600 C. MOEACE.E [Ficus 



on which the fig has germinatedj often coalescing into a more or less complete 

 hollow cylinder. Eventually the support is often killed by the more powerful 

 foliage of the Ficus. L. mostly alternate, entire, coriaceous, glabrous or hairy, 

 never rough, stipules broad, as a rule minutely hairy, stipular scars annular. 

 Eeceptacles mostly sessile, in pairs, axillary or above the scars of fallen 1., each 

 supported by 3 basal bracts. 



A. Sec. n. prominent, distant, not more than 16 pair. 



ia) petioles short, less than one-third the length of blade. 



tt. Mature 1. glabrous. 



4. F. bengalensis, Linn.; King, Ann. i. i. 13. — Syn. F. IncUca, Roxb. ; 

 TJvostigma bengalense^ Gasp. ; Wiaht Ic. t. 1989 ; Banyan, Sans. Vata^ 

 Vern. Z>o?', Bar^ Bar gat ^ Hind. ; Wad^ Mar. ; Marri^ Tel. ; Ala^ Tarn. ; Alada, 

 Kan. ; Fgi nyaiing^ Burm. 



A large tree, branches spreading, sending down to the ground nu.merous 

 aerial roots, which afterwards become trunks. Young shoots pubescent, 1. 

 glabrous wdien mature, approximate near the ends of branches, ovate, mostly 

 obtuse, base cordate or rounded, basal n. 3-5, the midrib with 4-6 pair of sec. n. ; 

 blade 4-8, pet. 1-2 in. Pr. globose, pubescent, J-| in. diam., sessile, scarlet 

 when ripe, supported by 2-4 broad obtuse bracts. 



Indigenous in the &iibhimalay an trac t and the "Western Peninbula. Commonly planted 

 by Hindoos tlironghont India as far north as Peshawar and in the Outer Himalaya as 

 high as 4,000 ft. Banj^an trees often have a crown 3-500 ft. in diam., supported by 

 numerous often more than 100 root-dropb. Pr. Apr.-June. 5. F. altissima, J^ir^ie ; 

 King, Ann. i. t. 30, 31. — Syn. F. lacci/era, "Roxb. ; Wight Ic. t. 656. Outer Hii ya, 

 from Nepal eastwards, ascending to 3,000 ft. Assam. Khasi bills. Ohittdgong. 

 Andamans. Lower Burma. — Ceylon. Malay Penins. and Arcliip. China. A tall 

 tree, aerial roots few, young shoots and outside of stipules minutely hairy, otherwise 

 quite glabrous. L. elliptic, sometimes ovate, base rounded, blade 4-7, pet. stout, 

 channelled, 1-2 in., stipules 1-2 in. long Fr. sessile, ovoid, J-1 in. long, red or yellowish 

 when ripe. 



6. F. Beddomei, King, Ann. i. t. 24. — Syn. F. Rama Variiice, Bourdillon in Journal 

 Bomba}^ Katural Hi^tory Society xiii. 155. Tinnevelli and Travancore hills, in ever- 

 green forests, 1-4,000 ft. A large tree, wholly glabrous, trunk irregularly shaped, 

 hx^anches wide spreading. L. shining, dark green wheu old, pale when young, broad- 

 ovate, shortly acuminate, blade 6-12, pet. 1-4 in., see. n. 12-16 pair, the lowest pair 

 basal, stijuiles golden yellow, often several in. long. Anther^ sessile. Pr. ovoid or 

 subglobose, 1 iD. long, with several more or le^s distinct vertical ridges, green with 

 yellow spots when ripe, basal bracts 3, small, peduncles up to 1 in. long. 7. F. travan- 

 corica, King, Ann. i. t. 26. North Travancore hills, 8,500 ft. A straggling shrub, 1. 

 lanceolate, base cuneate, blade 5-6, pet. ^-| in. Fr. globose ^ in. diam., peduncle 

 shorter tlian fr. 



H, F. glotoosa, Blume ; King, Ann. i. t. 25. — Sj'^n. F onubta, Wall. Tenasserim, Kurz. 

 A large climber, 1. elliptic-oblong, shortly cuspidate, blade 3-7, pet. J-l^ in., sec. n. 

 7-10 pair, the low^est basal, stijDules up to 2J in. long. Fr. almost turbinate, J-1 in. 

 diam., peduncle sbort. 



9. F. glaberrima, Blume ] King, Ann. i. t. 43. — Syn. F. Thomsoni, Miq. Vern, Kakliri^ 

 Duria, Hind. Subliimalayan tract, ascending to 2,000 ft., from the Jumna eastwards. 

 Khasi bills. Chittagong. MejDlay forest, Tenasserim (D.B. March 1862). Andamans. 

 — Malay Archip. A large tree, at times a large epiphytic shrub (D.B. Kotri Dun, 

 Oarhwal, March 1881). As a rule quite glabrous, minute hairs sometimes on young 

 shoots, 1. and peduncles, L. oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, base usually acute, blade 

 5-7, pet. l-lj in. long, sec. n. 8-10 pair, at an angle of 80° to the midrib, the lowest 

 pair basal, running near the edge of 1. Fr. | in. diam., orange-coloured when ripe, 

 basal bracts deciduoxis, peduncle slender, as long as fr. 10. F. Hookeri, Miq. ; King, 

 Ann. i. t. 42. Sikkim, lower hills. Khasi hills. Grlabrous, 1. broad-elliptic, blade 

 6-12, pet. 2-3 in., sec. n. 8-10 pair, the lowest pair from the base, stipules up to 4 in. 

 long, caducous. Fr. sessile, J-1 in. diam., the lower third in an entire cartilaginous 

 cup, consisting of the connate basal bi'acts. 



11. F. nervosa, Roth 5 King, Ann. i. t, 65. Yern. Icha^ Mai. ; Nyaung pehnie, 

 Burm. Assam. Cachar. Chittagong. Lower Burma. Chutia Nagpur. E,ampa 

 hills, Godavari. Evergreen forests of the Western coast, ascending to 3,000 ft., 

 from Noi'th Kanara southwards.— Malay Penins. and Archip. China. A very large 

 umbrageou:s tree, in a dry climate smaller, trunk cylindric, no al^rial roots, young 



