8. Ficus.] nrj. MOBACE.E. 



cordate or rounded 3-nei*ved, sec. n. 2-5 looping close to margin, 

 intermediate or xevy short, nervules very reticulate sunk and green 

 when fresh, pale and rather obscure \vhen dry. Petiole •Z--15'\ 

 Recepts mostly solitarj% axillary, hispid or hispidulous, globose -S-'S", 

 or sometimes narrowed into a very short stipes above the •3--4" long 

 pedicel which is 3-bracteate at the apex. 



Adhering- to trees or rocks loy rootlets. Sameshwar Hills ! Valleys in Sino-blium 

 and on the' Povahat plateau ! Manljhum, Campbell ! Parasnath, on the northern 

 side! Sant. Par., rare ! Mayurbhanj, 2500 ft. ! Fr. J an. -May. 



The upper, especially the flowering branches are often spreading and may 

 somewhat resemble young plants of F, ■parasitica, the fruit of which is also 

 similar, but has a longer stipes and shorter pedicel. Indeed there seems 

 considerable alliance between Section 1 Palceomorhpe of King, which is monan- 

 drous. and Sect. 6, Emyce, described as 2-androus. F. icandens is 1-3-androus (I 

 have found it 2-3-androus and Ro.vhnrqh draws it as 1-androus). M. and gall 

 recepts in my specimens are larger {'i-'o") than the female ('3" diam.). M. 

 perianth brown, short, irregular in shape, tepals free or nearly so, 4 (alwas's?), 

 anthers 2-3 large with very short filaments. Gall tepals 3-4 lanceolate or linear, 

 glabrous, style subterminal. F. tepals 2-4 linear free. Achene oblong. 



23. F. lanceolata, Ham. Gara-loa, K. ; Gui, Kisan; Bambud, Kharw. 



A glabrous shrub 3-5 ft. or even up to 10 ft. under shade, usually 

 with prostrate stems or branches and resembling in many respects 

 F. scemocarjKi. Leaves croAvded above, alternate, lanceolate acu- 

 minate attaining 8" by 2", entire or distinctly toothed, dotted beneath. 

 Recepts in dense clusters on woody branchlets near the root, red 

 when young Avith yellow or pale warts, puberulous or glabrous, 

 1-5-2" diam., top flattened or depressed. 



In the rocky beds of streams. Singbhum, chiefly in the Saranda tract ! Palamau, 

 ascends to 3000 ft. at Neterhat ! ^ Sant. Parg. ! Also noted by me from the 

 Sameshwar Hills, Champaran, but without examination, and this maj' have been 

 F. scemocarpa. Fr. May-June. 



Easily distinguished' from F. scemocarpa by the glabrous twigs and alternate 

 leaves which are broadly linear or linear-lanceolate or lanceolate, but very rarely 

 slightly oblanceolate. sec. n. 6-14 fine spreading short glabrous. 



24. F. glomerata, Roxh. Loa, K., S. ; Dumar, Gular, H., Kharw. ; 



Dumbar, Jagidambar, Beiig. ; Dimri, Dumri, Or. 



A mod. -sized or large tree with ovate, ovate-lanceolate or elliptic 

 dark green leaves 4-7-5" bj^ 1-75-3-25" narrowed to an obtuse or 

 subacute tip and to an obtuse or rounded rarely acute 3-nerved base, 

 paler beneath with microscopic green dots. Recepts 1-2" diam. 

 globose or pyriform pubescent on cauline and rameal branches which 

 are usually short, or sometimes up to 2 ft. long ; occasionally axillary 

 recepts are also found. 



A common fig. in valleys and on northern slopes, also frequent in villages. 

 Throughout the province. Fr. March-June. Often more or less deciduous Oct.- 

 Nov. Renews leaves Dec. -Jan. 



Attains 10 ft. girth in Purneah, with buttressed trunk. Bark grey "rusty- 

 greenish,"' lioxb., usually marked with the annular stipular scars which (as in 

 many other figs) grow in circumference with the trunk. L. usually glabrous 

 above, often pubescent on the nerves beneath, sec. n. 4-7. Petiole -To-VTo". 

 Stipules ovate-lanceolate. "5-1". Recepts red or reddish, with M.. Fem. and Gall 

 flowers in the same recept. M. near the mouth, tepals 3-4 inflated. Perianth of 

 Gall and Fem. toothed. Achene granulate, stigma clavate. 



The fruit is largely eaten. 



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