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7. F. infectoria (Uro stigma i. and U. Lambertianum, D.) 

 A fine tree, all smooth, leaves rather long petioled oblong acute, 

 nerves 5 to 7 pairs, anther broad ovate, fruit round, size of a 

 marble, white. Bassdri, pdkari lendva, kel, pipli. 



Salsette and the Konkans. Plains and lower hills of India ; not 

 common wild, frequently planted (H.). 



8. F. heteropliylla. A weak straggling shrub, mostly rough 

 with short petioled leaves varying in shape, more or less oval, 

 often 3-lobed, serrated or toothed, nerves 4 to 8 pairs, fruit 

 sessile on the branches roundish or 2-lobed, yellowish, size of a 

 cherry, rough. 



Salsette. Common in moist places (D.). Throughout the hotter 

 parts of India near water (#.)! 



9. F. aspemmd. A shrub or small scrubby tree, leaves 

 oblong lanceolate toothed or crenate, exceedingly rough, nerves 

 3 to 5 pairs, very prominent beneath, fruit round, hairy, rough, 

 red, like a miniature fig. Karoti, kdl-umbar. 



Konkan and elsewhere. Central India and Deccan peninsula (H.). 

 The leaves are used as sand-paper. (See Streblus asper.) 



10. F. hispida (Covellia oppositifolia and dcemonum, D.). 

 A shrub or small tree with opposite leaves, large, rough, oblong, 

 cordate at the base, shining above, downy beneath, nerves 3 

 to 5 pairs \ young snoots and branches hollow and jointed at 

 the axils, fruit on the stem or branches round, hairy, size of a 

 plum with several longitudinal ridges. Kdl-umbar ', dhed- 

 umbar, gdndyd-umbar. 



The Konkan. Ghauts, pretty common ((?.). Panch Mahals com- 

 mon (Lisboa). Throughout India (-&.)- D. makes 0. d&monum 

 common generally near the sea. 



This is much like the last, but altogether larger, and the leaves not 

 so very rough. The hollow branches are a peculiarity, and, in a 

 lesser degree, the opposite leaves. 



11. F. glomerata (Covellia g. D.). A large tree, leaves 

 oblong or broad lanceolate, 3 to 6 nerved, opposite, fruit in 

 clusters on the trunk or branches, like the cultivated fig, but 

 small, red and downy, stamens 2. Umbar, gular. 



Common in the Konkan and on the Ghauts. Widely spread through 

 India (H.). 



The fruit of this is eatable, and it is often called the wild fig-tree. 

 The leaves are often covered with galls. 



The only other species belonging to this side of India appear to be 

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