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644. Ficus corgbsta (lloxb.) arboreous, smooth : 

 leaves petiolcd oblong, entire, smooth : fruit roundish- 

 turbinate, sessile, heaped on radical and cauline, short 

 leafless, ramous branchlets or panicles. — H. FL lnd. 3. 

 560. 



Amboyna. — Introduced into the Calcutta Botanic 

 Ciarden in 1802, where in 7 years they attained the 

 height of from 8 to 12 feet, the bark was then smooth 

 and dark brown coloured. 



1 A branch with a solitary fruit — 2 a raceme or 

 rather panicle of fruit — 3 a male flower- 

 ma terminal large— 5 a fruit cut vertically. 



I female, stig- 



Chittagong. 



645. Ficus i^anceolata (Roxb. Buchan.) shrubby: 

 leaves lanceolate, smooth, entire : fruit in fascicles near 

 the root, as well as ou the trunk and larger branches, 

 peduncled, verrucose, compressed, turbinate, with the 

 umbilicus in a deep concavity. — R. FL hid. 3. 557. 



In the Calcutta garden it is in fruit more 

 or less all the year but chiefly about the beginning of 

 the rains. 



1 A leafy branch, and a fructiferous portion of a 

 branch — 2 a fruit cut vertically. 



646. Ficus queiicifolia (Roxb.) perennial creeping : 

 leaves reflected, oblong, irregularly sinuate, scabrous 

 underneath : fruit solitary, peduncled, short-oval of the 

 size of a pea. — Roxb. FL lnd. 3. 534. 



Sumatra.— Bears fruit all the year round, some of the 

 florets bisexual diandrous. 



1 Flowering branch — 2 female floret, ovary detached 

 from the 5-cleft calyx — 3 a bisexual floret, stamens aud 

 ovary detached from the calyx. 



647. Ficus tomentosa (Roxb. Willd.) Branches 

 dropping small roots : leaves oblong cordate, pointed, 

 very downy underneath : fruit axillary paired sessile 



woolly.— R. FL lnd. 3. 550. 



A large and handsome tree with fine umbrageous 

 head — Extensively diffused over the Southern provinces 

 of India, but not abundant any where. 



648. Ficus cunia (Buch. Roxb ) arboreous : leaves 

 short-petioled alternate, bifarious, oblong, semicordate 

 at the base, acutely serrate : fruit turbinate, ribbed, 

 pedicelled and generally in pairs, on compound, pros- 

 trate, radical and cauline, leafless branchlets. — R. FL 



Jntf. 3. 561. 



Nepaul. — Whence it was introduced by seed into the 



Calcutta garden. The only tree which was reared 

 was about 20 feet high, uncommonly well clothed with 

 long spreading branches down to the ground and con- 

 stantly loaded with fruit. — Roxb. 



649. Ficus virgata (Roxb.) shrubby : leaves broad 

 cordate, obtuse, serrate-crenatc, three-nerved, downy: 

 fruit axillary and lateral, peduncled, solitary, oval, 

 smooth.— Roxb. FL lnd. 3. 530. 



Rohilcund.— Flowering time dry season. In this species 

 the perianth is 3 to 5 leaved, and the male florets 

 triandrous. 



1 



Flowering branch 



2, a 5-leaved male perianth 

 stamens removed — 3, a male flower complete, perianth 

 4-leaved— 4, a 3*leaved perianth— 5 ovary and style. 



650. Ficus excelsa (Vahl Roxb. Fl. 3. 552. F. 

 Attimeeraloo Roxb. Mst ) Arboreous, smooth : leaves 

 short* petioled, bifarious, obliquely oblong, smooth: fruit 



solitary or paired, peduncled, sub-turbinate: calyx of 

 the peduncle tridentate : navel round. — R. FL lnd. 3. 



o52. 



Moluccas and Malabar. The fruit appears about the 



beginuing of the rains. 



651. Ficus tuberculata (Roxb ) leaves short peti- 

 oled, oblong, entire, acute, rough: fruit in pairs, pedun- 

 cled, roundish, the size of a large pea, tubercled, the 

 umbilicus elevated.— Roxb. FL lnd. 3. 554. 



Coromaadel mountains.— A small but very ramous tree. 



652. Ficus AMPEL09 (Roxb. Kon. Mst.) Branches 

 dropping fibrous roots: leaves obliquely oval, scabrous : 

 fruit paired, axillary, pedicelled, pisiform, smooth, vel- 

 low.— R. FL lnd. 3. 553. 



A large tree, native of mountainous countries. 



C53. Ficus hedkracea (Roxb.) shrubby scandent 

 rooting : leaves ovate, smooth, but hard : fruit axillary, 

 one or two, subsessile, round, the size of a cherry and 

 scarlet coloured. — R. FL lnd. 3. 538. 



Chittagong. — Climbs over trees and like ivy, emitting 

 numerous small roots by which its very extensive rami- 



tications are supported. 



1 Flow 



ing branch 



2 male flower— 3 a female one. 



654. 



Chittagong. 



Ficus fruticosa (Roxb.) shrubby : leaves peti- 

 oled, sub-ovate, entire, void of pubescence but harsh : 

 fruit in axillary pairs, rather long peduncled rouud. 



R. FL lnd. 3. 533. 



A bushy spreading shrub, five or six feet 

 high : shows no tendency to climb, male flowers numer- 

 ous, mixed with the females, diandrous : stigma 2- 

 toothed. 



1 Flowering branch — 2 male floret— 3 female floret. 



655. Ficus vagans (Roxb.) shrubby, scandent, 

 rooting to other trees : leaves long petioled, exactly 

 cordate, villous underneath : fruit axillary, peduncles 

 solitary or in pairs, sub-globular, the size of a iiutaje". 

 — R. FL Ltd. 3. 537. 



Chittagong— a stout rambling species, rooting on trees 

 for support. Female florets only found, long pedicelled, 

 mixed with stiff tawny hairs which line the inside of 

 the fruit — style clavate, stigma perforated. 



1 Flowering branch 



656. 



2 a female floret. 



Ficus laccifera (Roxb.) arboreous : leaves 

 long petioled, from cordate to oval, obtuse pointed, 

 lucid, 3- nerved : fruit in axillary pairs, sessile, oval, 

 smooth, scaly on the inside.— R. FL lnd. 3. 545. 



Silhet.— A large tree : fruit appears during the hot 

 season and ripens in the rains. Female florets only are 

 found. Perianth of 4 oblong leaflets scarcely longer 

 thau the ovary ; style subulate, stigma acute. 



1 Flowering branch — 2 female floret. 



657. Ficus ramentacea (Roxb.) arboreous,branches 

 dropping roots : leaves long ovate— cordate, acute, 

 entire, in the bud hirsate, when expanded smootb, 

 strongly marked with simple parallel veins; petioles 

 short and ramentaceous : fruit in short peduncled axil- 

 lary pairs, smooth, the size of a small cherry and red. 

 R. FL IncL 3. 546. 



Chittagong.— In drying, the leaves become particularly 

 glossy, while, until pretty well expanded, the large veins 

 are very hairy. 



658. Ficus comosa (Roxb. Willd.) leaves oblong 

 ventricose, pointed, smooth : fruit in pairs, generally 

 terminal, turbinate, smooth, red.— R. FL lnd. 3. 552. 



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mountains*. — A large tree with a spreading 

 very branchy top : branchlets slender often pendulous. 

 Roxburgh states that he has seen a hood over the young 

 fruit which falls as it begins to swell. 



659. Ficus heterophylla (Roxb.) shrubby, sub- 

 :andent : leaves variously divided: fruit axillary, pair- 

 ed, peduncled, rough. — Roxb. FL lnd. 3. 532. 



An extensively distributed plant, native of thickets, 

 banks of rivers and water courses — a weak straggling 

 shrubby species. A very polymorphous plant. Rox- 

 burgh suspects that Ficus denticulata, truncata, ser- 

 rata, and aquaticu of Vahl and Willd. and probably F. 

 cannabina, Lour, are varieties of it. 



660. 



Ficus augustifolia (Roxb.) 

 site, lanceolate, smooth, acute : fruit 



leaves suboppo- 



axiliary paired 

 long-peduucled, turbinate smooth. — R. FL lnd. 3. .554. 



Circar mountains 



a large tree. 



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