BENGAL PLANTS. { Ficus. 
af econ ryeeE purple, sessile or with short 
peduncles long; leaves obovate oblong or 
ea. pri nie lateral nerves 7-10 pairs; 
young A arts p ubescent or glabrous ; petiole em in., 
stipules a labell 
i citienae or reddish ; primary hae ral 
nerves of leaves 5-6 pairs; all parts glabrous ; petiole 
*25—5 in., stipules es 5 in. long :— 
Leaves subrotund, 3-4 in. long .........+..-+8-+ retusa, 
Leaves ovate- or psi -elliptic, 2-3 in. lon 
retusa var. nitida, 
{Receptacles on — slender peduncles, 25-5 in. long; leaves 
elliptic-oblong or ovate-lanceolate or oblanceolate, rather narrowly 
acuminate, base enkiani's  sdegusand lateral nerves 7-10 pairs, 
stronger than the secondary :—[p. 
etiole rather long, -75-1-25 in., stipules glabrous, °5—"75 in. 
ong; receptacle -25 in. across, with 3 basal bracts...glaber rima, 
Petiole short, -25--5 in., stipules pubescent, -5 in. long; recep- 
5~75 in. across, etal basal bracts but with 3 small 
nere’ 
free bracts 
+Petioles etieg less than 2 in., usually 2-5 in. long or | 
% i ng (F’. infectoria only) the petiole slender ats pee 
and the leat Saas aspen-like :—[p. 972 
Leaves 5—7-nerved at the base, bony a st glabrous :— 
Apex of leaf narrowed into a tail hal s the main 
portion of the lamina; base r ae or gina pe cor- 
date ; stipules minute; petiole 4 in. long ; meets sessile 
vatial 
Apex of leaf narrowed into a cusp only one- -fifth the Tenth of 
main portion of lamina ; stipules large, - 
Base of leaf truncate or slightly narrowed into tl e petiole 
basal nerves 5, wit ely 2 small lateral ones ; receptacles 
sessile, always in pairs, axillary or from leaf petiole 
umphii 
Base of leaf truncate-emarginate to deeply cordate; bas 
nerves always 7, all strong; receptacles usually § hortly 
duneled in pairs or groups from tubercles most below the 
ves ; petiole 2-6 in. long rnottiana. 
Leaves 3-nerved at the base, apex abruptly narrowed into a short 
. 
Petiole 2-5-4 in. long; stipules pubescent, -3 in. long; leaves 
broadly elliptic or ovate-rounded ; primary lateral nerves 8- 
