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smooth leaves, I think it probably different from what I have 
above described; but this is not certain, as Rumphius does not 
say whether the leaves of the Supa are smooth or hairy. . The | 
proper place, however, for discussing this is in the Commentary 
on the Herbarium Amboinense. as 
Nearly allied to these plants I have met with two others still 
more hairy than the Katou Alou ; and I shall here take an oppor- 
tunity of describing them, as they do not seem to be mentioned 
by either Rheede or Rumphius. | 
Of the first I have given specimens to the library at the India 
House under the name of Ficus asinina, as it is called Gadha Bar 
in the Hindwi dialect, Gadha signifying an Ass, and Bar being . 
a vulgar corruption of Vata, the Sanscrita name of the Ficus 
Indica (Peralu). It grows on the hills of Behar, and has a very 
strong affinity to the Katou Alou in every thing but the fruit. 
Arbor magna, e ramis radicantem non vidi. Ramuli teretes, 
annulati, maturi glabri, juniores tomentosi, lactescentes. 
Folia alterna, oblonga, apices prope latiora, basi cordata, 
acumine brevi obtusa, costata, venis minutè reticulata, 
rigida, margine reflexo integerrima, supra nuda, subtus to- 
mentosa.  Petiolus brevissimus, teretiusculus, tomentosus, 
non lactescens. Glandula in nervi medii dorso prope folii 
basin plana, glabra. ^ Stipule caduce. 
Receptacula florifera pisiformia, gemina, axillaria, sessilia, ore 
clauso glabro tomentosa.  Bractea cyathiformis, recepta- 
culo brevior, 5—7-fida, irregularis. = 
Fici maturæ virides, molles, magnitudine Grossulariæ minoris 
globosæ, tomento albo denso indutæ, involucro multo ma- 
_Jores. 
The other plant I found growing from the crevices of rocks in 
the Mysore country, where it is called Kalu Aiti or Kalu Bas- 
seri, 
