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[Ficus. 
valley at 3500 ft. altitude (Burkill). Selangor, Ulu Gombak Road; 
Klang Gates. Perak, Larut (Kunstler, Scortechini). 
(70) F. patens Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. See. S. By. 86, p. 306. 
Large spreading shrub 20 ft. tall; branches hairy, with large 
pith. Leaves large, ovate, cordate, basal lobes round, pale beneath; 
nerves 3 from base, 2 outer with 7 transverse nervules to edge; 
midrib with 6 pairs above scabrid hairy; nerves and reticula¬ 
tions densely hairy, beneath shortly bristly, n in. long, 
9 in. wide; petioles hairy, 3 in. long. Figs globose, green 
eventually red, roughly densely hairy, shortly peduncled. Bracts 3, 
small ovate connate. Female flowers stalked with 4 spathulate 
sepals dark purple when dry. Achene oblique, round, stalked, as 
long as sepals. Male flowers not seen. Hab. Common in passes 
through the mountains of Selangor. Negri Sembilan, Bukit Tangga. 
Selangor, Ginting Sempah; Semangkok Pass; near Ranching. 
(Ridley). 
(71) F. moOissima Ridl. 
Shrubby; branches thick, woolly hairy. Leaves ovate acumin¬ 
ate, cordate, edge crenulate undulate, sub-serrate above, hairy, 
beneath paler densely woolly hairy especially on the nerves; nerves 
5, radiating from the base; midrib with about 4 pairs alternate 
transverse nervules conspicuous * 6*5 in. long, 5 in. wide, one leaf 
seen strongly 3-lobed and 6 in. across; petioles yellow hairy, 3 in. 
long. Figs sub-globose, 1 in. through, yellow hairy with numerous 
lanceolate glabrous scales at the mouth, erect and incurved. Male 
flowers, stalk hairy, lobes oblong linear, glabrous. Stamens 3. 
Anthers sessile oblong minutely apiculate. Female flowers with 
elongate long-haired stalks; perianth-lobes 4, linear blunt, dark 
brown, glabrous as long as the stalks. Fruit smooth ellipsoid; style 
-excentric, shorter, dark red. Hab. Negri Sembilan, Triang (Fox¬ 
worthy). Native name : Ara Laut. 
(72) F. oreophila Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 82, p. 196. 
Shrub or tree; young parts, petiole, midrib and nerves beneath, 
peduncle and figs short, white, hairy. Leaves lanceolate-acuminate 
or acute, base blunt, round, edge undulate, glabrous above; nerves 
2, basal conspicuous above, 4 pairs; 3-5 to 6 in. long, 175 in. wide; 
petioles 4 in. long. Stipules lanceolate acuminate. Figs sub- 
globose, -25 in. long, hairy, solitary, axillary on curved peduncles, 
■25 in. long with three small ovate bracts about half-way. Mouth 
bracts rounded, conspicuous, numerous, glabrous. Male flowers in 
mouth. Stamens 2. Hab. Pahang, Kluang Terbang (Barnes); 
Teku woods, Tahan mountain (Ridley). 
(73) F. chrysccarpa Reinwdt. in Bl. Bijdr. 475; Hook. fil. F.B.I. 
v. 531; King, l.c. 151, pi. 191. 
Shrub about 4 ft. tall, yellow hairy. Leaves oblong or lanceolate, 
serrulate acuminate, base blunt above hairy or scabrid, beneath 
yellow hairy; adult leaves 3 in. long, 1-5 in. wide; young, lanceo- 
