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of Tanna for its fruit, which is sweetish, but watery, and 

 almost insipid, is larger than the common figs, and slightly 

 downy. See the second species. 



30. Ficus Obliqua. Leaves lanceolate, very smooth, car- 

 tilaginous at the edge; peduncles in pairs, very short; calices 

 caducous, the length of the fruit. Native of the islands of 

 Namoka and Tanna. 



31. Ficus Prolixa. Leaves lanceolate-oblong, acuminate, 

 dotted underneath; peduncles in pairs, calicled at the tip. 

 Native of the Society Isles. See the second species. 



32. Ficus Caliculata. Leaves ovate, quite entire, obtuse, 

 opposite ; fruit globular, calicled. This rises with many 

 shrubby stalks to the height of twelve or fourteen feet, and 

 divides into many smaller branches; leaves four inches long, 

 and three broad, of a light green, upon short footstalks, 

 jointed to a cup in which the fruit sits; which is the size of 

 a nutmeg, and of a deep yellow, but not eatable. Native of 

 La Vera Cruz. See the second species. 



33. Ficus Americana. Leaves ovate-oblong, veined, quite 

 entire; fruits axillary, peduncled, clustered : the fruit is of a 

 pale yellow colour, and spherical. Nalive of Jamaica. 



34. Ficus Erecta. Leaves oblong, acute, smooth, netted 

 beneath ; stem decumbent, with upright branches : fruits 

 peduncled, scattered on the branchlets, erect, subglobular, 

 the size of a hazel-nut. It differs from the sixteenth species, 

 of which it was supposed to be only a variety, in having 

 larger leaves, less netted, and thinner ; and smaller, sweeter, 

 and more eatable fruits. Native of Japan. 



35. Ficus Stipulata. Leaves obliquely cordate, obtuse, 

 smooth ; stem decumbent, scaly. Nalive of Japan. 



36. Ficus Auriculata. Leaves heart-shaped, acuminate; 

 fruit eared, racemed, terminating. This is a large tree, with 

 oblique branches ; calices of the receptacle three-leaved, per- 

 manent. Besides the aperture at the top, common to the 

 whole genus, there are four distant holes on the shoulder of 

 the fruit, fenced round by prominent cartilages, resembling 

 ears. -Native of Cochin-china, where the fruit, before it is 

 ripe, cut in slices tastes like cucumber, and is eaten in 

 salads. See the second species. 



37. Ficus Politoria. Leaves oblong-ovate, quite entire, 

 rugged; fruit roundish, in spikes; stem erect. This is a 

 shrub six feet high, upright, and branched ; fruit very small, 

 saffron-coloured. Native of Cochin-china, where the dried 

 leaves are used in polishing small works in wood or ivory. 



38. Ficus Simplicissima. Leaves palmate : stem quite 

 simple ; fruit compressed, spheroidal, saffron-coloured, small, 

 sessile, axillary, solitary. Native of Cochin-china. 



39. Ficus Cannabina. Stem-leaves hastate, gashed ; 

 branch-leaves ovate-lanceolate, suhserrate ; stem suberect, 

 six feet high, covered with a smooth bark-like hemp. 

 Native of Cochin-china. See the second species. 



40. Ficus Populifolia. Leaves finely cordate, acute, 

 smooth on both sides, veined, two inches long; fruits in 

 pairs, pedicelled ; branches round, smooth, with a wrinkled 

 bark; fruit globular, smooth. Native of ihe East Indies. 



41. Ficus Mollis. Leaves oblong, quite entire, villosc 

 underneath ; fruits axillary, sessile, tomentose ; branches 

 round, villose, tomentose towards the top. Native of the 

 East Indies. 



42. Ficus Salicifolia. Leaves lanceolate, acuminate; fruits 

 in pairs, axillary, peduncled. The whole of this plant is very 

 omooth and even. Native of the East Indies. 



43. Ficus Sau'ittata. Leaves heart-shaped, oblong, acute, 

 rugged on bolh skies; stem creeping; petioles scarcely two 

 lines in length ; stipules lanceolate at both ends. Native of 

 he East Indus. 



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44. Ficus Denticulata. Leaves oblong, undivided, three- 

 lobed, and sinuate, toothlelted, rugged; fruit peduncled, 

 muricated, globular; branches angular at top, and hairy. 

 Native of the East Indies. 



45. Ficus Truncata. Leaves oblong, undivided, and 

 lobed, quite entire, rugged; fruits peduncled, oblong, trun- 

 cated, rugged; branches angular, smooth, and even. 

 Native of the East Indies. 



46. Ficus Serrata. Leaves oblong, undivided and pal- 

 mate, repand-toothed, rugged ; fruit peduncled, globular, 

 very rugged. Native of the-Cape of Good Hope. 



47. Ficus Palmata. Leaves cordate-ovate, and lobed, 

 serrate; fruits pear-shaped, peduncled, smooth; branches 

 round, smooth. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



48. Ficus Cordata. Leaves subcordate, orate, acute, 

 smooth, coriaceous ; stem shrubby, erect. This is a mid- 

 dling-sized and entirely smooth shrub . fruits sessile towards 

 the ends of the branches and branchlets, in the axils of the 

 leaves approximating, globular, the size of peas. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. 



49. Ficus Falcata. Leaves oblong, sickle-shaped, smooth ; 

 stem filiform, rooting, brown. Native of the East Indies. 



50. Ficus Punctata. Leaves oblong, fcmarg,inate, smooth, 

 dotted underneath ; stem flexuose, rooting, climbing, scarcely 

 the thickness of a goose-quill ; fruits obovate, nearly the size 

 of the common fig. Native of the East Indies. 



51. Ficus Nitida. Leaves elliptic, acute, smooth; fruits 

 retuse, umbilicate, sessile; stem entirely smooth; branches 

 striated and wrinkled, from erect spreading; fruits at the 

 ends of the branchlets sessile, globular, retuse, the size of 

 peas. Native of the East Indies. 



52. Ficus Reflexa. Leaves elliptic, obtuse, smooth ; 

 branches recurved, and wrinkled; fruits globular, sessile, 

 scattered, and aggregate on the branches, smooth, the size 

 of peas. Native of the East Indies. 



53. Ficus Drupacea. Leaves obovate, cuspcd, smooth ; 

 fruits ovate, wrinkled, sessile ; branches round, grooved, 

 smooth ; fruits toward the ends of the branches, smooth, the 

 size of plums. Native of the East Indies. 



54. Ficus Reticulata. Leaves elliptic, somewhat angular, 

 cusped, smooth, netted underneath; fruits globular, solitary, 

 peduncled, larger than peas; branches round, wrinkled, pur- 

 ple, smooth, upright. Native of the East Indies. 



55. Ficus Sinuata. Leaves elliptic, sinuate-toothed, cusp- 

 ed, smooth; fruits globular, aggregate, peduncled, scarcely 

 the size of pepper; branches round, striated, ash-coloured, 

 smooth, erect. Native of the East Indies. 



56. Ficus Capensis. Leaves ovate, acute, smooth, serrate ; 

 fruits peduncled, smooth. This is a vast lofty smooth tree, 

 with spreading branches; fruits scattered, turbinate, the size 

 of a hazel-nut. Native of the Cape. 



57. Ficus Glomerata. A large tree; the fruit clustered, 

 top-shaped, the size of a pigeon's egg, and eaten by the 

 natives. Grows in Bengal. 



68. Ficus Oppositifolia. A small tree, with hollow, jointed, 

 hairy branches ; leaves opposite, oblong, slightly serrated, 

 two to six inches long; fruit the size of a large nutmeg, 

 covered with down. Native of the East Indies. 



59. Ficus Comosa. A middling tree, with a large, spread- 

 ing, shady top; fruit sessile, in pairs, roundish, the size of a 

 gooseberry. Native of the Circar mountains. 



60. Ficus Finguere ; or Wild Fig Tree. This tree is found 

 in Madagascar, and produces by incision a milky juice, which 

 becomes a true elastic gum. 



Field Basil. See Thymus Acinos. 

 Field Madder. See Sherardia. 

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