Ficus.'j 78. URTICACEiE. l95 



presidency ; often planted along road sides. Fnxit purple black wlien 

 ripe, Apl.-Oct. 



F. infectoria, lioxh. Fl. Ind. III. 550 ; Fl. Er. I. 5. 515 ; Brandis For. 

 FI. 414 ; Bodtl. Fl. Sylv. 222; Urodiijma infectoria, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fl. 241 ; Ficiis Lanibertiana, Miq. Urostigma Lambertiamim, Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 241 ; Ficus Wightlana, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 222. Bassari, 

 ixikdri, lendva, M. ; harihasri, Vern. Common throughout the presidency, 

 usually in dry forests. Var. Laviber liana, is common in North Kanara 

 in moist forests near Yellapur and elsewhere. Var. Wightictna is found 

 in the southern parts of North Kdnara ; it is not so common as the 

 former variety. Var. infectoria proper is often planted along road sides 

 and is a very common tree throughout the presidency. The white dotted 

 receptacles are sometimes more or less peduncled. 1 have a tree from 

 North Kanara, formerly named at Calcutta Ficus urophylla, Miq., but 

 which has nothing to do with that species ; it is closely allied to Ficus 

 infectoria, var. Lamhertiana ; or it may be a new species ; it has the 

 peduncles f in long. 



F. caUosa, Willd. in Act. Acad. Berol. 1798, 102, t. 4; Fl. Br. I. 5. 

 61G;i^. ciucrascens, Thw. ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 224. In the evergreen 

 forests of the Konkan and North Kanara, a very large tree with pearly 

 juice, without aereal roots. Iteceptacles large, peduncled, solitary, ripe 

 June-July. 



F. heterophylla, Linn. fil. Suppl. 442 ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 518 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 243 ; Brandis For. Fl. 424. Datir, M. Throughout the presi- 

 dency, common in North Kanara, along the banks of streams and rivers. 

 Fr. ripe May-Jane. 



F. asperrima, Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 554 ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 522 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 243 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 224. Khargas, K. ; Uanvat, M. Through- 

 out the moist forests of North Kanara and the Konkan, very common. 

 Fr. ripoMch., Apl. 



F. hispida, Linn. f. Suppl. 442 ; Fl. Br. I.' 5. 552 ; Brandis For. Fl. 

 423 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 224 ; CoveUia oppositifoUa, Gasp.; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 243 ; C. dcemonum, Dalz. & Gibs. Bom.Fl. 214. Kurwut, Vern. ; 

 dher-2imber, kala-umber, kharoti, hokria, M. ; clhedu mera, Panch Mahals. 

 Throughout the Konkan and North Kanara, often along the banks of 

 rivers and in moist situations, common in the moist forests near Karwar. 

 Receptacles hispid, sometimes hypogeal, ridged at the top. Ripe fruit 

 R.S. 



F. glomerata, Roxb. FI. Ind. III. 558; Fl. Br. I. 5. 535 ; Brandis For. 

 Fl. 422 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 224; Covellia glomerata, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fl. 243. Umbur . M. ; rumadi, atti, K. Common throughout the presi- 

 dency, near villages along road sides and near streams and rivers. Fr. 

 ripe throughout the year at difPerent times. One of the principal shade 

 trees in the Mysore coffee plantations. 



ANTIARIS, Lesch. 



Trees. Leaves alternate, stipulate. Flowers monoicous, axillary. 

 Male flowers ou the surface o£ a fleshy disc^ surrouudo J by imbricate 



