350 CXXIX, URTICACEiE. [ PicUS. 
Malacca; Tapah road to Jor. Tomoh (Machado). Kelantan, 
Pehi River, Chaning. Distrib. India, China. 
(77) F. chartacea Wall. Cat. 4580; Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 533; 
King, l.c. 159, pi. 203. 
Slender branched shrub 5 to 6 ft. tall. Leaves membranous, 
lanceolate or ovate, long cuspidate, base shortly narrowed; nerves 
3 to 4 pairs, slender, reticulations small; 3 to 5 in. long, 1-5 to 2 in. 
wide; petioles slender, -5 to 75 in. long. Figs globose, usually 
sessile axillary narrowed to a stalk at base, sometimes short 
peduncled? yellow, -15 in. through. Han. Common in woods and 
forests up to 4000 ft. altitude. Singapore, Garden Jungle, Changi; 
Bukit Timah. Johor, Gunong Pantai. Malacca, road to Ayer 
Panas (Griffith); Bukit Sabukor; Bukit Bruang (Derry). Negri 
Sembilan, Perhentian Tinggi; Bukit Klana (Cantley). Selangor, 
Kwala Lumpur; Klang Gates. Perak, Temengoh; Gunong Batu 
Putih (Wray); Gunong Kerbau at 4200 ft. altitude (Robinson) ; 
Goping and Chanderiang (Kunstler). Kedah Peak (Haniff); Yan. 
Pulau Adang, Pulau Butang. Lankawi. Distrib. Burma. Native 
names : Rami hutan; Kelumpung Agas. Use : Bark for tying. 
(78) F. lepidosa Wall. Cat. 4541; Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 522; 
King, l.c. 192, pi. 207. 
Tree 40 to 60 ft. tall, 12 to 18 in. through. Leaves membranous, 
ovate-oblong to elliptic-obovate, pale beneath, acute at top, shortly 
narrowed at base, midrib and nerves 7 pairs elevate, appressed, 
hairy beneath, 6-5 in. long, 3 in. wide; petioles slender, 2-5 in. long. 
Figs sessile, crowded at top just below leaves, male ellipsoid; 
females globose greenish yellow with red tip, orange-red. Male 
sepals 4. Hab. Rare, Singapore, Tanglin. Perak, Goping (Kunstler). 
Distrib. Burma. 
§ vii. Neomorphe 
(79) F. pomifera Wall. Cat. 4547; Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 535; 
King, l.c. 171, pi. 215. 
Stout low tree, wide spreading; bark white. Leaves elliptic- 
sub-ovate coarsely toothed, base broad, round, glabrous or nearly 
so; nerves 4 to 5 pairs elevate beneath; 10 in. long, 6 in. wide; 
petioles 4 in. long. Figs turbinate, over 1 in. through, top flattened, 
pink spotted white; peduncles -5 in. long on tubercles on the stem 
and large branches. Hab. Damp low spots in forest, Johor, Tengarah 
(Feilding). Pahang, Kwala Tembeling; Telom. Selangor, Labu ; 
DusunTua. Perak, Temengoh; Larut (Kunstler). Distrib. Indo- 
Malaya. 
11 . ANTIARIS, Leschen. 
Vast trees, laticiferous. Leaves alternate entire (or serrate). 
Male flowers on the surface of a fleshy peduncled receptacle sur¬ 
rounded by imbricate bracts; sepals 4 (or 3) spathulate imbricate. 
Stamens 3 to 8, short erect. Female flower 1 in a pyriform involucre 
