550 MONOECIA MONANDRIA, © Ficus. 
33. F. Benjamina, Willd, iv. 1143. 
Leaves oval, and obovate, obtuse, polished. Fruit axil- 
lary, paired, smooth. 
Itty-Alu. Rheed. Mal. i. t. 26. 
Teling. Yerra joovee. 
This is also a large tree, and a native of the Circar moun- 
tains. 
Young shoots slender, perfectly smooth, as if polished. 
Leaves alternate, short-petioled, slightly three-nerved, obo- 
vate, entire, obtuse, firm, smooth, shining ; veins numerous, 
alternate, parallel, Petioles many times shorter than the 
leaves, channelled, smooth, Fruit axillary, sessile, paired, 
smooth, the size of a pea, when ripe purple with small yel- 
lowish specks ; umbilicus even with the apex of the fruit, and 
shut up with scales. Calyx of the fruit, three-leaved. 
- 84, F. tomentosa. Willd. iv. 1136. 
Branches dropping small roots, Leaves oblong-cordate, 
pointed, very downy underneath. Fruit axillary, paired, 
sessile, woolly. 
Teling. Petta mari. 
A very large tree, a native of mountainous tracts ; and like 
F. Indica gives out roots from its branches, howegts = ‘do 
not grow large. . 
Young shoots woolly. Leaves alternate, petioled, oblong- 
cordate, slightly three-nerved, a little pointed, entire, on the 
‘upper ‘side pretty smooth, on the lower one very downy, from 
_ four to six inches long; on the under side of the base of the 
middle nerve there is a large smooth, green gland, as in F, 
Indica. Petioles an inch long, channelled, woolly. Stipules 
as in the genus, but very woolly. Fruit axillary, paired, 
sessile, woolly, the size of a large pea, when ripe gray. Caly* 
very large, three-leaved ; ; leaflets spreading, woolly. 
Birds eat the fruit; tie wosil of thisteres: as well as of all . 
the preceding ee sie — et 
no use, even for fuel. 
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