8. Ficus.] 1-^5. MORACEJE. 



leaves always more or less hisj)id or scabrid above, unlobed with 

 cordate or oblique base or very deeply and variously lobed, margins 

 always more or less toothed, receptacles always more or less pyriform 

 and hispid when yeung, mature sometimes sub-globose -5" diam., 

 mouth broad. 



Always in wet or watery places. Purneah ! Patna.! Angul ! 

 Recepts borne from J an .-May, perhaps also at otlier times. 



The following forms are found : — 



o. u-abrella {F. ^ciibrella Roxh,). L. linear or linear-lanceolate 1 '5-3" not lobed, 

 usuallj' rough both sides, petioles ■l-*2", stems 3-5 ft. high, Purneah ! 



/3. heterophylla proper. L, 1-3'' usually ovate, shallowl^- or deeply pinnatifidlj', 

 3-many lobed on the same plant, very scabrid at least above. Petioles mostly 

 short but i;p to 1" usually hispid. Stipules oblong-lanceolate "lo-'S". Often 

 creeping. Banks of Ganges, Bankipur I Banks of Mahanadi, Angul ! 



y. repenx {F. repens, Willd.). With usually slender erect branches, not creeping. 

 Twigs hairy or hispid, L, elliptic to broadlj'- ovate-oblong and unequal-sided 

 3-4", in young plants under dense shade 4-6" very membranous, above hispid or 

 scabrid, beneath softly pubescent orglabrescent, sec. n. 5-6 of which one from base 

 which is obtuse or deeply cordate, petiole often 2-3" in young plants or only 

 •4!-'6" on some branches. Recepts axillary and from leafless axils solitary, young 

 ellipsoid apex umbonate with a deep pit, older subglobose or pyriform, ripe -75-1" 

 long. Peduncles •2-'3" or long and slender. Perianth of gall flower long, sepals 1 

 linear •1-"12" often alternate, pedical long. M. perianth lobes 3 shorter than in 

 gall. St. 1. 



The name repens for this variety is unfortunate. 

 ' 5. sarmerifoxa, Haines. Erect or scrambling up to 15 feet high and 8" girth. 

 Twigs with dense spreading pubescence, L. very scabrid 3-5" oblong acute or 

 acuminate with subcordate slightly iinequal base, scabrellous beneath, shallowly 

 serrate, sec. n. 6-7 one from base and a brown gland on the mid-rib at their origin. 

 Petiole •5--6" hispid. Stipules oblong-lanceolate caducous "I"'. N. Purneah ! 



18. F. asperrima, Roxb. 



A small tree up to 30 ft. high, somewhat resembling F. hispida^ 

 but at once distinguishable by the alternate leaves. Twigs hispid. 

 Leaves 3-G-()" elliptic or ell. oblong acuminate, very scabrid above 

 with minute discs and bristles, softly pubescent beneath, sec, n. 

 4-5 of Avhich one from the base, tertiaries scalariform, strong beneath. 

 Petiole -6- 1-5", scabrid. Recepts paired -G--?" or 1-1-25" diam., 

 globose, outside tomentose and with close bulbous-based hispid hairs, 

 mouth with numerous erect yellow bracteoles, inner linear, outer 

 broader, 



Mais of Orissa ! Recepts March-May, 



A very distinct species. The leaves are described in the F.B.I, as l-r5"ouIy; 

 these are probably young, Rij^e recepts greenish-yellow, peduncle "3" with 

 scattered small bracts, single axillary and from leaf-scars. M. fl, puberulous 

 below, tepals 3-6 litiear-oblanceolate, anther 1. Gall 11. tej^als 6, similar. 

 Pedicels and inside of recept villous. 



19, F. cunia, Unm. Podho, ari, M. ; A : i, Ho. ; Hor-podo, 8. ; 

 Kurur, Th. ; Bhoka-dumbar, Beng. ; Potkuli, Or. 



A small or mod. -sized tree with elliptic or oblong-lanceolate, entire 

 or .serrate leaves easily recognised by the semi-sagittate base and very 

 short petiole, basal auricle of leaf .3-4-nerved. Recepts in pairs or 

 clusters on long (often several feet) mostly leafless drooping scaly- 

 branches often crowded near the root. 



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