FicUS. MONOECIA MONANDRIA. 535 



ones below, a few diandrous; the /ter»m/)/iro(/?7e ones just 

 within the umbilicus. Perianth in both five-cleft. 



15. F. humile. Roxb. 



Perennial, creeping-. Leaves short-petioled, oblong, re- 

 motely dentate-serrate, harsh, obtusely acuminate. Fruit 

 paired, ped uncled, oblong with an elevated umbilicus. 



From Sumatra, where it is indigenous, this small cespitose 

 species has been introduced into the Botanic garden where it 

 produces fruit the whole year. It is like F. quercifolia in 

 habit, and I at first considered it to be only a variety of that 

 species ; but a longer and more intimate acquaintance with 

 both, induces me to think them distinct. In this I have found 

 only female florets. 



Stents and branches spreading flat on the ground, and 

 striking root, round and pretty smooth, the most tender lux- 

 uriant shoots somewhat three-sided. Leaves alternate, short- 

 petioled, shape between oblong-ventricose and rhomboidal ; 

 apex alternate, but obtuse, margin remotely serrate-dentate ; 

 both surfaces void of pubescence, but harsh, from two to four 

 inches long. Petioles and veins red. Stipules ensiform, co- 

 loured, smooth. Fruit axillary, paired, peduncled, of the 

 size of a pea, oblong, with a large elevated umbilicus. Corol- 

 lets entirely female in all the plants brought to this garden. 

 Calyx five-parted; segments ensiform. 



16. F. repens. Willd. iv. 1 149. 



Somewhat shrubby, creeping-. Leaves obliquely cordate, 

 lobaie, serrate-dentate. Fruit solitary, peduncled, long- 

 obovate. 



Beng. Bhooi-Doomoor. 



A native of pasture ground, and borders of tanks about 

 Calcutta. 



Stems creeping or diffuse, close on the ground, ramous, as 

 thick as a quill ; young shoots a little hairy. Leaves alter- 

 nate, petioled, unequally cordate, often deeply sinuate, gene- 



