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FIGUS CARICA. 



COMMON FIG-TREE, 



iTNONTMJ, Carica. Pbarm. Lond, ^ Edi 



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Ficus 



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mums. 



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Bauh, Fin, p, 457. Ficus vulgaris. ParL Theat,p, 1494. 

 Ficus. Gerard, Einac, p.ij\.io, Raii Hifl, p,i^2>^, Ficus Carica.' 

 Miller IlliiJI, Sjf/l,fex. Du Hamcl I'raite des arbres Fniitiers, torn, 

 z, p. 207. tab, I. 2. Bernard in Obf,fur la phyfique^ Vhijl, nat, ^r» 

 /6772, 29. tab, 17 ■ 2vw Grcec, 



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^'Aj/f Polygamia. Orif. Trioecia. Lin, Gen , Plant, ii 6 8 . 



Eff, Gen, Ch, 



Receptaculum commune turbinatum, carnofum, con 



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nivens, occultans flofculos vel in eodem vel diftindo. 



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sc, C 



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3 -p ar titus 



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Cor, o. 



Stam, 



Fem, 



CaL 5-partitus* Cor, o* 



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Sp, Ch, F: foliis palmatis» 



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TH E Fig-tree is covered with fmooth brown bark, and fends off 

 many fp reading branches : the leaves are large, fucculent, fmooth, 

 irregularly divided into five lobes, of a deep green colour, and ilaad 

 upon ftrong footflalks. The fruit, in its early ftage, ferves as the 

 common receptacle, and contains upon its inner furface all the florets, 

 which are both male and female ; the former has the calyx (proper) 

 divided into three fegments, which are lance-lhaped, ered:, and equah 

 there is no corolla: the filaments are three, brillly, of the length of 

 the calyx, and furnifhed with dbubk antherse. The calyx (proper) 

 of xhQ fejnale Jlower is divided into five fegments, which are pointed, 

 ^nd nearly equal : there is no corolla : the germen is oval : the ftyle 

 is tapering, inflexed, and furniflied with two pointed reflexed ftig- 

 mata : the calyx is oblique, and contains in its bofom a roundilh 



comprefTed feed. It is a native of the fouth of Europe, and com- 

 monly produces its .flowers in June and July. 



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