274 URTICACEAl. [chap. 



To the Fig Sub-type belongs the Fig {F. Carica), one 

 of the few species of the large and generally tropical 



Fig. 165. Section of Fig (Fzcus Carica), showing numerous flowers covering the 

 inner surface of the hollow receptacle. To the left a detached staminate 

 flower ; to the right a pistillate flower. 



genus Fiais affording an eatable fruit. It is supposed to 

 have been native originally in Western Asia or in the 



Fig. 167. Longitudinal section of 

 Fig. 166. Pistillate flower achene and albuminous seed of 



of Fig. Fig. 



Mediterranean region, where it has been cultivated from 

 e very remote period. 



