Ficus, _ MONOECIA MONANDRIA, 535 
ones below, a few diandrous; the hermaphrodite ones just 
within the umbilicus. Perianth in both five-cleft. 
15. F. humile. Roxb. 
Perennial, creeping. Leaves short-petioled, oblong, re- 
motely dentate-serrate, harsh, obtusely acuminate. Fruit 
paired, peduncled, oblong with an elevated umbilicus, 
From Sumatra, where it is indigenous, this small cespitose 
species has been introduced into the Botanic garden where it 
produces fruit the whole year. It is like F. queretfolia in 
‘habit, and I at first considered it to be only a variety of that 
species; but a longer and more intimate acquaintance with 
both, induces me to think them distinct. In this I have found 
only female florets. 
Stems and branches spreading flat on the ground, and 
striking root, round and pretty smooth, the most tender lux- 
uriant shoots somewhat three-sided. Leaves alternate, short- 
petioled, shape between oblong-ventricose and rhomboidal ; 
apex alternate, but obtuse, margin remotely serrate-dentate ; 
both surfaces void of pubescence, but harsh, from two to four 
inches long. Petioles and veins red. Stipules ensiform, co- 
loured, smooth. Fruit axillary, paired, peduncled, of the. 
size of a pea, oblong, witha large elevated umbilicus. Corol-. 
lets entirely female in all the plants brought to this garden. 
Calyx five-parted ; segments ensiform. ; 
16. F. repens, Willd, iv. 1149. 
Somewhat shrubby, creeping. Leaves obliquely cordate, 
lobate, serrate-dentate. Fruit eehtery. peduneled, long- 
obovate. 3 . 
Beng. Bhooi-Doomoor. 
A native of pasture ground, and borders of tanks about 
Stems creeping or diffuse, close on the gTound, ramous, as 
thick asa quill; young shoots a little hairy, Leaves alter- 
nate, petioled, unequally cordate, often deeply sinuate, gene- 
