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Young shoots sub-succuleiit, and very hairy ; hairs ful- 

 vous. Leaves alternate, petioled, round-cordate, from three 

 to five-lobed, serrate-dentate, hairy, particularly the nerves 

 underneath ; lohes acuminate ; length and breadth from six 

 to ten inches. Stipules lanceolate. Fruit (receptacle,) in 

 pairs, axillary, sessile, round, an inch and a half in diameter, 

 very hairy, of a rich yellow, fleshy ; flesh firm and yellow. 

 Umbilicus scaly and scarcely elevated above the surface of 

 the fruit. Calyx of the fruit; leaflets three, obliquely round, 

 cordate, cuspidate, sericeous on the outside. Male corollets 

 a few, just within the umbilicus, sub-sessile. Calyx three- 

 leaved, or deeply three-parted ; leaflets oblong, deep red. 

 Filaments generally two, short. Anther linear-oblong. Fe- 

 male corollets numerous, long-peduncled, occupying the 

 whole of the cavity of the receptacle. Calyx as in the male. 

 Germ sub-globular. Style on one side, short. Stigma large, 

 somewhat three-lobed. 



The fruit is eaten by the natives of Silhet, where the tree 

 is indigenous. 



3. F. palmata. R. 



Leaves palmate, woolly underneath ; lobes serrulate den- 

 tale, and cuspidate. 



Found by Dr. W. Hunter indigenous at Pulo Pinano-. 



4. F. caricoides, Roxb, 



Sub-arboreous. Leaves cordate, crenate, villous. Frtdt 

 axillary, solitary, or paired, peduncled, trigonal-turbinate, 

 wrinkled. Umbilicus shut with three cordate scales. Calyx 

 from five to six-leaved. 



From General Martin at LucknoAv, some plants were re- 

 ceived into the Botanic garden where they grow readily from 

 cuttings, thrive well, and bear fruit abundantly. 



Stem erect. Branches ascending, having much the ap- 

 pearance of those of the common fig, only running more into 

 long slender twigs. Leaves alternate, petioled, cordate, ere- 



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