Ficus] C. MORACE.E 603 



24. F. Tsiela, Eoxb. : Wight Ic. t. 668; King, Ann. i. tt. 73.74. Vera. Bill baari, Kan- : 

 JodijJuvvi, Tel. ; Sela-Kallichi, Tarn. Ajmere. Chanda district. Western Peninsula, 



a common avenue tree in the" drier districts. — Ceylon. A large glabrous tree, bark 

 smooth, greenish-white. L. more or less coriaceous, ovate, acuminate, base acute. 

 blade 2-6, pet. 1-2 in., sec. n. 8-12 pair, the lowest pair basal : intermediate n. few. very 

 slender, tert. n. obscure, edge thickened, upper surface covered with minute raised dots. 



I.' ptacles sessile, in pairs 1-j in. diam., basal bracts minute. Fr. purple. At the 



ends of branches may often be seen tufts of small 1. with very long petioles. 25. F. 

 Tjakela, Burm. : King. Ann. i. t. 70. Vera. Kel, Mar. : Koral, Mai. Western Peninsula. 

 — Ceylon. Often planted. A large tree, leafless for a short time during the dry reason, 

 outer bark rough, dark coloured. L. similar to 24, but base rounded, sometimes cordate. 

 tert. 11. distinct, the young 1. enveloped in large thin caducous bud-scales. Fr. 1 in. 

 diam., usually in clusters of 2-6 ou short woody tubercles above the scars of fallen 1., 

 basal bracts bifid. 



B. Sec. n. slender, numerous less distinct intermediate n. between them, 

 joined by reticulate veins. 



26. F. retusa, Linn. : King, Ann. i. tt. 61, 62.— Syn. F. nilida, Thunb.: Wight Ic. t- 

 642. Vera. Barri. Ajon. Kuui. : Jamu, Nep. : Nandruh, Mar.; Yerra-Juiil, Tel.: 

 Pllolo. Kan. ; Ichi, Tarn. ; Kal atlhi, Mai.: Nyaung 6k. Burm. Subhimalayan tract 

 from Kuinaon eastwards. Assam, Chittagong. Andamans. Lower Burma. Behar. 

 Chutia Nagpur. Bundelkhand. Central Provinces. Western Peninsula. Frequently 

 planted. Fr. H. S. — Ceylon, common. Malay Penins. and Archip. China. New 

 Caledonia. A large evergreen umbrageous tree, often epiphytic, aerial roots slender, 

 quite glabrous, 1 . ellijitic, ovate or obovate, apex rounded, or shortly and blunt^- 

 acuminate, blade 2—1, narrowed into pet. \-h in. Receptacles finely pubescent while 

 young, fr. sessile, yellow or reddish, J in. diam., basal bracts broadly ovate, obtuse, 

 spreading. Var. nil hi a, has elliptic, retusa proper more rounded 1. 27. F. glabella, 

 Blum-: King, Ann. i. t. 60. — Syn. F. affinin, Wall. Bhutan. Khasi hills. Andamans. 

 Burma. Upper and Lower. — Malay Penins. A tree with a large dense crown, young 

 shoots sometimes minutely hairy, otherwise perfectly glabrous, 1. elliptic or elliptic- 

 lanceolate, sometimes broader at apex, acuminate, blade 2-1. pet. l-l in. Fr. l-J in. 

 diam., sessile or on peduncles up to J in. long, basal bracts minute. 28. F. Talboti, King. 

 Ann. i. t. 63. Common in evergreen forest of Belgaum and on the southern Ghats of 

 North Kanara. A large smooth-harked epiphytic tree, quite glabrous, fr. greenish- 

 yellow J in. diam., basal bracts ovate, acute. 



2!'. F. indica, Linn. : King. Ann. i. t. 45. Vern. Nyaung thabye, Burma, Paunglin 

 forest, Pegu Yoma (D.B. Jan. 1862). Martaban, Tenasserim. Andamans. Malay 

 Penins. and Archip. A large spreading tree, stipules and sometimes young shoots and 

 bract - pubescent, otherwise gin in-, .us, 1. elongate-elliptic, shortly and usually abruptly 

 acuminate, blade 4-6, pet. ; ',-l in., sec. n. slender. 6-8 pair, the lowest pair basal, 

 numerous intermediate nerves between, joined by reticulate veins. Fr. sessile, yellow, 

 often cylindric, j in. long, basal bracts 3, ovate, acute, spreading. SO. F. obtusifolia, 

 Bbxb. ; Wight Ic. t. 662; King, Ann. i. t. 10. Vera Nyaung gyat, Burm. Sikkim, 

 foot of hill.-. Khasi hills. Manipur. Chittagong. Burma, Upper and Lower. Malay 



Penins. A large tree, often epiphytic, perfect ly glabrous, 1. thickly coria ns, shining, 



elongate-elliptic or obovate, blade 4-7. pet. stout J-l in., midrib prominent, sec. n. 



sleinler, 15-18 pair with numerous interi lint.- ones. Fr. sessile, often crowded above 



thescarsol fallen 1. (the internodea being short), globose, somewhat trigonous, J. in. diam., 



bracts 8, large, coriai as, rounded. 



81 . F. rhododendrifolia, "\I iq. : K ing, Ann. i. t. 58. Western Duars (D.B. Jan. 1879 



A- i : Makum forest, D.B. Apr. 1879). Khasi hills. Chittagong. Pegu Y a. A 



moderate-sized or large tree, sometimes epiphytic, glabrous, save stipules. L. elongate- 

 elliptic or elliptic-oblong, acuminate, blade '■' 7. pet. J 1 in, Fr. sessile, red, ' 



. basal bracts 8, triangnlai oi ovate, This is probably var. 1 of F. nuda, Km/. F. 

 PL ii 145, not Miq. 82. P. Kurzii, King Ann. i.t.57. — Syn. F. nuda, Miq. vai "»7jo, 



Kurz ; F. euphyl'a, Kurz doubtful). Pegu and Tenasserim.— -Java. Similar to 81 

 See. ii. in 12 pair, joined by intramarginal vein-, the lowest pair basal, parallel inter- 



i liate n. joined by reticulate vein-, on the underside aln stinct as sec. n. 



Fr. dark purple, i, in. diam. "n slender pednncles \ in. long, 8 minute caducous bracts 

 at lm-e of peduncle, basal bracts 0. 88. F. Macieiiandi, King, Ann. i. t. 64. Pegu. 

 lira i el i let- grey-silky, I. coriaceons, elliptic-oblong, blade 5, pet. .J in. long. Receptacles 

 gessile, grey-tomentose, '., in, •! inm.. basal bracts small, silky. 



C. Sec n. r., nearly at a right angle to midrib, reticulate reins few. 



34. F. elastica, Roxb.; Wight [e. t. 663; King, Ann. i. t. 54, Indian 

 Caoutchouc tree, Vern. Bor Attah, Ass. Nyaung Kyetpaung, Hurra. 

 A gigantic tree, perfectly glabrous, semlin": down numerous aerial ro 



