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C. HORACES 



\Fieus 



A large deciduous tree, often stem-clasping, entirely glabrous. L. broad-ovate, base 

 rounded or truncate and narrowed into the petiole, tail i-1 in., pet. 2-3 in. long, basal 

 n. 3-5 pair. Fr. sessile, J in- diam., black when ripe, basal bracts small. 20. F. 

 Arnottiana, Miq. ; King, Ann. i. t. 68. Vern. Pipar, Paras Piped, Hind. Tons valley, 

 Jaunsar, 4,000 ft. Garhwal. Ajmere. Central Provinces. Behar. Chutia Nagpur. 

 Western Peninsula, in the Deccan and near the coast. A large shrub or small tree, 

 often epiphytic, also creeping over rocks, 1. broad-ovate, base cordate, pet. 1-5, tail J-i 

 in. long, basal n. 5-7 pair, stipules large. Fr. often peduncled, J-J in. diam., often 

 densely clustered, basal bracts membranous. 



21. F. infec- 

 toria, Roxb. ; 

 Wight Ic. t. 665 ; 

 King, Ann. i. tt. 

 75-79. Vern. 

 Palakh, Pilkhan, 

 Punjab ; Khobar, 

 PaJchar, Hind. ; 

 Kel, Thana. : 

 juvvi, Tel. ; Bas- 

 sari, Kan. ; Jovi, 

 Tarn.: Chela, 

 Mai. 



A large widely 

 spreading decid- 

 uous fast-growing 

 tree, young shoots 

 and stipules min- 

 utely hairj'. L. 

 thinly coriaceous, 

 glabrous, shining, 

 ovate or ovate- 

 oblong, shortly 

 acuminate, mar- 

 gin undulate, 

 base acute, 

 rounded or cord- 

 ■ ate, blade 3-6, pet. 

 1-3 in. long, sec. 

 n. 8-10 pair, the 

 lowest pair from 

 the base. Fr. 

 sessile or shortly 

 peduncled, \~\ in. 

 diam., basal bracts 

 minute. 



Suleiman range, 

 Translndus. Mount 

 Tilla, Salt range, 

 common in crevices 

 of rocks. Subhimalayan tract and outer hills, ascending to 5,000 ft. Common in 

 Northern India, the Central Provinces, Berar and the Western Peninsula. Forests east 

 of Toungoo (Kurz). Fr. Febr.-June. — Ceylon, Malaya. China. Var. Lambertiana has 

 broader 1. and larger fr. on pubescent pedicels. 22. F. geniculata, Kurz ; King, Ann. i. 

 t. 80. Vern. Nyaunrj tliabye, Burin. Sikkim, hot valleys. Bhutan. Khasi hills. 

 Chittagong. Lower Burma. — Malay Penins. and Archip. A large deciduous usually 

 epiphytic tree, branchlets stout, prominently marked with the scars of fallen ]., 

 extremities and stipules minutely silky. L. coriaceous, glabrous, shining, elliptic or 

 ovate, blade 4-7, pet. 3-5 in., long. Fr. sessile or nearly so, J— § in. diam., yellowish- 

 red, dotted when ripe, basal bracts broadly ovate. 23. F. insignis, Kurz. Dry forests of 

 the Prome district. A middle-sized tree, probably evergreen, similar to 22, branchlets, 

 stipules and receptacles grey- or tawny-tomentose, fr. J in. diam., greyish-white with 

 pink dots on short thick tomentose peduncles. 



Fig. 186. — Ficus infectoria, Eoxb. J. 



