]92 78. URTiCACEiE. [Plecospermum* 



gamoplayllous, 4-toothed. Ovary free, 1-celled ; ovule 1, pendulous 

 style tiliform, exserted. Fruit an irregular syncarpium of akenes, 

 enclosed in the connate perianth lobes. Albumen 0. 



P. spinosum, Trecul. in Ann. So. Nat. Ser. 3, VIIT. 124; Fl. Br. I. 

 5. 491 ; Brandis For. Fl. 401 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv^. t. 220. In the dry 

 districts of the presidency, common in hedges in the Dharwir district. 

 Fl. Jany., April. Fr. May, June. 



MORUS, Liiin. 

 Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, simple ; stipules deciduous. 

 Flowers unisexual, spicate. Male fl. Sepals 4. Stamens 4, oppo- 

 site to and longer than the calyx-segments; anther-cells introrse. 

 Pistillode rudimentary. Female fl. Sepals 4, accrescent in fruit. 

 Ovary 1-celled ; ovule 1 pendulous. Fruit a syncarpium of akenea 

 included in the succulent perianths. Albumen fleshy. 



Female spikes short, ovoid. Fruit black when ripe. M. indica. 

 Female spikes long, cylindric. Fruit cylindrical, 



yellowish-white ... M, Icerngata. 



M. indica, Linn. Sp. PI. 986 ; Fl. Br. T. 5. 492 ; Brandis For. Fl. 



408. Tut, amhat, M. Cultivated and ran wild near villages in North. 

 Kdnara and elsewhere throughout the presidency. Fl. Mch., June. Fr. 

 June, Aug. 



M. laevigata, Wall. Cat. 4649 ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 492 ; Brandis For. Fl. 



409. Cnli-ivated in gardens at Dharwar and probably elsewhere in the 

 presidency. Fl. C.S. Fr. H. S. 



FICUS, Linn. 

 Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate or rarely opposite, entire or 

 lobed. Flowers unisexual on the inner surface of a globose or ovoid 

 receptacle, the mouth of which is closed by imbricate bracts. Re- 

 ceptacles bracteate, unisexual, but usually androgynous with the 

 males near the mouth. Flowers of 4 kinds, male, female, gall-flowers 

 and neuters. Male fl. Perianth thin, 2-6-fid or partite. Stamens 

 1-2 ; anthers of 2, distinct cells. Female fl. Perianth of the male or 0. 

 Ovary 1-celled; style exceutric, ovule 1, pendulous. Akenes crusta- 

 ceous or fleshy. 



Leaves alternate, hispid. Receptacles small, yel- 

 low or purple, ^ in. peduncled, fascicled or in 

 pairs; basal bracts 0. ... ... ... ... F. gihbosa. 



Leaves alternate, smooth or tomentose ; petiole 

 not jointed to the blade. Receptacles axillary, 

 sessile or peduncled, tribracteate at the base. 



Leaves more or less tomentose. Receptacles 

 sessile, usually in pairs. 



Fruit pubescent, red. 4 in. in diameter F. bengalensis. 



Fruit pubescent, orange-yellow, 1 in. in diameter . F. tnyxorensit. 



Fruit tomentose, grey, J in. in diameter if. tomentoaa. 



Leaves glabrous. Receptacles sessile, in pairs. 



