on the Hortus Malabaricus, Part III. — 139 
seri, Kalu or Kul implying rock. On this account I called it 
Ficus rupestris, and under this name gave a drawing and speci- 
mens to Sir J. E. Smith. 
Arbor ramis radicantibus tomentosis parva. Folia basi cordata, 
sed apicem versus sæpè dilatata, in humidis locis subangu- 
lata, in siccis integerrima, utrinque pilosissima, sed mollia, 
acumine minimo subobtusa.  Petiolus teres, tomentosus. 
Fructus pisiformes, gemini, sessiles, axillares, tomentosi, foliolis 
tribus bracteati. 
One or other of these plants, but which I cannot say, is pro- 
- bably the Ficus tomentosa of Willdenow (Sp. Pl. iv. 1136.), 
which, he says, he had from Dr. Roxburgh, who mentions it in 
the Hortus: Bengalensis, 103, without reference to any figure. - 
I should certainly have considered my Ficus rupestris as the 
F. mollis of Vahl, had he not described the fruit as solitary ; yet 
Willdenow quotes Vahl’s plant as being the same with his, 
which he describes to have the fruit growing in pairs. Perhaps 
he had learned that Vahl was mistaken; for M. Poiret (Enc. 
Meth. Sup. ii. 653.) follows Willdenow without remark. As 
Willdenow’s plant has the upper side of the leaves smooth, it is 
perhaps my Ficus asinina ? : 
Arr: MEER Arov, p. 75. t. 58. 
I have already mentioned the affinity of this tree with the 
Tsjerou Meer Alou (t. 56.), from which it differs in having the 
leaves more unequal sided and more scabrous, and the figs 
larger. It has a still stronger affinity with the Teregam (t. 60.), 
which with leaves shaped like the Tsjerou Meer Alou, and a fruit 
like the Atti Meer Alou, is a great deal rougher than either. 
The two plants are ‘however so much alike, that the description 
by M. Lamarck (Enc. Meth. ii. 496.) of the Ficus Ampelos, for 
T 2 : which 
