550 WONOECIA MONANDRIA. FicUS. 



33. F. Benjamina. Willd. iv. 1143. 



Leaves oval, and obovate, obtuse, polished. Fruit axil- 

 lary, paired, smooth. 



Itty-Alu. Rheed. Mai. i. t. 26. 



Telivg. Yerraj oovee. 



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. Ca/?/* of the fruit, three-leaved. 



34. F.tomentosa. Willd. iv . 1136. 



Branches dropping small roots. Leaves oblong-cordate, 

 pointed, very downy underneath. Fruit axillary, paired, 

 sessile, woolly. 



TelingJ Petta mari. 



Avery large tree, a native of mountainous tracts; and like 

 F. Indica gives out roots from its branches, though they do 

 not sfrow lar^e. 



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. Calyx 

 very large, three-leaved ; leaflets spreading, woolly. 



Birds eat the fruit; the wood of this tree, as well as of all 

 the preceding five species, is white,';very light, and of little or 

 no use, even for fuel. 



