392 URTICACE. 
entire, very smooth coriaceous, midrib large whitish, other 
veins tolerably equal, parallel, the larger ones connected bya 
distinct intromarginal vein, towards which the parallel veins 
become evidently reticulate. 
Flowers (young fruit) compound axillary sessile in pairs, 
surrounded at the base by a fleshy cup, closed at the apex. 
6. Ficus affinior Pl. DLIII. 
Arbor crescentia et habitu omnino Fici affinis. 
, Petiol 24 uncialis basi incrassato supra canaliculata, 
Fol tremule alterna ovulo-oblonga vel subelliptica plus 
minus repandum subito cuspidato acuminata, coriacea utrin- 
que glabra venatio Peepuli, reticulationes inferne minutis- 
sime. Gemmæ brevissime conica. 
Fructus in spicas nudis densuisculis disposit sessiles. 
Fructus; bini sessiles in axilis, sepe ob foliorum dejectu 
spicati, globoso-turbinati, punctis sublcavatis lutescentibus 
notat. basi calyculo tridentato cincte. Umbilico clausa, squa- 
mis extimis ternis. 
This description refers to the real jooree or Ficus affinis of 
Gowahatti. 
The growth is exactly that of Peepul and Jooree it is a lac 
tree; it differs from Peepul in the shape of the leaves and want 
of tail, from Jooree in the coriaceous nature of the leaves, 
their shape and sudden cuspis. 
The habit is similar to that of the Peepul, for which the 
tree may easily be mistaken, the shape and chartacious 
nature of the leaves are however obvious distinctions. 
This tree has the same growth and sculptured stems, the 
net work its roots form is often extraordinary ; and in one 
instance I have seen a large tree entirely surrounded with 
a flattened-out root. Such trees always soon die: attempts are 
sometimes made to throw down a continuation of the 
and cortical growth. 
BoR E c NUNC SPON Sp tae Mee ae a 
