134 78. URTiCACEiE. [Ficus. 



f?lidts, also near villages and in open situations, self-sown or planted. 

 Fr. ripe Apl.-Maj. Fruit when young flocculent tomentose, ripe glabrous, 

 yellow, sometimes tinged with red. 



F. tomentosa, Roxb. M. Ind. III. 550 ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 501 ; Brandis For. 

 Fl. 414; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 223. Donkey's hanjdin. Kulgolu, K. Through- 

 out the presidency, common near the sea-coast of the Konkan and North 

 Kanara, on sandstone rocks near Badami, Bijapur CoUectorate. Fr. 

 ripe ]Mch., Apl. 



F. Benjamina, Linn. Mantiss. 129 (Excl. Syn. Rheede); Fl. Br. 1.5. 508 ; 

 Bedd. Fl Sylv. 223; F. comosa, Roxb. ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 223; Urostu/ma 

 Bevjamina, Miq.; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 242; var. comosa. Kz. For. 

 Fl. II. 44 6. In the moist forests of North Kanara, the variety comosa is 

 found in the Southern Maratha Ooantry, Dhc4rwar district, in deciduous 

 forests, rare. Fr. ripe, H.S. 



F. retusa, Linn. Mant. 129 ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 511 ; Brandis For. Fl. 417 ; 

 Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 223 ; Urosiigvia, retusum and nilidum, Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 241, 242. Nandrul; ^^Z/a/rf, Vern. Throughout the presi- 

 dency, commonly planted along road sides. 



F. Talboti, King. Sp. Fie 51, t. 63 ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 512. On the southern 

 ghats of North Kanara, common in moist forests. Fr. ripe cold season. 

 Leaves caudate acuminate. 



F. nervosa, Roth. Nov. Sp. 338 ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 512 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 

 223. In the evergreen forests of North Kanara from Supa southwards, a 

 very large tree, without aereal roots. Fruit hard ; walls thick, ripe Feb., 

 Mch. 



F. Rumpbii, Blume Bijd. 437; Fl. Br. I. 5. 512 ; F. cordifolia, Roxb.; 

 Brandis For. Fl. 416. Pair, Vern. Western ghats near Bombay, 

 Brandis, at Khandala and probably throiighout the Konkan ghats. 



F. religiosa, Linn. Hort. Cliff. 471 ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 513 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv 

 t. 314 ; Brandis For. Fl. 415 ; Urostigma religiosum, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fl. 241. ArJe, lasri, piped, Vern.; 2«P^o, Ranch Mahals; ashvatha, M. 

 Planted near temples and villages throughout the presidency. Fr. ripe 

 May-July. 



F. Arnottiana, Miq. Ann. Mus. III. 287 ; Fl. Br. I. 6. 513 ; Urostig- 

 ma cordifoiinni, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. 242. Faeer, Vern. Throughout the 

 Konkan and North Kanara, common on rocks near the coast, also in moist 

 forests, Kumta, near the Yona rocks. Fr. ripe Feb. -Apl. 



F. Tjakela, Burm. Fl. Ind. 227; Fl. Br. I. 5. 514. Throughout the 

 Konkan and North Kanara, common in moist forests, abundant in the 

 forests near Yellapur and generally on the ghats of North Kanara. Fr. 

 ripe Mch., May. Stipules large, membranous red, deciduous. Young 

 leaves appear in Feb. A very distinct species. 



F. Tsiela, Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 5^9; Fl. Br. I. 5. 515 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 

 314; Brandis For. Fl. 415 ; Urostigma psexido-Tjida, Miq.; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 241. Fipri. Vern.; hili-baari, K. Throughout the 



