964 Agricultural Gazette of N.S.TF. [Dec, 2, 1908. 



11. F. (jibhosa, iJluine, Native of the East Indies, F. ctcneata, Miq., from 

 the Philippines is a synonym. See t. 2, and vol. i of Ann. Bot. Gard., 

 Calcutta. 



This is one of the trees which, in its native home, is epiphytic. 



Gamble ("Manual of Indian Timbers," 1902 edition, p. 637) has the 



following interesting note concerning it. 



It is curious that King should write of this species as a " tree " and his statement ia 

 followed by the Fl. Br. Ind. Bedomnie also calls it a tree, Brandis a large tree or ei)iphyte, 





10. Ficus elasUca, Roxb. 

 Garden Palace Grounds, Sydney. 



and tlie " Ceylon Flora '" " an epiphyte in a young state, rinally a tree.'" I have myself seeu 

 it growing in various parts of Inilia, but never that I can remember as anytliing but a 

 large epiphytic shrub, preferring to grow on other tigs such as the pipal and banyan, or on 

 walls or well-sides, and giving out a multitude of interlacing aerial roots. Talbot seems 

 to share my experience. It is, however, strange that Roxburgli who lived long in the 

 Circars, where it is common, writes of it as a tree, and mentions a beautiful specimen at 

 Ganjam. Its broad iliomboid scabrous leaves are characteristic. The leaves are used to 

 polish ivor\' (Roxb.), and are given to cattle, being supposed to increase the flow of milk. 



This is a very variable species, and Sir George King recognises the typical 

 form and three varieties. Our plant seems not to be different from the typical 

 form ; its leaves are not scabrous like those of Mr. Gamble's tree. 



