Ficus. MONOECIA MONANDRIA. 537 
A native of Silhet, where it grows to be a ramous climb- 
ing shrub, running up and over small trees, shrubs, &c. 
Bark of the tender branchlets rather rough, and brown. 
Leaves very exactly ovate, short-petioled, entire, three-nerv- 
ed, void of pubescence, but harsh to the feel, and very hard ; 
from two to four inches long, and from one and a half to two 
and a half broad. Fruit in axillary pairs, all from the base 
of the small lateral branchlets, rather long-peduncled, round, 
rough, of the size of a black currant, and olive yellow when 
ripe. Calyx of the receptacle three-toothed. Proper pe- 
rianth from three to five-parted in both male and female, 
Male corollets very few in some of the —— in others 
none could be seen, monandrous, 
19. F. vagans. R. 
Shrubby, scandent, rooting to other trees. Leaves long- 
petioled, exactly cordate, villous underneath. Fruit axilla- 
ry, peduncles solitary or in pairs, sub-globular, the size of a 
nutmeg ; within hirsute. 
A stout, woody, rambling species 3 a native of Chittagong, 
rooting on trees for support. It serene: fruit at various 
periods through the year. 
Young shoots smooth, except for a short while andi tae 
first appear, then a little hairy. Leaves alternate, long-peti- 
oled, exactly cordate,a little hairy underneath, of a hard tex- 
ture, and rather harsh to the feel, entire, obtusely acuminate ; 
about five inches long, by four broad. Stipules interfolia- 
ceous, as in the genus, Fruit axillary, paired, is the habit, 
though one of the two is often wanting, long-peduncled, 
nearly round, about the size of a medlar. Jnvolucre or ca- 
lyx of the fruit three-lobed, and embracing its base. Female _ 
corollets only found, long-pedicelled,and intermixed with the _ 
long, stiff, tawny hairs, which line the inside of the fruit, or 
receptacle, Calyx from four to five-leaved ; leaflets lanceo- 
late, acuminate, “Style clavate, — perforated, 
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