Ficus.] URTICACE&. 159 



cent, deciduous. Receptacles axillary, solitary, J-l in. in diam., sub- 

 globose or pyriform, pubescent, yellow when ripe ; base constricted ; 

 bracts acute, deciduous ; peduncle J-l in. MALE FLOWERS on hairy 

 pedicels. Sepals 4-5, lanceolate, hairy. GALL FLOWERS sessile or 

 stalked. Perianth deeply 5-fid. Ovary ovoid, smooth ; style very 

 short, lateral, stigma dilated. Perianth of fern, flowers as in galls. 

 Achenes trigonous, granular ; style subterminal, long, hairy, stigma 

 bifid. 



Dehra Dun, and in the Sub-Himalayan tracts of Rohilkhand and N. 

 Oudh, also in Merwara. The new foliage is renewed during March and 

 April and the figs ripen from June to Oct. DISTRIB. : Central and 

 N. W. India, Outer Himalaya from Nepal westwards, ascending to 

 5,000 ft., and from the Suliman and Salt ranges to Chitral, Egypt and 

 Abyssinia. This species much resembles the European fig (F. carica), 

 and is generally regarded as its Indian representative. It is often 

 cultivated in N. W. India, but chiefly on the hills where the fruit 

 produced is of better quality. The leaves are much used as cattle 

 fodder. 



17. F. Roxburgh!!, Wall. Cat. 4508 ; Brandis For. Fl. 422 ; 

 Ind. Trees 609 ; King Sp. Ficus 168, t. 211 and frontispiece ; 

 F. B. I. v, 534 ; Watt E. D. ; Kanjilal For. Fl. (ed. 2), 377 ; Gamble 

 Man. 649 ; Collett Fl. Siml. 461 ; J rain Beng. PL 983. F. macro- 

 phylla, Roxb. FL Ind. Hi, 556 (not of Des}.). Vern. Trimmal, 

 timla. 



A low spreading tree 10-30 ft. high ; trunk short, bark grey or brown, 

 warty ; branchlets few, stout, hollow. Leaves 5-15 in. long, broadly 

 ovate or rounded ; margins entire or toothed, mucronate, glabrous 

 or glabrescent above, softly pubescent beneath ; base usually deeply 

 cordate, strongly 5-7-nerved ; main lateral nerves 3-6 pairs, promi- 

 nent on both surfaces, nervules nearly transverse; petioles 1-4 in. ; 

 stipules J-l in., ovate-lanceolate, pubescent. Receptacles 8-12- 

 ribbed, turbinate, in clusters on short leafless branchlets from 

 low down on the trunk, 2J in. across or larger, pubescent or 

 glabrous, russet-brown or purplish and spotted when ripe ; umbilicus 

 large, triangular ; peduncle pubescent, |-1J in. long. MALE flowers : 

 Sepals large, inflated, broadly imbricate. Stamens 2, rarely 3 ; 

 filaments long, stout. GALL flowers : Perianth 2-3-lobed. Style 

 short, subterminal, stigma dilated. FEM. flowers subsessile or 

 stalked. Perianth as in gall flowers. Achenes granulate, viscid ; 

 style long, lateral, curved, hairy, stigma cylindric. 



