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LXVII. UllTICACE^. 



[Ficus. 



5. F. religiosa . 



6. 



7. 



F. cordifolia. 

 F. retusa. 



Miquel, are now reunited with Ficus in the enumeration of species published 

 by Miquel in the third volume of Annales Musei Bot. Lugduni Batavi, 1867. 



I. Eeceptacles axillary, usually in pairs ; the ripe fruit often in 

 the axils of fallen leaves. 

 Eeceptacles sessile or subsessile ; leaves glabrous or hairy, 

 never rough ; male fl. monandrous ; stigma elongated, 

 feathery (subgenus Urostigma). 

 Main lateral nerves 4-15 pair, prominent. 



Petioles short, less than one-fourth the length of blade. 

 Roots from branches numerous, growing into sup- 

 ports and secondary stems ; fruit pubescent, red 



when ripe 1. F. bengalensis. 



Roots from branches not numerous ; fruit tomentose, 



grey when ripe 2. F. tomentosa. 



Petioles one-third or one-half the length of blade. 

 Fruit sessile ; main lateral nerves 8-12 pair ; fruit 



white when ripe 3. F. infectoria. 



Fruit on short peduncles ; main lateral nerves 6-8 pair 4. F. Wightiana. 

 Petioles long, exceeding half the length of blade ; fruit 

 black when ripe. 

 Point (acumination) of leaf linear, 1-3 in. long ; petiole 



generally as long as greatest breadth of leaf 

 Point of leaf subulate, i to 1 in. long ; petiole shorter 

 than greatest breadth of leaf .... 

 Main lateral nerves numerous, slender .... 

 Receptacles pedunculate ; leaves generally rough ; male fl. 

 often 2-3-androus ; stigma generally bifid. (These spp. 

 belong to various subgenera, the characters and limits 

 of which are not yet exactly denned. ) 

 Petioles between one-fourth and one-half the length of 

 leaf. 

 Leaves generally lobed ; branchlets pubescent or gla- 

 brous 8. F. Carica. 



Leaves dentate, not generally lobed ; branchlets to- 

 mentose . . . . . . . . 9. F. virgata. 



Petioles less than one-fourth the length of leaf. 

 Leaves elliptic- oblong or ovate. 



Leaves elliptic -oblong ; main lateral nerves 7-10 pair 10. F. parasitica. 

 Leaves ovate ; main lateral nerves 4-6 pair . .11. F. scandens. 

 Leaves oblong-lanceolate, long-acuminate . . . 12. F. trachycarpa. 

 II. Receptacles on leafless racemose or paniculate branches from the 

 old wood, generally on the trunk ; male fl. generally monan- 

 drous, perianth of 3-4 large hyaline segments, enveloping 

 each other ; female perianth none or small, or very thin and 

 transparent (subgenus Covellia). 

 Leaves alternate . 



Leaves short-petiolate, very unequal-sided, the lower 



lobe of the base rounded, projecting . ; .13. F. Cunia. 

 Leaves not unequal-sided ; petioles 1-4 in. long. 



Leaves lanceolate 14. F. glomerata. 



Leaves broad-ovate, with deeply cordate base . 15. F. Roxburghii. 

 Leaves opposite 16. F. hispida. 





1. F. bengalensis,* Linn. Syn. F. indica, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 539 ; 



* There is some doubt as to what tree was intended by Linnaeus under the name of 

 F. indica, and I follow Miquel in calling the Banyan, F. bengalensis, though Roxburgh 

 referred it to F. indica, Linn. The tree which Miquel refers to F. indica, Linn., is 

 mentioned at p. 415. 



