The Figs. 125 



angustioraque, nunc tamen tenuia et late imbricata v. minnta v. o. Ovarium rectum 

 V. mox obliquum; st3'lus saltern post fecundationem excentricus v. lateralis, brevis v. 

 filiformis apice in stigma peltatum, cavum, oblongo-lanceolatum, lineari-lanceolatum 

 V. longe caudatum rarius inaequaliter 2-crure dilatatus; ovulum apice v. sub apice 

 lateraliter affixum pendulum. Achaenia receptaculo saspe aucto arete inclusa, peri- 

 anthio frudlifero immutato v. rarius succulento stipata v. vestita, v. in paucis speciebus 

 nuda; pericarpium crustaceum induratum siccum v. extus succulentum, rarius totum 

 carnosum. Semen pendulum, testa membranacea ; albumen ssepius parcum; embryo 

 curvus, cotyledonibus sequalibus v. inaequalibus interdum plicatis, radicula sursum 

 incumbente. — Arbores fruticesve lac^tescentes. Folia alter'na v. rarius opposita, inte- 

 gerrima dentata v. lobata, forma et venatione quam maxime varia; stipulae gemmam 

 terminalem involventes, caducissimse. Receptacula saspius gemina v. uno abortiente 

 solitaria, ad axillas v. ad nodos defoliates ramorum vetustiorum, interdum in ramis 

 distinctis apbyllis conferta v. racemosa, pedunculo ssepius brevissimo apice 3-bracteato 

 V. nudo. Bracteae ad os receptaculi co-seriatse, parvse, exteriores saepe erectae um- 

 bonem terminalem efficiunt, interiores horizontales v. intra receptaculum reflexge. 

 Flores $ interdum numerosi fcemineis intermixti, saepe tamen iis pauciores, interdum 

 perpauci in parte superiore v. juxta os receptaculi: ? ssepius numerosi, receptaculum 

 intus fere totum v. partem inferiorem obducentes. Bracteolas inter flores $ ssepius par- 

 vae V. o, nunc inter superiores c? v. rarius ubique majores, flores achaeniaque superantes. 

 As more than 600 species have been described in this great genus, scattered 

 widely through the warmer regions of the earth, it would seem probable that one at 

 least might have been found on the Hawaiian Islands; but although many species 

 flourish in cultivation, none is indigenous. The bark of a number of species of fig, 

 not always determined, was used, as we have seen, in Africa and elsewhere for its fibre, 

 and the thick milky juice of the fruit was used in combination with the juice of the 

 Cordia to make the beautiful crimson dye in Tahiti. As the species of Ficus used in 

 these ways are not well known outside the tropics, and differ essentiallj' from the com- 

 mon fruiting fig of temperate regions, the generic description has been given, and 

 figures of two representative species commonly used (though not on the Hawaiian 

 Islands) for the manufacture of bark-cloth and its decoration. I would not have it 

 understood that these are the only ones used for these purposes, for there are scores 

 of these useful trees perhaps as suitable as the ones selefted, but these show the gen- 

 eral form of the leaf and fruit of most of the class. 



F. tinctoria Forst. Prod. n. 405. — Found in Fiji, the Society Islands and 

 Wallis Island. In Tahiti called viatc. A large tree entirely glabrous, with simple 

 stem. Leaves alternate, with short, cartilaginous petioles, ovate-oblong, rather acute, 



