Urticacece,] ceylon plants, 265 



Hab. Hot drier parts of the island. Nona. vulg. " Kappootoo-bo- 

 gass." 



3. U. infectormm, Miq. 1. c. p. 566, cum syn. ; Walp, 1. c. — JFicus 

 tnfedoria, Willd. ; AVight, Ic. t. 665. U, (sgeiropJiyllum, Miq. 1. c. 

 JJ. Tjakela, Miq. 1. c. cum syn. Z7. Ceylonense, Miq. 1. c. p. 690. — c.p. 

 2931, 3083. 



Hab. Common up to an elevation of 2000 feet. Nom. vulg. ** Klrri- 

 palla-gass." 



Ueceidacula brevi-pedunculata vcl sossilia. 



The Cinghalese sometimes use tlze bark of tliis tree, instead of the areca-nutj to 

 chew wilh their betel. ' 



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4. XJ. "Wightianum, Miq. 1. c. ; Walp, 1. c. — An CT. persecefolium, 

 Miq. Walp. 1. c. p. 689?— c.p'. 2223. 



Var. /3. majus ; foliis majoribus, costulis utrinque 12-14 ; pedunculis 



reccptaculis ecquilongis vel multo brevioribus. — c.p. 2464. 



Hab. Common in the Central ProA^ince, up to an elevation of 5000 

 feet. 



^ecepiaeula maiura scmipollicaria, flavida, plus minus rufesceutia, punctata. 



An extremely variable spueics, and the foliage of the larger variety veiy closely re- 

 sembles that of the preceding species \ the much larger size of the fruit, however, at 

 once distinguishes the present plant. 



6. XJ- Benghalense, Gasparr. (Miq. 1. c. p. 571 ; Walp. 1. c. p. 691, 

 cum syn.) — Ficus Bengalensis, Linn. Amoen. F, Indica, Linn. Eoxb, 

 c.p. 2225. 



Hab. Hotter parts of the island, probably not indigenous. Nom. 

 vulg. .'*Maha-nooga-gass.'* 



6. U. toxuentosum^ Miq. 1. c. p. 573. — Ficus iomentosa, E-oxb. FL 



Ind. iii. p;550; Walp. I.e. ; Wight, Ic. t. 647,— c.p. 2226. 

 Hab. Trincomalie, Gardner, Binteune. 



7. 17. Mysorense^ Miq. I.e. cum syn.; Walp. I.e. p. 691. — Ficus 



Mysorensis, Roth. Ficus citrifolia, Willd. Sp. PL iv. p. 1137. — C.P. 

 2222. 



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Hab. Not uncommon up to an elevation of 2000 feet. Nom. vulg- 

 " Boonooga-gass." 



8. U. lacciferum, Miq. L c. p. 575 ; Walp. 1. c. p. 692. — Ficus lacci- 

 fera, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. iii. p. 545 ; Wight, Ic. t. 656.— c.p. 2221. 



Hab, Central Province, not uncommon. Nom. vulg. "Kooga-gass. 



9. U. Tjiela, Miq. Lc. p. 580; Walp. I.e. p. Q^.—Fieiis Tjiela, 

 Eoxb. 1. c. p. 549. F. indica, Linn. Syst. Veg. 922. F. amplissima, 

 Linn.— c.p. 2537, 2220 (? 2218). 



Hab. Central Province. 



There is a noble specimen of this tree in the Royal Botanic Garden, whose branches 

 spread over an area of ground 120 feet in diameter. 



10. XJ- retusum, Miq. 1. c. p. 581, cum syn. — U, nitidum, Miq. 1. c. p. 

 582, cum syn. U, ovoidetim, Miq. I.e. cum syn. JJ. pisiferum, Miq. 

 1. c. p. 580, cum syn. ; Walp. 1. c. Ficus retusa^ Linn. F, nilida, 

 Thunb. F. benjaminea, Eoxb. 1. c. p. 550. F. pallida, Wall. Cat. n. 

 4567.— c.p. 14 (483). 



Hab. Common in the Central Province, up to an elevation of 50<X) 

 feet. 



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