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Agricultural Gazette of N.S.W. [Dec. 2, 1908. 



1.". J-\ r;lomeraf,(i,Vvi>\h. {syn. F. vesca,F.\.y\,). " Clustered Fig." Seet. 21H, 

 v(»L i, Ann. Bot. Gard., Calcutta. " Clustered Fig," oi' " Leichhardt's 

 Clustered Fig"; "Parpa" of the aborigines according to Thozet. The fiuit is 

 called " Mu-char" Ijy the al)i)i'igiiios at Cooktowii (Dr. Koth). 



This is a largf deciduous tree, native of tlie Fiast Indies, and also of 

 Queensland and Xo!'therii .\ustralia. ., 



12. Ficus glabella, Blume. 

 Botnuie Gardens, Svduev. 



In the Sydney district it is a small tivp, and renmrkahle to us because of 

 the position of the fruits, which are directly produced on the stem. They are 

 often seen just above the ground. This phenomenon of the occurrence of 

 flowers (and therefore fruits) on the trunks of trees (in some kinds of trees 

 they may be on the branches also), is technically called " caulitlory." 



Gamble, speaking of India, says : " The large fruits appeal' on the trunk 

 and branches, are produced in profusion, red when ripe and edible, but 

 usually too full of insects." 



