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MIMOSA PROCERA. 



FICUS GLOMERATA. 



U 



a/lets 



) five pair, opposite, four to eight inches long, 

 twelve pair, obliquely oval, pointed, entire, 



ab 



Petiole common, round, smooth, about twelve inches long. Glands : 



there is a large oval one near its base; the rest are uncertain. 



Panicles terminal and axillary ; those that terminate the branchlets 



are very large ; all are composed of ramifications of infinite 



numbers 

 corollets. 



ped 



globular heads, of yellow, fragrant, 



M 





Legume straight, pointed, smooth, about six or seven inch 



and one broad. 

 Seeds eight to twelve. 



This is a very large tree, and by far the largest species of Mi- 

 mosa that I know ; it is a native of the mountainous parts of the 



Coast. 



d is not much esteemed by the natives at S 



122. 



MIMOSA AMARA 



Nelly-renga of the Telingas. 



r, 



Bark pretty smooth, greenish ; young shoots co- 



L 



vered with soft yellow down. 



Feathers opposite, 



from six to sixteen pair, from one to two inches long. 



oblo 



Petiole, common and partial, downy. 

 Stipules lanced, acute. 



Peduncles axillarv. several, onp nr t™ 



Filaments numerous, united below. 

 Legume as in Mimosa odoratissima. 



yell 



each supports 



five to eight seeds, lodged in the middle. 



It is also a tree, and 

 The bark is bitter, a 





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123. 



FICUS GLOMERATA. 



Umbilicus closed with innumerable scales. 

 Calyx of the fruit small, three-leaved. 



It is a large tree, generally found in and about villages, and 



b 



by 



I have tasted it; but, to me, it 



eeable. This species yields much milky juice. 



124. 



FICUS OPPOSITIFOLIA. 



Boda Mamady of the Telingas. 



Trunk erect, seldom so thick as a man's body. Bark scabrous, ash- 



colour'd. 



Branches opposite, sub-erect ; young shoots scabrous, and covered 



with much short, white hair, piped, and interrupted at the 

 insertion of the leaves, as in the Bamboo. 



Leaves opposite, short, round, petioled, oblong, sliehtlv saw'd. of a 



scab 



texture, shining 



most beautifully reticulated 

 siderably smaller than the 

 inches long. 



below downy, and 



P 



fi 



Fruit, on the young shoots, axillary and peduncle 



woody branches, racem'd ; round, about th 

 nutmeg, covered with much short, white ha 

 distant ridges run from the navel to the base. 



Raceme, Bractes, 8cc. as in Ficus glomerata, only 



is simple. 



Calyx of the fruit, three-leaved. 



Male Flowers (a,), a few rnnnrl fViP ineir?f> r\P the* mn 



ked 



h 



proper three-parted perian 



[i 



surrounding its middle. 

 Female Flowers (b), numerous. 

 Peduncle long. 

 Perianth none. 



Style and Stigma together, placed on the side of the germ, funnel- 

 form . 



It is only a small tree, a native of the bank 

 the soil is moist and rich. Like the Ficus glome 

 wounded, much tenacious milky juice. The f 

 and the wood, so far as I know, is not of anv n 



Bruma Mamady of the Telingas. 



Trunk seldom straight, but thick and hkh 



B 

 L 



Bark scabrous, of a rusty-greenish colour. 



towards each end, entire, very slightly three-nerved, smooth 

 on both sides : the under side is paler, and covered with most 

 minute, green dots ; four to six inches long, and about two, or 

 two and a half broad. 



inch 



o 



Racemes compound, or panicled, issue immediately from the trunk, 



or large branches ; ramifications spreading, and jointed. 



Bractes several, surrounding the joints, two-fruited ; at least there 



are always the germs of two, but 

 turity. 



Fruit pedicel'd, nearly as large as commo 



b 



figs, clothed with much 



d 



when ripe, of a rich 



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125. 



FICUS COMOSA 



Pootra Juvy of the Telingas. 



is pretty smooth, and 



branchy, shady, top ; the bark 

 d ; the branchlets verv slender. 



bdivided 



L 



petioled, oval, 



smooth, and shining ; 



pointed 

 inches 



fi 



Petiole very slender, about an inch long, j 

 Fruit terminal, or in the exterior axills, 



oseb 



P 



sessile, size of a 



pressed 



p with t 

 k of a b 



deep-yellow 



when ripe, 



