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Ficus RUBIGINOSA. RusTy-LEAVED Borany- 
Bay Fic. 
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Class and Order. 
PotyeamiA Monecra (vel Diazcra). 
( Nat. Ord. — Urticex. ) 
Generic Character. 
Receptaculum carnosum, clatsum, apice parvum, andro- 
synum. Flosculi pedicellati, 3-partiti. Stam. 1—3, 3~— 
8-partiti. Stylus lateralis. Semina in pulpo receptaculi 
indulantia. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
_ Feus rubiginosa ; foliis ellipticis obtusis coriaceis basi vix 
| cordatis, junioribus subtus precipue ferrugineo-pubes- 
centibus, receptaculis geminatis sphericis cum umbone 
_,, tuberculatis, pedunculo brevi, superne incrassato. 
Ficus rubiginosa. ‘* Desf. Cat. Hort. Par. 209.” Spreng. 
: st. Veget. v. 3. p. 782. 
4 adil Willd, Sp. Pl. v. 4. p. 1138. Ait. Hort. 
Kew. ed. 2. v. 5. p. 486. 
~ Ficus ferruginea. Hort. 
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Descr. A small tree in our stoves, throwing out many, 
Spreading branches, and from the stem and branches ae 
merous woody roots, which reach the ground, like those o 
the famous Banyan, and give new support to those parts. 
tes numerous, handsome, three to four inches long, 
on mise eer tioles about an 
Naceous, elliptical, quite entire, on pe inch 
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* From the Latin, ficus, a fig. 
