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FI C 



THE UNIVERSAL HERBAL; 



FIC 



continue to propagate in the same manner, till the whole be- 

 comes like a tent supported by many columns. Milton 

 seems to have had the descriptions of these classical writers 

 in his eye : 



" Branching so broad and long, that in the ground 

 The bending twigs take root; and daughters grow 

 About the mother tree : a pillar'd shade, 

 High over-arch'd, with echoing walks between. 

 There oft the Indian herdsman, shunning heat, 

 Shelters in cool ; and tends his pasturing herds 

 At loop-holes cut through thickest shade." 

 From the manner of its growth, Gerarde names it the arched 

 Indian Fig-tree. Native of the East Indies and Cochin-china. 

 For its propagation and culture, see the second species. 



10. Ficus Virens; Round-fruited Fig-Tree. Leaves ob- 

 long, acuminate, quite entire, smooth and even, narrowed and 

 rounded at the base, eight or nine inches long, and two broad. 

 This species rises to the height of thirty or forty feet, sending 

 out many slender branches, which put out roots : the fruit is 

 not larger than a hazel-nut, of a scarlet or carnation colour, 

 the taste sweetish, and not unpleasant ; and is much sought 

 after by the wild pigeons. Native of the West Indies. See 

 the second species. 



11. Ficus Venosa; Waved-leaved Fig-Tree. Leaves orate, 

 somewhat cordate, sharp, quite entire, smooth and even, im- 

 pressed with dots on the upper surface ; fruits the size of a 

 pepper-corn. Native of the East Indies. For its propagation, 

 see the second species. 



12. Ficus Costata; Upright Heart -leaved Fig -Tree. 

 Leaves ovate-cordate, with a deep narrow sinus, quite entire, 

 smooth, sharp, green on both sides. Native of the East Indies. 

 For its propagation, see the second species. 



13. Ficus Racemosa; Red-wooded Fig -Tree. Leaves ovate, 

 quite entire, sharp, impressed with dots ; stem arboreous ; 

 branches round, smooth, ferruginous, upright ; branchlets 

 scattered, short ; fruits in racemes, globular, almost the size 

 of a plum. Native of the East Indies. For its propagation 

 and culture, see the second species. 



14. Ficus Pertusa ; Laurel-leaved Fig-Tret. Leaves ovate, 

 smooth ; calices bifid ; berries globular, umbilicated with a 

 hole. This u a small tree, the fruit of which is red, the size 

 of currants, scattered in racemes, very abundant, pedicelled. 

 Native of South America. For its propagation and culture, 

 see the second species. 



15. Ficus Retusa; Blunt -leavtd Fig-Tree. Leaves obovate- 

 oblong, extremely obtuse ; branches Angular; fruits sessile, 

 globose, smooth ; when young, enveloped in a calix ; the size 

 of a currant when full grown. Native of the East Indies. 

 See the second species. 



16. Ficus Pumila; Dwarf Fig-Tree. Leaves oblong-ovate, 

 blunt, smooth, netted underneath; stem jointed, creeping; 

 fruits peduncled ; branches, few, like the stem ; the small 

 branches at the leaves surrounded with an elevated streak ; 

 peduncles axillary, filiform, solitary ; calix inferior, three- 

 leaved; fruits ovate, smooth, the size of a plum. Native of 

 China and Japan. For its propagation and culture, see the 

 second species. 



17. Ficus Toxicaria ; Pauonoia Fig-Tree. Leaver cordate- 

 ovate, somewhat toothletted, tomentoee underneath. This is 

 a middling-sized shrub, with round, smooth, ferruginous 

 branches ; fruits ovate, tomentoee, the size of a plum, OB thick 

 tomentose peduncles. *-This tree is said to be extremely 

 poisonous ; it grows near Padan, in Sumatra. See the second 

 species. 



18. Ficus MacuJata: Spotted Fiy Tree. Leaves oblong, 

 acuminate, serrate ; stem awl branches upright; fruit middle- 



sized, turbinate, brown, axillary, solitary. Native of Ame- 

 rica. See the second species. 



19. Ficus Trigona ; Triangled Fig- Tree. Leaves elliptic ; 

 calices bifid ; berries with a triangular navel. This at top is 

 a leafy tree, with round, wrinkled, tomentose branches, and 

 very short branchlets.' Native of Surinam. See the second 

 species, for its propagation and culture. 



20. Ficus Hispid*. Leaves oblong, petioled, sharp ; fruits 

 strigose, hispid. The whole of this plant is clothed with very 

 minute thinly scattered hairs ; branches round, striated, ash- 

 coloured, smooth ; peduncle in the axil of the leaves, filiform, 

 hispid, with short, rigid, yellowish, shining bristles. Native 

 of Java. See the second species. 



21. Ficus Stipulate; Trailing Fig-Tree. Leaves- obliquely 

 cordate, obtuse, smooth; stem decumbent, scaly; stipules 

 scattered, awl-shaped, spreading, rufescent. Native of China 

 and Japan. For its propagation and culture, see the second 

 species. 



22. Ficus Heterophylla ; Rough-leaved Fig-Tree. Leaves 

 oblong, undivided, three-lobed, and sinuate, scabrous ; stem 

 hispid; fruit ovate, peduncled, scabrous; branches, according 

 to Thunberg, round, flexuose, elongated, little subdivided. 

 Native of the East Indies, near rivulets and watery places : 

 where it is called A T V Atti, Water Fig ; scarcely accessible on 

 account of the prickly rattans. For its propagation and 

 culture, see the second species. 



23. Ficus Microcarpa ; Small-fruited Fig-Tree. Leaves 

 oblong, on short petioles, three-nerved, veined, very smooth ; 

 fruit globular, small, sessile. Native of Java. See the 

 second species. 



24. Ficus Coriacea ; Leathery-leaved Dwarf Fig - Tree. 

 Leaves oblong, smooth, and even, attenuated at the base, 

 cordate, leathery; veins immersed. Native of the East Indies. 

 For its propagation and culture, see the second species. 



25. Ficus Scabra. Leaves cordate-ovate, oblique, entire, 

 scabrous underneath ; fruits turbinate, without calices. Na- 

 tive of the isles of Tanna and Namoka, in the South Sea. For 

 its propagation and culture, see the second species. 



26. Ficus Aspera. Leaves half a foot long, obliquely cor- 

 date, sinuate-toothed, rough on both sides; fruits turbinate; 

 the edge of the calix obscure, and growing to them. This is 

 a tree four or five fathoms in height, with jointed branches ; 

 fruit fleshy, juicy, and sapid. Thunberg describes it as of a 

 globular form, and about the size of a plum. Native of the 

 isle of Tanna ; where it is also cultivated for the fruit, which 

 is sweet and pleasant ; the young leaves boiled are eaten as 

 greens. For its propagation and culture, see the second 

 species. 



27. Ficus Tinctoria. Leaves obliquely orate, obtuse ; 

 fruits turbinate, calicled at the base. Native of the Society 

 Isles. For its propagation and culture, see the second 

 species. 



28. Ficus Septica. Leaves oblique, oblong-ovate, acumi- 

 nate ; peduncles in pairs, calicled at the tip; fruits warted. 

 Native of the island of Tanna. The Otaheitaus call it matte. 

 Loureiro has given the same name to a Cochin-chinese fig, 

 on account of its septic qualities, which the inhabitants of 

 that country employ as an antidote against worms, and fo* 

 eating oft' proud flesh. For its propagation and cnltnre, see 

 the second species. 



29. Ficus Granatum. Leaves ovate, quite entire ; pedun- 

 cles terminating in pairs, horizontally diverging; fruits culi- 

 cled, globular. This is a tall shady tree, with a multanguhr 

 torose trunk; all the branches ascending, long, roundrsh, 

 somewhat jointed, brown ash-coloored, unequal; branchletf 

 round, jointed, leafy only at the end. Cultivated in the isle 



