cxvi. urtioace.t:. 647 



5. Ficus retusa^ Linn. Mantiss. (1767) p. 129. A moderate-sized 

 shady tree, all parts glabrous ; aerial roots usually few, sometimes 

 absent {Talhot). Leaves coriaceous, 2-4 in. long and nearly as broad, 

 elliptic, ovate or obovate, rounded or shortly and bluntly acuminate at 

 the apex, polished and shining, base narrowed into the petiole, 3-nerved, 

 with ^-ii pairs ot" main lateral nerves above the basal ones, not moie 

 prominent than the secondary nerves, reticulately veined between ; 

 petioles |-| in. long ; stipules lanceolate, f in. long. Receptacles 

 small, about |^ in. in diam., sessile in pairs, axillary or from the scars 

 of fallen leaves, depressed-globose, smooth, yellow or reddish when ripe ; 

 basal bracts 3, broadly ovate, blunt, spreading, persistent. Male tlowers 

 numerous, scattei'ed, sessile or shortly pedicellate. Sepals 3, subspa- 

 ihulate. Stamen 1 ; filament as long as the cordate apiculate anther. 

 Gale flowers sessile or pedicellate. Sepals 3, oblong or broadly 

 spathulate. Style short. I^ertile eloavers usually sessile. Sepals 3, 

 much shorter than in the gall flowers. Style short ; stigma cylindric 

 or clavate. Achenes ovoid or obovoid. PI. B. I. v. 5, p. 511 ; Bedd. 

 For. Man. in Flor. Sylvat. p. ccxxiii ; King, Sp. Pic. p. 50, t. 61 & t. 84, 

 iig. P ; Trim. PI. Ceyl. v. 4, p. 89 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 328 ; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 ^ 1899) p. 515 ; Watt, Diet. Ecoii. 

 Prod. V. 3, p. 360. Fkiis Benjamina, VVilld. Sp. PI. v. 4, p. 1143 {not 

 of Linn.) ; P,oxb. PL Ind. v. 3, p. 550 ; Grab. Cat. p. 191. Urostigma 

 nitidum, Miq. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. v. 6 (1847) p. 582 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. p. 242. Urost'iyma retusum. Gasp. Nov. Gen. Pic. (1844) p. 7; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. p. 241. — Vern. Ndndruk. 



Throughout the Bombay Presidency, often planted as a roadside tree, a purpose for 

 which it is well adapted owiug to the dense shade it affords. 



6. Ficus Talboti, O. Kiufj, Sp. Fie. in Ann. Bo)j. Bot. Gard. Cole. 

 V. 1 (1888) p. 51, t. 63 & t. 84, hg. Q. A large tree, all plants glabrous ; 

 milky juice abundant, that of the young branches yellowish {'Talbot); 

 bark grey, smooth. Leaves thinly coriaceous, 3^-4 in. long, ovate or 

 elliptic, shortly caudate-acuminate, entire, smooth and shining, base 

 narrowed, 3-5-ner\ed ; main lateral nerves 6-9 pairs above the basal 

 ones, rather prominent on both surfaces ; petioles :j-l in. long ; stipules 

 ovate, I in. long. Beceptacles sessile in pairs, axillary, obovoid, rather 

 depressed at the apex, smooth, about | in. across, when ripe greenish- 

 yellow, dotted (Talbot), basal bracts 3, ovate, acute. Male flowers 

 few, only near the mouth of the receptacle, sessile. Sepals 3, broadly 

 ovate. Stamen 1 ; filament short. Gall flowers sessile or pedicellate. 

 Sepals 3, lanceolate. Ovary ovoid, narrowed at each end ; style terminal. 

 Pertile flowers : Perianth as in the gall flowers. Style short, lateral. 

 Achenes ovoid or obovoid, minutely tuberculate. PI. B. I. v. 5, p. 512 ; 

 Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 328 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 

 (1899) p. 515.— Pruit ripe Dec-Jan. 



S. M. Country : evergreen forests of Belgaum, Talhot. Kanaka: Southern Ghats 

 of N. Kanara, Talbot. — JJistkib. India (W. Peninsula), apparently endemic. 



7. Ficus nervosa, Heyne, in lioth, Nov. PI. 82^. (1821) p. 388. A 

 very large tree without aerial roots {'Talbot) ; milky juice pearly white 

 (Talbot); trunk cylindric; bark smooth, dark-colored; young parts 

 minutely appressedly pubescent. Leaves thinly coriaceous, 3|-8 by 

 li-3 in., elliptic, oblong-lanceolate to obovate-elliptic or oblanceolate, 



