Ficus.] UETICACEM. * 155 



are much longer. Examples of both of the above-mentioned form& 

 are found within the Upper Gangetic area. 



11. F. hispida, Linn. /. Suppl. 442 ; Brandis For. Fl. 423 ; 

 Ind. Trees 606 ; King Sp. Fie. 116, tt. 154 and 155 ; F. B. I. v y 

 522 ; Watt E. D. ; Kanjildl For. Fl. (ed. 2), 374 ; Gamble Man, 

 647 ; Collett Fl. Siml. 460 ; Prain Beng. PL 981 ; Cooke Fl. 

 Bomb, ii, 653. F. oppositifolia, Willd. ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. Hi, 561. 

 F. dsemonum, Keen. ; Roxb. I.e. 562 (daemona). Vern. Kagsha, 

 gobla (Hind.), kdksa, Gogsba, gobha (Dehra Dun), kat gularia 

 (Oudh). 



A shrub or small tree ; all parts more or loss hispid-pubescent ; bark 

 grey, peeling off in irregular flakes ; young shoots hollow. Leaves 

 usually opposite, petioled, membranous, 4-12 in. long, ovate oblong 

 or subovate, apiculate or shortly and abruptly apuminate, toothed or 

 entire, the lower surface hispid-pubescent, the upper hispid-scabrid ; 

 base rounded subcordate or subcuneate, 3-5-nerved ; main lateral 

 nerves 3-5 pairs, finely reticulate between ; petioles J-l J in. or those 

 of young shoots longer, densely hispid ; stipules 2 to each leaf, ovate- 

 lanceolate, pubescent outside, about J in. long. Receptacles J-l in- 

 across, turbinate obovoid or subpyriform, hispid and often with 

 scattered bracts along the sides, yellowish when ripe ; peduncles ^-J 

 in. long, in axillary pairs, or in fascicles from shortened tuberculate 

 branches from the old wood, or on elongate leafy branches issuing 

 from the stem or larger branches and often reaching and even pene- 

 trating the soil ; basal bracts 3. MALE FLOWERS many, near the 

 apex of the receptacles containing galls. Sepals 3, concave, hyaline. 

 Stamen 1, filament short. GALL FLOWERS stalked. Perianth none. 

 Ovary globose, smooth ; style short, subterminal, stigma dilated. 

 FERTILE FLOWERS : Perianth none or obscure. Achenes ovoid ; style 

 lateral ; stigma cylindric, tubular. 



Fairly common in the forests of Dehra Dun and Saharanpur and east- 

 wards to N. Oudh, also in Bundelkhand and in other parts of the 

 area. The new foliage appears in Feb. and March. DISTRIB. : 

 Outer Himalayan ranges from the Chenab eastwards, ascending to 

 3,500 ft. ; also in Bengal and from C. W. and S. India to Ceylon ; 

 extending to Burma, the Andamans and from the Malay Peninsula 

 and Islands, extending to China and Australia. This tree is 

 reproduced partly by root-suckers. The. foliage 'affords fodder for 

 cattle, and the young receptacles are eaten in curries. The bark 

 supplies a fibre suitable for making ropes. 



