AA. Cult. 



FICUS 



ndoors for ornament^ hence not tall trees 



under these conditions. 

 B. Habit erect, not climbing, 

 c. Under surface of Ivs. not riisty. 

 D. Foliage not variegated (except in a variety of JVo. 2). 

 E. Li-s. entire or with margins ivavy, not loied. 

 F. Kerves numerous, 50 pairs or so. 

 2. elistica, Roxb. India Rubber Plant. Figs. 818, 

 820. Lvs. 3-12 in. long, shining, leathery, oblong to 

 elliptic, with an abrupt, dull point; nerves parallel, run- 

 ning at nearly right angles 

 from midrib to margin: fr. 

 in pairs, sessile, in axils of 

 fallen lvs., covered at first 

 by a hooded involucre, when 

 ripe greenish yellow, J^ in. 

 long. Damp forests of trop. 

 Asia. G.F. 2:547.-Becomes 

 100 ft high in tropics but 

 sightly under 

 10 ft Cult 



FICUS 



583 



becomes 



iiipict and 

 It \ ar va 

 u „ita 1 I- <i Hort ) 

 IS nuKh 1 I opular Lvs 

 ( reamy white or ^ ellow near 

 the edges J D Eisele says 

 It IS liabU to fungous dis 



818. Leaf of Rubber Plant, 

 showing venation. F. 

 elastica (Xh)- 



layas. China, Japan. B.: 



handsome ro % she ilh w hieh 

 incloses the young h s and 

 which soon drops oft Ihis 

 13 regirded as a stipule of 

 exceptionally great size 

 FF. Ifervcs about S pairs. 

 3. erficta, Thunb. Extra- 

 ordinarily variable : shrub 

 to small tree, gUibrous. pu- 

 bescent, or almost strigose : 

 lvs. broadly ovate, obovate 

 or elliptic (lanceohife in var. 

 Sieboldii), entire or with 

 here and there a lobe, or 

 rather coarsely dentate above 

 the middle : fr. single or in 

 pairs, peduncled or subses- 

 sile, and either globose and 

 not stalked or pear-shaped 

 and long - stalked. Hima- 

 I. 7.550 (where the lvs. look 

 rather leathery). Procurable through dealers in Japa- 

 nese plants. 



FFF. Nerves about S pairs. 

 ■4. macroc&rpa, Wight. Becomes a large, climbing 

 tree: lvs. 5 in. long, membranous, broadly ovate; peti- 

 ole 2-2>^ in. long: fr. 1-2}^ in. thick, spotted, globose, in 

 cauline clusters. India. — This name was once adv. by 

 John Saul, who spoke of the plant as a shrub with 

 leathery lvs. 



EE. Lvs. deeply lobed,not merely wavy. 



5. quercifdlia, Roxb. The oak-leaved form is the typi- 

 cal one, but King includes F. humilis, Roxb., in which 

 the lvs. are serrate or nearly entire and not lobed. Lvs. 

 2-5 in. long, "thickly membranous;" nerves 5-7-pairs; 

 petiole 14-1 in. long: fr. in axillary pairs, egg- or pea- 

 shaped. Burma, lilalaya, where it is a shrub, often 

 creeping or decumbent. L.B.C. 16:1540 (fruiting soon 

 after importation, when 2 ft. high ) . Adv. 1895 by Pitcher 

 and Manda. Voss refers this, with many other syno- 

 nyms, to J*', heterophylla. 



DD. Foliage variegated. 



6. ParoMli, Veitch. Lvs. thin, membranous, light 

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



mosaic, oblong-oval, acuminate, dentate. 

 Islands of Pacific. F.S. 22:227.'!. F.M. 1874:124. -Int. by 

 Veitch ;il)"ut 1874. A wariiilious.- shrubby plant; prob- 

 ably till- ini.st ],.,]. iilnr "f tin- vnri.irat.-d forms of Ficus. 

 J. r>. Kisclc s;,vs It i~ r.aililv |ir..|i. I.v cuttings of half- 

 ripened wu.mI ]ilace.l 111 ^aii.l in liii-k in.ttom heat Also 

 cult, in t;. Calif., where it bears tri.olured fr. 

 cc. Under surfave of young lvs. rusty. 



7. rubigindsa, Desf. (F. auslruU.s, ViiUd.). Lvs. 

 leathery, rounded or cordate at base, notched at tip: fr. 

 mostly in pairs, globular, 5-fj lines thick, usually warty. 

 Australia, where it throws out aerial roots like the 

 Baayan Tree. B.M. 2939. — The rusty color is a beauti- 

 ful feature. Voss considers this a form of F, elastica. 



BB. Hilhil eliiiihiiig or trailing. 



c. Form of lvs. ovate, uhliisc. unequally heart-shaped 



at base. 



8. pilmila, Linn. (F. stipnhUa, Thunb. F. ripens, 

 Hort, not Rottl.). Creeping Fig. Fig. 819. Pros- 

 trate or climbing shrub, clinging close to conserva- 

 tory walls and then flattened. Lvs. more or less 

 2 ranked on very short petioles, ovate, obtuse, en- 

 tire or slightly wavy, rounded or cordate at the base, 

 often unequally; veins prominent below. Japan, China, 

 Australia B.M. 6657. R.H. 1891:448. G.C. II. 14:560, 

 561 717 Var. minima iF. minima, Hort.) has smaller 

 lvs The species is sometimes used for hanging baskets. 



cc Fonn of lvs. obloug-( 



ate, slightly notched 



9 radlcans, Desf. Garden jdant, with green, oblong- 

 icuniinite lvs. and trailing hal.it. Imperfectly known. 

 Hil it It unknown. Var. variegata. Hurt. \V. Bull., has 

 h 111 .ularlv marked with .-reaiiiv white, the variega- 

 ti, n le^iimini at the niar«in. (i.C. III. 22:185. A.6. 

 19 o27 Int. 1897. 



Ai\ Cult outdoors in southern Flu. and Calif, for 



shade, etc., hence often tall trees. 



B Arrangement of lvs. usually opposite. 



10. Msyida, hinn. t. (F. oppositifdlia.WiUd.). Shrub 

 or small tree: lvs. entire or toothed: fr. clustered on 

 old wood or leafy branches, hispid, yellowish. Asia, 

 Trop. Australia. 



BB. Arrangement of lvs. alternate. 



c. Texture of lvs. membranous, not leathery. 



D. Lvs. tapering to a point ; base entire, obtuse. 



11. glomerata, Roxb. Cluster Fig. Lvs. 4-7 in. 

 long ; nerves 4-6 pairs: fr. clustered on leafless, scaly 

 branches, pear- or top-shaped, :1H in. thick, reddish. 

 India, Burma. -"A quick-growing, evergreen shade 

 tree."— Reasoner. "A dense shade tree: lvs. have a 

 peculiar metallic luster: small fruits, much relished by 

 cattle and children."— ii'raticescAi. 



DD. Lvs. witJi an abrupt, short, acutninate apex ; base 

 notched. 



12. infeotfiria, Roxb. Lvs. 3K-5 in. long ; nerves 5-7 

 pairs : fr. in axillary pairs, sessile, globose, H in. thick, 

 whitish, flushed and dotted. Trop. Asia, Malaya. - 

 Grows 60 ft. high, and is one of the best shade trees. 



cc. Texture of lvs. leathery, not membranous. 

 D. Under surfnee of lvs. rusty. 



13. rubigindsa, Pesf. nes.'ril.cd at No. 7. 



sly. 



E. Stipn 



the , 



lvs. 



iiid I 



I nil • 



rrds 



14. elastica, Roxb. Described at No. 2. 



15. macrophylla, Desf. Mobeton Bay 

 6-10 in. long, 3-4 in. wide : stipules 

 nearly globular, 9-12 



on short, thick pedu 



southern and middle California, where, however, it does 

 not perfect seed. F. von Mueller says it is perhaps the 

 grandest of Australian avenue trees. 



EE. Stipules not exceptionally large and not rosy or 

 deciduous. 



IG. Lvs. 

 long : fr. 

 1 thick, axillary, in 3's or 4's, 

 Austral.— Much planted 



