64. MOEACEM. f4. Ficus. 



A small tree. L. about 4£" by 2£ " abruptly shortly caudate, margins 

 undulate, sec. n. about 9 prs. looped within the margin, very reticulate 

 between. Petiole slender whitish 14-21". Recepts §-|' diam. sub- 

 globose with 3 short orbicular bracts at base. Pedicel very stout i-$" 

 pubescent. Fruits eaten. 



Form 2. Chiefly in cultivated lands and villages. Recepts Deer.- 

 June. More or less deciduous, new leaves appear in the hot weather. 



A large tree. L. up to 7£" by 3f '' oblong to ovate-lanceolate witb 

 petioles l£-3^". Becepts white globose-pvrifom f diam. Pedicel 

 puberulous. The leaf base is sometimes cuneate on the petiole on rapidly 

 growing shoots. 



The Kol name is uncertain, sometimes it is cailed Barsa Hesa. The 

 fruit is eaten. 



11. P. Rumphii, Bl. Duranga Hesa, K. 



A spreading mod.-sized. tree with ovate or broadly ovate 

 leaves gradually taperiug to the acuminate tip and with 

 straight or obtuse not cordate base. Recepts oblong-obovoid 

 J" long sessile from a very broad base, in pairs axillary and 

 from leaf scars. 



Along nalas frequent, Singbhum, Hazaribagh, etc. Often in village 

 lands and planted along roadsides where it does well, and is frequently 

 mistaken for the Pi pal. than which it is a much smaller and less handsome 

 tree. Recepts J any. -March. 



Twigs often puberulous. L. about 5-6" by 3-4" often confused with 

 the next from which it may be distinguished by the base hardly ever 

 cordate, by its longer gradual acumi nation, the ner^nles not areolate 

 with fine reticulations, and by the surface beiug miuut.ly punctnlate. 

 Petiole £rd to £uha as long as the blade, much stouter and stiff er than in 

 the true Pipal. 



12. F. Arnottiaiia, Miq* G*njar, (f. Gamble) Duranga 

 Hesa, K. ; Sunum jor, S. 



A small tree or sometimes a shrub with broadly ovate 

 leaves abruptly acuminate or cuspidate and with a cordate 

 base. Recepts 1-2 chiefly from leaf-scars globose -/V-i" 

 diam. globoee or pyiiform sub-sessile or stalked faintly 

 verrucose. 



Chiefly on dry roctcs or in rocky places on dry hills, Singhbhnm. 

 Hasaribagh, etc. 



Leafless April, new leaves in May reddish. Becepts March-June 

 black when ripe. 



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