Key to the Shrtjbby and tree-like figs 



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A. Leaves alternate. (B.) 

 B. Leaves thick and leathery, green and smooth below. (C.) 

 C. Leaves large, oblong, entire, with many side-veins. India 



Rubber Plant (54.3) — Ficus elastica. 

 C. Leaves entire or somewhat lobed with about 10 pairs of side- 

 veins. Variable-leaved Rubber Plant (544) — Ficus 

 er^cta. 

 C. Leaves with 5-7 side-veins and usually lobed like the white 



oak. Oak-leaved Fig — Ficus querorfblia. 

 C. Leaves with 5-7 side-veins, with ear-like lobes at base, a 

 foot or more long. Fiddle-leaved Rubber Plant (545) — 

 Ficus pandurita. 

 B. Leaves thick and rusty below and more or less notched at tip 

 and .base. Rusty-leaved India Rubber Plant (546) — 

 Ficus rubiginbsa. 

 B. Leaves rounded (3 inches long), thick and densely covered with 

 woolly hairs below. Palmer's Rubber Plant — Ficus PAlmeri. 

 B. Leaves thin and membranous, light green blotched with white. 

 Parcell's Rubber Plant — Ficus Parc^Ui. 

 A. Leaves usually opposite, entire or somewhat toothed. Rough 

 Rubber Plant — Ficus hispida. 



Fig. 647. — ( 



: ' Orange.' 



Fig. 548. — Wax 'Myrtle.' 



