sessile in axillary pairs sub-globose, 
tomentose or puberulous, crimson, -6 in. through. Bracts 3, ovate, 
pubescent; peduncles tomentose, -i in. long or less. Hab. Malacca 
(Maingay). Selangor, near Klang Gates. Perak, Ulu Bubong and 
Larut (Kunstler). Penang, West Hill (Curtis). Distrib. Malaya. 
(60) F. alutacea Bl. Bijdr. 457; Hook, fil. F.B.I. v. 527; 
King, lx. 131, pi. 164. 
Large epiphytic shrub 30 to 40 ft. long; stem 1 to 4 in. through; 
young parts sub-glabrous. Leaves coriaceous elliptic to elliptic- 
ovate, blunt or acute, base shortly narrowed, blunt, beneath 
pustular tessellate and green and white; nerves 5 to 6 pairs promi- 
