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FICUS cor1acea. 
Corvaceous-leaved Fig. 
POLYGAMIA DIG@CIA—Nar. Onp. URTICEZ. 
Gen. Cuar.—Receptaculum commune subsphericum, carnosum, connivens, 
flosculos numerosos occultans.—Masc. Cal. 3-partitus. Cor. 0. Stam. 
1-3.—Fam. Cal. 3-5-partitus. Cor.0. Pistillum1. Semen unicum— 
W. 
Ficus coriacea ; foliis ellipticis obtusissimis coriaceis, basi : 
* supra glabris nervis impressis (pallidis), subtus set) ple 
centibus venis prominentibus, receptaculis sessilibus geminatis glo- 
bosis subverrucosis velutinis. * 
Ficus coriacea, Arr. Hort. Kew. ed. 1. v. iii. p. 433. - 
This seems to form a tree, with rounded branches, clothed with greyish 
green, subpubescent, 1 : 
and nerves prominent. Peta inch and alto wo faces lng, 
semicylindrical, pubescent. 
Receptacles globose, three-fourths ofan inch in diameter, quite sessile, somes 
colour, 
This is a plant that has been long cultivated in the Bota- 
nic Garden of Liverpool, but from what country it came isnot = 
known. i 
A eS SS wn, 
pear, to other Botanists. 
led 1. A ep epee rach 
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