€4. MOBACF.JE. [2. Mobus. 



small, an achene or drupe, frequently aggregate into large 

 fleshy psendocarps from the growth of the axis or perianth. 



Fls. not enclosed in, nor on, broad fleshy receptacles. 



M. . in peduncled heads. F. 1-few, peduncled . . 1 Btreblw. 



M. and F. fl. in catkin-like spikes 2. Morut. 



Fls. crowded on, or enolobed in broad fleshy receptacles. 



Fls. on the outside of globose or clavate receptacles . 3. Artocarpus. 



Fls. enclosed in the receptacles (Becepts, Figs) • . 4. Ficus. 



1. Strebius, Lour. 



1. S. asper, Low. Kakasa (rough), Ote, Ripi-chum. 

 K. ; also Soor, Ho. 1 ; Sahra, 8. 



A small tree with tough stringy bark, rigid very scabrid 

 rhombic ell. or obovate leaves 2-4", male capitula J- J" diam. 

 Y. fl. long-peduncled inconspicuous "with 2 very long styles, 

 perianth yellow fleshy in fruit. 



Not uncommon in valleys, throughout the area. Evergreen, new L. in 

 March. Fls. March-May. Fr. May-June. 



Juice very slightly milky in the cold weather. L. slightly toothed, 

 acuminate, scabrid both sides, sub-sessile. Peduncles i-%" in both sexes 

 axillary and from leaf-scars, 1-4 together. F- fl. usually surrounded at the 

 base by 3 bracts, and the ovary enclosed in the perianth. Ftx. t with a 

 thin coriaceous pericarp, £'' diam, including the succulent perianth. 



Often grazed down by goats. 



Morus indica, L. Indian Mulberry and M. laevigata, Wall., are 

 both sometimes cultivated ; the latter is a tree with a slender cylindrical 

 spike of pale yellow fruits. The fleshy part is the enlarged perianth. 



1 This is the same word as " Soroa " M . applied to Garcinia Cowa, but 

 as it is apparently allied to the Santal name and to tie " Sahora " of the 

 Curcakpur hills, it probably belongs to Strebius. Hara saijang, Sukri 

 saijang, sometimes quoted mean bullock's ribs, pig's ribs respectively and 

 are names often applied to Anogeissus acuminata, and to many trees wit)* 

 prominent side nerves. 



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