FICUS 



FICUS 



1231 



L. Fr. globose and stalked. .16. 

 LL. Fr. if stalked, pear-shaped, 



often nearly sessile 17. 



n. Primary lateral nerves less 



than 8 pairs. 



3. The primary veins dis- 

 tinctly bifurcating .18. 



jj. The primary veins not bi- 

 furcating 

 K. Stipular sheaths large and 



showy, rosy 19. 



K.K. Stipular sheaths not large 



and showy. 



L. Whole plant brown-hairy. 20. 

 LL. Whole plant not brown- 

 hairy: Ivs. often hairy 

 or villous. 



M. Frs. white or whitish. 

 N. Young Ivs. densely 

 woolly beneath; ma- 

 ture Ivs. not abruptly 



acuminate 21. 



NN. Young Ivs. not densely 

 woolly; mature Ivs. 

 abruptly acuminate . 22. 

 23. 



MM. Frs. red or yellowish. 

 N. The frs. on scaly leaf- 

 less branches. 

 o. Lvs. almost orbic- 

 ular 24. 



oo. Lvs. ovate to ovate- 

 lanceolate 25. 



NN. The frs. sessile or 



short-stalked. 

 o. Young Ivs. woolly or 



rusty. 



p. Lvs. cordate at base. 

 Q. Diam. offr. about 



y 2 in 26. 



QQ. Diam. offr. 1 %- 



!Y 2 in 27. 



pp. Lvs. not cordate at 



base 28. 



oo. Young Ivs. not woolly 



or rusty. 



p. Base of Ivs. nar- 

 rowed. 



Q. Stipules glabrous. 

 R. Lvs. 2-4 in. 

 long: fr. yellow 

 or reddish .... 29. 

 HR. Lvs. 3-414 in. 

 long: fr. 

 or a nge-yellow . 30 . 

 QQ. Stipules not gla- 

 brous 31. 



pp. Base of Ivs. 



rounded 32. 



brevi- 



[folia 

 erecta 



diversi- 

 [folia 



macro- 

 [phylla 



villosa 



Palmeri 



[toria 

 infec- 

 Cunning- 



[hamii 



Rox- 



[burghii 

 glomer- 

 [ata 



rubigi- 



[nosa 

 Bellin- 



[geri 

 altissima 



retusa 



globose, in cauline clusters. India. K. 208. This name 

 was once advertised as a shrub with leathery Ivs. The 

 true species is a climbing shrub. 



4. pfcmila, Linn. (F. stipulata, Thunb. F. repens, 

 Hort., not Rottl.). CREEPING FIG. Fig. 1501. Pros- 

 trate or climbing shrub, clinging close to conserva- 

 tory walls and then flattened: Ivs. more or less 2-ranked, 

 on very short petioles, ovate, obtuse, entire or slightly 

 wavy, rounded or cordate at the base, often un- 

 equally; veins prominent below. Japan, China, 



aurea 

 indica 



benghal- 

 [ensis 



1. Carica, Linn. Figs. 1500, 1505, 1506. Height 

 15-30 ft.: Ivs. 3-5-lobed, the lobes more or less wavy- 

 margined or lobed, and with palmate veins, whereas 

 nearly all species mentioned below are pinnately 

 veined: fr. single, axillary, pear-shaped. Supposed to 

 be a native of Caria, in Asia Minor. Makes a fine 

 pot-plant, and fruits freely in northern conservatories. 

 For cult, see Fig. 



2. Pseftdo-Carica, Miq. Resembling the fig of com- 

 merce, but the Ivs. more deeply cut than in F. Carica, 

 3- or sometimes 5-nerved: fr. axillary, round, roughish. 

 Abyssinia. Franceschi says of the Calif, cult, specimens 

 "fr. said to contain very much sugar, but so far (1914) 

 it has never come to perfection in Calif., where, how- 

 ever, it is now attracting considerable attention, it 

 having proved to be the very best home for. . . . 

 small wasps ( Blastophaga) which are indispensable 

 for the fertilization of the so-called 'Smyrna figs'." 



3. macrocarpa, Wight. Becomes a large, climbing 

 shrub, very rarely a small tree: Ivs. 5 in. long, mem- 

 branous, broadly ovate; petiole 2-2^ in. long; primary 

 lateral nerves about 3 pairs: fr. 1-2 ^ in. thick, spotted, 



1501. Ficus pumila, fruiting branch. 



Austral. B.M.6657. R.H. 1891:448. K. 158. G.C. II. 

 14:560, 561, 717. H.U. 4, p. 359 (the last two as F. 

 stipidata) . Var. minima (F. minima, Hort.) has smaller 

 Ivs. The species is sometimes used for hanging- 

 baskets. 



5. radicans, Desf . Garden plant, with green, oblong- 

 acuminate Ivs. and trailing habit. Imperfectly known. 

 Habitat unknown. Var. yariegata, Hort. W. Bull., has 

 Ivs. irregularly marked with creamy white, the variega- 

 tion beginning at the margin. G.C. III. 22:185. A.G. 

 19:527. R.B. 28:37. Useful for hanging-baskets. 

 Intro. 1897. 



6. hispida, Linn. f. (F. oppositifolia, Willd.). Shrub 

 or small tree, all the parts mostly hispid-pubescent: 

 Ivs. entire or toothed, opposite, rough-hairy: fr. clus- 

 tered on old wood or leafy branches, hispid, yellowish. 

 Asia, Trop. Austral. K. 154, 155. Scarcely cult, in 

 Amer. outside of botanic gardens. 



7. Parcellii, Veitch. Lvs. thin, membranous, light 

 green, mottled with cream-white, more or less in the 

 manner of mosaic, oblong-oval, acuminate, dentate. 

 Islands of Pacific. F.S. 22:2273. F.M. 1874:124. 

 A.F. 29:1290. G.C. III. 35:13. Intro, by Veitch 

 about 1874. A warmhouse shrubby plant; probably the 

 most popular of the variegated forms of Ficus. Readily 

 prop, by cuttings of half-ripened wood placed in sand 

 in brisk bottom heat. Also cult, in S. Calif., where it 

 bears tricolored fr. 



8. Krishnae, DC. KRISHNA BOR. Small tree with 

 gray bark, the branches puberulent: Ivs. cup-shaped, 

 the limb of the cup containing the mid-rib, with 4-5 

 pairs of lateral nerves: fr. axillary, sessile, solitary or 

 sometimes in pairs, yellow, about J^in. diam. India. 

 B.M. 8092, where there is also an account of the super- 

 stitions in regard to the tree among the Indians. The 

 large showy and extraordinarily cupped Ivs. of this 

 most distinct fig will undoubtedly make it popular. 

 Little known as yet in U. S. 



9. Bdrteri, Sprague. A shrub or small tree 6-25 ft. 

 tall in nature, lower in cult., smooth, with thick ridged 

 branches: Ivs. petiolate, the blade the narrowest of 

 almost all the figs, 6-14 in. long, and less than 1% in. 

 wide, bright green above, paler beneath ; primary lateral 



