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7. U NITIDUM, Miquel loc. cit. Branchlets somewhat 3-cor- 

 nered ; leaves with moderate or rather long petioles, elliptic or 

 obovate or subrhombeo-elliptic, obtusely and shortly subapiculate 

 acute or subcuneate at the base, slightly 3-nerved, veins on each 

 side several, subimmersed, or distinct beneath, confluent near the 

 margin, but with no submarginal nerve, coriaceo-membranaceous ; 

 stipules ovate-lanceolate, smooth or puberulous ; fruit axillary, twin 

 sessile, globose, smooth, size of a pea with 3 obtuse bracts ; petioles 

 with a narrow groove in front. Syn. Ficus nitida, Thumb.; Wight 

 Ic. 642; Ficus benjaminea, Roxb. Fl Ind. iii, p 550; Rheed. 

 Mai. iii, t 55. 



8. U BENJAMINEUM, Miquel loc. cit. Branchlets slender, 

 flexuose, weak, hanging ; petioles round, rather short ; leaves ovate 

 or elliptic-ovate acuminate, coriaceous, like parchment, surrounded 

 by a smooth margin; veins capillary horizontal, united into an 

 arched nerve ; fruit axillary, sessile, like peas ; bracts 3, ovate- 

 obtuse, deciduous; leaves 2 to 3^ inches long, 1 to \\ broad; 

 fruit smooth, shining, greenish-yellow, with a dash of purple. Syn. 

 Ficus striata, Roth., whose specimens were received from the 

 Southern Maratha Country. 



9. U DASYCARPUM, Miquel loc. cit. Branchlets and fruit 

 densely tomentose ; leaves shortly-petioled, broadly ovate or 

 elliptic, shortly and obtusely acuminate, rounded or slightly 

 cordate at the base, repand-undulate, thickly coriaceous, smooth 

 above, beneath with the petioles tomentose and pubescent ; costal 

 veins 8 to 10, spreading, confluent at the margin, much reticulated 

 and very prominent beneath ; fruit axillary, sessile, generally twin, 

 ellipsoid obtuse at both ends, bracts 3, obtuse, membranaceous, 

 pubescent. Bombay, Lam. in Herb. Hook. 



10. CORDIFOLIUM. A tree, having much the appearance of 

 the Peepul ; leaves on very long petioles (6 to 8 inches), broad- 

 cordate, with a short and sudden acumination, rather membrana- 

 ceous with waved margins, finely reticulated beneath (lateral veins 

 spreading and prominent), perfectly smooth ; fruit paired, sessile, 

 round, smooth, black, of the size and appearance of a black cherry. 

 On the Ghauts. Native name *' Paeer." 



11. U VOLUBILE, Dalz. A climbing shrub, and often a tree 

 with a stem as thick as a man's arm ; leaves alternate, very shortly 

 petioled, somewhat ovate, suddenly acuminated, very unequal-sided, 

 cuneate towards the base ; lateral nerves 3 to 4 on each side, pro- 

 minent-spreading, uniting in arche*, pale-green, hard, and roughish 

 to the touch, though smooth, 3 to 4 inches long, sometimes a little 

 toothed on the margin; fruit small, like the Nandrook. Native 

 name " Datir." Rocky places on the Ghauts. 



