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MACLUEA, Nutt. 



aurantiaca, Nutt. ; Osage Orange ; tr. ; North America. A.B. 



This tree can be used for hedges, but will form a good timber-tree ou good soil, furnishing 

 strong elastic timber fit for buggy-shafts, &c. The roots yield an excellent dye. 



PSETTDOMORUS, Bur. 



Brunoniana, Bureau ; tr. ; Australia. A.B. 



MORTIS, Linn. ; Mulberry. 



alba, Linn. ; White Mulberry ; tr. ; China. B. 

 var. inclica ; tr. ; East India. B. 

 tartarica ; tr. ; East India. B. 

 nigra, Linn. ; Black Mulberry ; tr. ; Persia. B. 



TEIBE AeTOCAEPEyE. 



FICUS, Linn, 



aspera, Forst. ; Black Pig ; tr. ; Australia. 



bengalensis, Linn. ; Banyan (F. indica, Roxb.) ; tr. ; East India. A.B. 



The bark gives a fibre used in rope-making. The leaves are used to cure bruises. The Gori or 

 Deomuga silkworm (Bombi/x religiosa) is fed on the leaves in Assam. The wood is light and of 

 little value ; 38 to 39 lbs. per cubic foot. 



benjaminea, Linn. ; Weeping Fig ; tr. ; East India. A.B. 



Bennetti. A. 



braziliensis, Link. ; tr. ; Brazil. B. 



carica, Linn. ; Cultivated Fig ; tr. ; South Europe. A.B. 



Besides producing one of the most useful of fruits, the wood has been found, on account of its 

 soft, spongy nature, to be easily charged with oil and emery, and then useful in some countries to 

 the locksmiths and armourers for polishing. Weight per cubic foot of wood from 34 to 45 lbs. The 

 British import of figs is said to be over 1,000 tons a year. 



casearia, F. v. M. ; tr. ; Tropical Queensland. W.T.R. 



elastica, Bl. ; India-rubber or Caoutchouc tree ; tr. ; East India. A.B. 



In tapping for the caoutchouc, slanting notches are made in the stem, aerial roots, &c, about 

 twelve inches apart, into which the milk is allowed to collect and coagulate for two or three days, 

 after which the hard India-rubber in each notch is easily removed by pulling out in a strip. The 

 trees will not bear tapping oftener than ever}' third j r ear. Weight of wood, 43 lbs. per cubic foot. 



glomerata, Roxb. ; Cluster Fig ; tr. ; East India and Queensland. A.B. 



In India the ripe fruit is eaten either raw or stewed. The wood is durable only under water. 

 The foliage is used as a fodder for cattle. Weight per cubic foot of wood, 25 lbs. 



laccifera, Roxb. ; tr ; East India. 



This tree yields India-rubber, and, it is stated, yields most when grown on a ferruginous 

 clay soil on a rocky substratum. 



macrophylla, Lesf. ; Moreton Bay Fig ; tr. ; Queensland. A.B. 



nitida, Thunb. ; tr. ; Queensland.- A. 



Pinkiana, F. v. M. ; W. Hill's Giant Fig ; tr. ; Bellenden-Ker. B. 



Parcellii, Bapt. ; tr. ; South Sea Islands. A. 



pleurocarpa, F. v. M. ; Ribbed Fig of Johnstone River ; tr. ; Tropical 



Queensland. A. 



puniila, Linn. ; Creeping Fig; cl. ; East India. A.B. 



religiosa, Linn. ; Peepnl or Sacred Fig ; tr. ; East India. A.B. 



Timber useful ; weight from 34 to 44 lbs. per cubic foot. Foliage a cattle fodder ; used also in 

 Assam for feeding the Gori or Deomuga silkworm (Bombijx religiosa). 



Roxburghii, Wall.; tr.; East India. A,B. 



Fruit edible ; foliage used as cattle fodder ; weight of cubic foot of wood, about 31 lbs. 



sycarnorus, Linn. ; Mulberry Fig or Sycamore Fig tree ; tr. ; Egypt. A.B. 



Although light the wood is said to be almost imperishable, and was one of the timber used 

 for making mummy cases by the Egyptians. 



