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Leaves dark and glossy but scabrid, figs bright yellow. On one specimen the leaves 

 were found dotted with white spots due to the swelling of the epidermis through the 

 action of some disease. 



Distfih. — -Behar, Central India and the Deccan. 



29. F. bengalensis Linn. F.B.I, v, 499; King, Ann. R.B.G. i, pt. i, 18 and 

 pi. 13 ; Prain, Beng. PI. ii, 979-80. 



F. indica Linn. Fl. Ind. iii, 539. 



Loc. —Barkuda. Nos. 1245 and 1248 and 1457. Banyan. " Bar gachh." 



" One of the commonest indigenous trees on the island but now apparently dying 

 out. In April, 1920, only one young plant could be discovered. It was growing as 

 an epiphyte on a Nim Tree. Figs red when ripe." 



Distvih. — Planted in all the plains of India, said to be wild only in the Sub- 

 Himalayan Forests and on the lower slopes of the Deccan hills. 



30. F« retusa Linn. F.B.I, v, 511 ; King, Ann. R.B.G. i, pt. i, 51 and pi. 62 ; 

 Prain, Beng. PI. ii, 980. 



F. Benjamina Willd. Fl. Ind. iii, 550. 



Loc. — Barkuda. Nos. 1229, 1459 and 1524. 



" This is a large tree, common on the island with a spreading growth and stout 

 adventitious roots like the Banyan." 



Distrib. — South India, East Himalayas through Assam to Burma and the Malayan 

 region. 



31. F. religiosa Linn. F.B.I, v, 513 ; King, Ann. R.B.G. i, pt. i, 55 and pi. 

 67 A ; Prain, Beng. Pi. ii, 980, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii, 547. 



Loc. — Barkuda. Nos. 1458, 1462 and 1522. 



" By no means common on the island ; always as an epiphyte on another Ficus." 



Distrib. — Said to be wild only in the Sub-Himalayan forests, Bengal and Central 



India. Universally planted throughout India and Ceylon but less frequently in 



Burma and rarely in Mala5^an region. 



32. F. arnottiana Miq. F.B.I, v, 513; King, Ann.R.B.G. Calc. i. 56 and 

 pi. 68. 



Loc. — -Barkuda. No. 1384, 1461 and 1476. 



"A large tree, not at all common. Figs dull purple when fully ripe." 



Distrib. — -In rocky places of the Deccan Peninsula and Ceylon. 



33. F. infcctoria Roxb. var. Lambertiana {sp. Miq.) F.B.I, v, 516 ; King, 

 Ann. R.B.G. Calc. i, 63, and pi. 76; Prain, Beng. PI. ii, 981. 



Loc. — Barkuda. Nos. 1453 and 1454. 



''Large tree common in the island, with coriaceous leaves having broad bases, 

 often without adventitious roots. Figs white when ripe flushed with red or purple 

 and dotted when young." 



Distrib. — ^Chota Nagpur through Central India to the Deccan and Ceylon. 



34. F. geniculata Kurz. F.B.I, v, 516; King, Fictts 64, pi. 80; Prain, Beng. 

 PI. ii, 981. 



Loc. — Barkuda. No. 1523. 



