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India the banyan is viewed rather with avei >n tli m with i pect. Lik m nv other specie* 



of Ficus, the banyan usually begins its life as an trophy t a\ an thor tree which it *|MXHli) 



strangles. Seedling banyang are also oft u found in the revi< $ of buildings. to which, 

 unless uprooted, they prove very d< stru five. The great bam an in the Calcutta ganl n 1 in 

 its life as an epiphyte on a wild date-tree of which all trace has loin: di- *pj 



The name F. Bengalenm was first published by Linnaus in the llortu* litfortiamti^ 

 which appeared in 1 7- i7 . The figure - which Linnaus there quot< - uiuler hil ih ript n, and 

 the remark he makes about the aerial roots, prove that under thi> name he ue \\\ to leacriU* 

 the banvan. Unfortm ttely Linnaais als« iv the name /■'. Imi / to th 1 n. In \ 





(p. 27) of the third edition of the An **itaf*$, publislu I in 1?> list \* «rivcn of tl 



species of Ficus to which Linnaeus ga\ the nam. .f F. Indk Tin third f th< i pioi blj 



American, and does not concern us. The k t ond i> identified with tlie // a of liheedt 

 (Jfort. Jfalab. iii. t. (>:*), "»d » J 0'^ a y Koxb. From ft note Hppondcd tothe not f the >t 



of the three, it is quite elear that the lunyan is meant. Under this <ir>l i tdteo. hoi 



is quoted Phecde's figure of f\uf»u alou {Hart. \falab. iii. i. 7 wliicb is really a tiftim of the 



plant subsequently nam- I / J/y*©/-// v by II wu There is also qu 1 m Icr th < first 



F. Indica Rumphhi^ Va r ■/ iiM rept '» $ (Sort Amb. iii. t. 81), and to the plant \vhi< 1. it is supposed 



Rumnhins intended there to portray the name F a, Linn, has 1 m< rn writer* been 



arbitrarily confined. The name F > falcmis, Linn. i> also given ID th. 

 I.e., p. 29), and and r i is quoted Rle . h s figure of the l'< >!u (// Malm i. t - . which 

 s nnmiatakeably a figun of the ban; m. It is thus quite char that nmhr the n hority f 



inm.us tho specific names BengaUmk and Mi i were ) >th riven to th, h 

 further, that hinWBUB COnfneed with tin ban an the Katun alou of Rheed whirl, < / 1/ 



rensis, Heyne. The name/'. Ben, ilenou, linn, being the e rliest which m v I. ut d ht lie 



connected with the banyan, and v ith the banyan alom in uft be retained tor the pi etit 



species. 



Plvtb 13.— F. Bengal™ . linn. Branch, with receptacles nearly np< Th« Jlcr 



figures show ripe receptacles, all of natural sue. 



Plate Sl c .— 1, male lower; -J, gall flower; I, f rf le fen de flower: nil < ,1 



14. Fict-J mysoki is, Jl-jnc in Roth Jft . Spec. PI. f»0; F hme ¥1 t*t 



S I ; Kurz f. Flora Brit. Bwrm. ii. 440; Mia in Ann 1/h Ufd Bat. iii 



Urost Mgsorenf . M iq. Lon< Journ. Bot. i. o7P / /. w, Linn. 



2 s 



Spec. Plant, ed. 2 1763), ii. K'U; Amoenitates i i n. 8 part) 



F. ( ionke/olia, Vald um. ii. 1 9 ( cLayn. Oomph.).— J a, \\ lid 



Spec. PI. 1187* — ^ gom*, Ham. Trana. Linn. v. 1 — Wall. < 



44 A, 13, and C (not I)).— Katou Alou, I d<> Hort. M lab. I. t. 



A lar-e nmbrageona tree, with a few aerial root , whi h en.br tl.< «n ; the 



branches covered with rusty gray or rufous flocculent tomentun at arwa -earl bit 4 



Totted- leaves coria ous, petiolat . ovat, omte < lliptt rar lx>Tat4M«lhpti . apex 



T tlv ^ nd Wlv actnninate. ed, , entire base round.l. ^ 



ti 5-ne^df^ primary nerves, 10 to 13 pairs, pra.ii at ben-th, anastomosm, 

 ,-to 5-nervea, i fl OC culent-t ,n nt<ise, nlti fcely nearly ^labrotia 



submar^nauy^ , to 8 inches petiole, si ,. 



