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late, 5 in. long, 2-25 in. wide; nerves 5 pairs raised a little; petioles 
25 in. long, hairy. Figs oblong to globose, *5 in. through, golden 
hairy and yellow till quite ripe, when they turn red, sessile m axillary 
pairs. Hab. Common in low country, secondary jungle, edges of 
woods Singapore, Reservoir; Bukit Timah; Gardens. Malacca 
(Griffith). Selangor, Ulu Gombak Road. Perak, Goping. Distnb. 
Borneo, Java, Sumatra. 
{74) F. variolosa Lindl. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. 1842, 1. 
492; Hook, fil. F.B.I. v. 532; King, l.c. 153. pi. 193- 
Shrub glabrous. Leaves thin coriaceous, oblong or oblanceo- 
late, sub-acute, entire, finely reticulate beneath, base cuneate; 
nerves 8 to 10 pairs; 2-5 to 4-5 in. long, 1-5 in. wide; petioles -3 to 
•5 in. long. Figs -5 in. through, globose, base narrowed; umbo 
large, warted, glabrous with large bracts at mouth. Basal bracts 
triangular ovate; peduncles *3 to -5 in. long. Hab. Rare, Perak 
(Kunstler). Pahang, Gunong Berumbun, Telom (Ridley). Distnb. 
Hongkong. 
Resembles F. pyriformis, but the figs are globose. 
( 75 ) F. pedunculosa Miq. Lond. Journ. Bot. vii. 442, t. 7, 
Fig. A.; King, Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. i. 145. F. ataktophylla 
Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. iii. 227, 294. 
Shrub or tree. Leaves stiffly coriaceous, elliptic acute, base 
narrowed, sparsely hairy above, thickly on midrib, hairy beneath 
on nerves and reticulations; nerves one pair running from base 
along edge to tip, four pairs from the midrib inarching into the 
intramarginal one, reticulations fine conspicuous beneath; 3*5 to 
5 in. long, 175 to 2-25 in. wide; petioles 1 in. long, slender hairy. 
Figs ovoid hairy, -3 in. long, peduncles *25 in. long. Bracts 3 ovate 
acute. Pedicels -i in. long. All hairy. Scales of mouth ovate 
short. Male flowers sub-sessile. Sepals 3, broad distinct. Anthers 
2 narrow ovate, filaments short united below. Gall flowers sessile. 
Sepals 2 or 3 broad rounded. Achene broad ovoid. Style 
subterminal. Hab. Pahang, Fraser Hill at 4000 to 4370 ft 
altitude (Burkill and Holttum). Distrib. Celebes, Burn and 
Philippines. ^ 7 Tr , „ . 
(76) F. pyriformis Hook and Am. Bot. Beech. Voy. 210; Hook, 
fil. F.B.I. v. 533 ; King, l.c. 157, pi. 200 and 201. 
Shrub small, from 1 to 13 ft. tall; young parts pubescent. Leaves 
oblong to linear-lanceolate acuminate, entire, glabrous or pubescent 
beneath; nerves 5 to 10 pairs ; 175 to 4 in. long, -5 in. wide; petioles 
•2 in. long. Figs solitary, axillary, pear-shaped, purple, -5 to 75 in. 
through; peduncles -5 in. long. Hab. Pahang, Gunong Tahan 
(Robinson). Perak, Gunong Bal; Gunong Kerbau (Haniff); Sira 
Rimau (Yapp). 
var. angustifolia. Dwarf plant with very narrow leaves on rocks 
in streams, Pahang, Tahan River. Perak, Temengoh; Bujong 
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