Ficus. MONOECIA MONANDRIA, 529 
Young shoots sub-succulent, and very hairy; hairs ful- 
vous. Leaves alternate, petioled, round-cordate, from three 
to five-lobed, serrate-dentate, hairy, particularly the nerves 
underneath ; /obes acuminate; length and breadth from six 
to ten inches. Stipules lanceolate. Fruit (receptacle, ) in 
pairs, axillary, sessile, round, an inch and a half in diameter, 
‘ very hairy, of a rich yellow, fleshy ; flesh firm and yellow. 
Umbilicus scaly and scarcely elevated above the surface of 
the fruit. Calyx of the fruit ; leaflets three, obliquely round, 
cordate, cuspidate, sericeous on the outside. Male corollets 
a few, just within the umbilicus, sub-sessile. Calyx three- 
leaved, or deeply three-parted ; leaflets oblong , deep red. 
Filaments generally two, short. Anther linear-obbege: ‘Fe- 
male corollets numerous, long-peduncled, occupying the 
whole of the cavity of the receptacle. Calyx as in the male. 
Germ sub-globular. Style on one side, short. Stigma large, 
somewhat three-lobed, 
The fruit is eaten by the natives of Silhet, where the tree 
is indigenous. — 
3. F. palmata. R. : 
~ Leaves palmate, woolly underneath ; lobes serrulate den- 
tate, and cuspidate. 
Found by Dr. W. Hunter indigenous at Pulo Pica: ss 
4. F, caricoides, Roxb. 
Sub-arboreous, Leaves cordate, crenate, villous. Fruit 
axillary, solitary, or paired, peduncled, trigonal-turbinate, 
wrinkled. Umbilicus shut with three cordate scales. bre 
from five to six-leaved. ) 
_ From General Martin at Lucknow, some plants were re- 
ceived into the Botanic garden where they grow readily from 
cuttings, thrive well, and bear fruit abundantly. 
. Stem erect. Branches ascending, having much the ap- 
pearance of those of the common fig, only running more into 
long slender twigs. Leaves alternate, petal cordate, cre- 
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