on the Hortiis Malahariciis, Part III. 143 



his Uvifera arbor Amci kaiui convolvulacca, friicin aroinatico pnnc- 

 falo {Aim. 394 ; P/iijt. t. 2ol . f. 4.), which would seem to be a 

 Mic/ielia or Magnolia. 



The younger Burman (F/. Ind. '2'37.) established a new species 

 of Ficus, which he called Grossularioides. This consisted of two 

 varieties ; and the first was a plant described by Garcin, which 

 having poisonous fruit, as well as many external differences, 

 would appear to be a distinct species from the second variety, 

 which is the Valli Teregam. The younger Linnreus {Sup. 44'2.) 

 would seem to have seen this latter plant, and called it Ficus 

 lieterophylla. JSl. Lamarck {Enc. Mctli. ii. 499.) procured from 

 M. Sonnerat specimens of a plant, which notwithstanding some 

 differences, he considered as the F. lieteropliijlla ; and, although 

 he quotes the Hart us Malabaricus with doubt, he uses the descrip- 

 tion contained in this work to make up a full account, joining 

 Avhat he saw in his specimens to what he found in Rheede, a 

 practice that cannot fail to lead into mistakes. There is indeed 

 great reason to think, on account of the hairiness, that his spe- 

 cimens were like those which 13r. Roxburgh sent to AVilldenow, 

 and which he published under the name of Ficus rcpens {Sp. PL 

 iv. 1149.)- Of this, M. Poiret {Enc. Meth. Sup. ii. 648.) has 

 become sensible, and he considers the Ficus hctcroplii//hi of 

 M. Lamarck as the Ficus rufescens of Vahl. On my return to 

 Calcutta from Ava (1796) specimens and a drawing of this, under 

 the name of Ficus repens, were sent to the late Sir Joseph Banks, 

 and a copy of this drawing is to be found in the library at the 

 India House. I have since also lodged in the same collection 

 specimens from India Proper, under the name of Ficus rufescens. 

 These differ a little from the plant found in Ava ; but not so 

 much as to warrant their being considered as forming a distinct 

 species, as will appear from the following account. 



Ficus 



