4. Picub. ] 64. MOBACE&. 



L. about 6* by 4-4£'' with cusp only £-| ''» base with 3 strong and 

 2-4 muoh weaker ' nerves and 5-8 prs. of strong translucent straw- 

 oolonred sec. n. above the basal, looped within the cartilaginous margin, 

 very minutely reticulate between and outside the sec. n. Petiole about 

 half as long as leaf or rather longer. Stipules 1-2'' acuminate. 



13. F. religiosa, L. Tepe Hesa, K. ; Hesak,' &; 

 Pipal, jB". The Pipal Tree. 



A large tree, epiphytic when young, with broadly ovate 

 caudate-acuminate leaves with the long slender tail Jrd to 

 half the entire length of the leaf, slender petiole 3-4* 

 Recepts in axillary pair3 depressed-globose J" diam. 



"Very common and often planted. Nearly deciduous. Eecepts 

 March-June. 



The bark ie peculiarly pitted when old. 1 The branches are much 

 lopped for fodder and the fruit is eaten. 



14. F. retusa, L. Bnti Hesa, Chnman Hesa, K. ; Jir, 

 Beng. 



A small or very large tree, epiphytic when yonng, witlf 

 rotund, obovate, oblanceolate or ell. leaves, always with a 

 cuneate' 3-nerved base and very slender sec. n. about 5-12 

 prs. with intermediate nearly as strong. Eecepts in axillary 

 pairs sessile divaricate sub-globose J-J* diam. with 2-3 basal 

 bracts. 



Form a. L. 2" by V to 3'' by 2{'' obovate or broadly ell. with shortly 

 cuspidate obtuse apex and sec. n. few. Petioles i-\''. Recepts red to 

 purple when ripe \" diam. 



Valleys in Singbhum, and Santal P. Eecepts Oct.-Nov. 



Form /3. L. 2" by V to 5" by 2^'' mostly ell. with acute, sub-acuminate 

 or obtnse tip and 5-12 sec. n. Petiole J-J*. Recepts %•¥' diam. whitish 

 sub-verrncose, usually oniy 2-bracteate, often clustered above the leaves 

 as well as axillary. Usually in ravines or epiphytic, Siughbhum, 

 Hazaribagh, and Santal P. Becopts Feby.-May. 



15. F. Benjamina, L. Pokaha, 8. 



A very handsome largo tree with slender drooping 

 branches, broadly ell. or ovate abruptly acuminate or caudate 



* The bark is said by Mr Innes to be ground, made into flour and 

 eaten in times of famine (at Balrampnr, Oudh). 



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