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alternate, about the extremities of the branchlets, petioled ovate- 

 cordate, 3-nerved, entire, 5 to 6 inches long, 3 to 4 broad, smooth 

 and shining when old ; fruit paired, axillary, sessile, of the size 

 and colour of a cherry, downy. The well-known Banyan tree. 

 Syn. Ficus bengalensis, Linn.; F indica, Roxb. Native name 

 " Wur." 



2. U Religiosum, Gaspar. — A large and handsome tree ; 

 leaves longj-petioled, ovate-cordate narrow-acuminate, entire or 

 repandly undulate towards the apex, quite smooth; fruit paired, 

 axillary, sessile, vertically compressed, when ripe of the size and 

 colour of a small, black cherry. The Peepul tree. 



3. U Lambertianum, Miquel in Hook. Jour. Bot. vi, p 565. — 

 Leaves long-petioled, ovate-oblong, margins obsoletely repand- 

 undulate, abruptly and obtusely acuminate, truncate at the base, 

 between membranaceous and coriaceous, shining, 3-nerved ; fruit 

 axillary, twin, sessile globose, glabrous, with 3 bracts at the base, 

 puberulous on the back. Bombay, Lambert in Herb, tlooker. 



4. U. Infectorium, Miquel loc. cit. — Leaves rather long- 

 petioled, membranaceous, oblong or sublanceolate-oblong, mode- 

 rately and acutely acuminated, obtuse, or rounded, or subcordate 

 at the base, quite entire, or very slightly repand ; fruit small, 

 sessile, twin, globose, smooth, when ripe white. Syn. Ficus in- 

 fectoria, Roxb. Fl Ind. iii, p 551 ; Wight Ic. 665 (excluding F 

 infectoria, Willd). The Concans. 



5. U PseudotjieiTa, Miquel loc. cit. — A very large tree ; 

 leaves long-petioled, ovate-oblong, pointed, entire, firm, smooth on 

 both sides, shining, particularly above, with numerous simple and 

 parallel veins, 4 to 6 inches long, 2 to 3 broad ; fruit paired, axil- 

 lary, sessile, a little turbinate, smooth, size of a cherry, when ri[)e 

 purple. This it appears is not the Tjiela of Rheede as supposed by 

 Roxburgh. Syn. Ficus tjiela, Roxb. Fl Ind. iii, p 549 ; Wight Ic. 

 668. On the Ghauts. Native name " Peepree." 



6. U Retusum, Miquel loc. cit. 581. — Leaves moderately 

 petioled, broadly obovate or somewhat rounded, dilated at the apex, 

 very shortly and obtusely apiculate or retuse, slightly emarginate, 

 between membranaceous and coriaceous, veins half-spreading, about 

 10 on each side, rather distinct, the rest capillary, finely reticulated ; 

 petioles deeply-furrowed on the upperside; fruit axillary twin, 

 sessile; bracts puberous. Miquel's specimens were from Bombay; 

 comes very near to the following ; perhaps too near to be distinct. 

 It differs in the branchlets, stipules, and young fruit being quite 

 glabrous, the branches much dilated at the apex, for the most part 

 retuse, or abruptly ending in a short peak. This species is the true 

 " Nandrook" of the Natives. 



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