071 the Horttis Malabaricus, Part III. 139 



seri, Kalu or Kid implying rock. On this account I called it 

 Ficus rupestris, and under this name gave a drawing and speci- 

 mens to Sir J. E. Smith. 



Arbor ramis radicantibus fomentosis parva. Folia basi cordata, 

 sed apicem versus sa?pc dilatata, in humidis locis subangu- 

 lata, in siccis integerrima, utrinque pilosissima, sed mollia, 

 acumine minimo subobtusa. Pctiohis teres, tomentosus. 



Fructus pisiformes, gemini, sessiles, axillares, tomentosi, foliolis 

 tribus bracteati. 



One or other of these plants, but which I cannot say, is pro- 

 bably the Ficus tomentosa of Willdenow {Sp. P/. iv. 1136.), 

 which, he says, he had from Dr. Roxburgh, who mentions it in 

 the llortus Bengalensis, 103, without reference to any figure. 

 I should certainly have considered my Ficus rupestris as the 

 F. mollis of \' ahl, had he not described the fruit as solitary ; yet 

 Willdenow quotes Vahl's plant as being the same with his, 

 which he describes to have the fruit growing in pairs. Perhaps 

 he had learned that Vahl was mistaken; for M. Poiret {Enc. 

 Meih. Sup. ii. (353.) follows Willdenow without remark. As 

 Willdenow's plant has the upper side of the leaves smooth, it is 

 perhaps my Ficus asininn ? 



Atti Meek A lou, p. 75. t. 58. 



I have already mentioned the affinity of this tree with the 

 Tsjerou Mecr Alou {t. 56.), from which it ditfers in having the 

 leaves more unequal sided and more scabrous, and the figs 

 larger. It has a still stronger affinity with the Tcregam (t. 60.), 

 which with leaves shaped like the Tsjerou Meer Alou, and a fruit 

 like the Atti Meer Alou, is a great deal rougher than either. 

 The two plants are however so much alike, that the description 

 by M. Lamarck {E71C. Meth. ii. 496. j of the Ficus Ampelos, for 



T 2 which 



