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A. Leaves alternate. (B.) 



B. Leaves thick and leathery, green and smooth below. (C.) 

 C. Leaves large, oLlong, entire, Avith many side-veins. India 



IUbber Plant (543) — Ficus elastica. 

 C. Leaves entire or somewhat lobed w^ith about 10 pairs of side- 

 • veins. Yakiable-leaved Rubber Plant (544) — Ficus 

 erecta. 

 C. Leaves with 5-7 side-veins and usually lobed like the white 



oak. Oak-leaved Fio — Ficus quercifolia. 

 C. Leaves with 5-7 side-veins, with ear-like lobes at base, a 

 foot or more long. Fiddle-leaved Rubber Plant (545) — 

 Ficus pandurata. 

 B. Leaves thick and rusty below and more or less notched at tip 

 and base. Rusty-leaved India Rubber Plant (546) — 

 Ficus rubiginosa. 

 B. Leaves rounded (3 inches long), thick and densely covered with 

 woolly hairs below. Palmer's Rubber Plant — Ficus Palmeri. 

 B. Leaves thin and membranous, light green blotched with white. 

 Parcell's Rubber Plant — Ficus Parc^Ui. 

 A. Leaves usually opposite, entire or somewhat toothed. Rough 

 Rubber I'lant — Ficus hispida. 



Fig. 547. — Osage ' Orange.' 



Wax ' Myrtle.' 



