602 



C. MOEACE^ 



[Ficus 



A lar^-e deciduous tree, often &tem-clasiomg, entirely glabrous. L. broad- ovate, base 

 rounded or truncate and narrowed into the joetiole, tail ^-1 m., pet. 2-3 in. bug, basal 



n. 3-5 pair. Pr. sessile, J in. diam., black -when ri^De, basal bracts small. 20. F 

 Axnottiana, Miq. ; King, Ann. i. t. 68. Vern. Pipar, Paras Pipal, Hind. Tons valle^^, 

 Jaunsar, 4,000 ft. Garliwal. Ajmere. Central Provinces. Bebar. Cbutia Kagpur. 

 Western Peninsula, in the Deccan and near the coast. A large shrub or small tree, 

 often epiphytic, also creeping over rocks, 1. broad-ovate, base cordate, pet. 1-5 

 in. long, basal n. 5-7 pair, stipules large. Pr, often pecluncled, J~^ in. diani.. 



densely clustered, basal bracts membranous. 



tail J-1 



often 



21. F. infec- 

 toria, Roxb. ; 

 Wigbt Ic. t. 665 ; 

 King, Ann. i. tt. 

 75-79. Vern. 

 Palakh, Pilkhan^ 

 Punjab ; Eliahar^ 

 Pakhar, Hind. ; 

 j.v.66j JL n 3j n 8i « I 

 Jtovvij Tel.; Bas- 

 sari^ Kan. ; Jovi, 

 Tarn. ; Ch ela . 

 MaL 



A large widely 

 spreading decid- 

 iious fast-growing 

 tx^ee, young shoots 

 and stipules min- 

 utely hairy. L. 

 thinly coriaceous^ 

 glabrous, shining^ 

 ovate or ovate- 

 short 1 J 



oblong, 



acuminate, mar- 

 gin 



u n d n 1 a t e^ 

 base acute, 

 rounded or cord- 

 ate, blade 3-6, pet. 

 1-3 in. long, sec. 

 n. 8-10 pair, the 

 lowest pair from 

 the base, 'Ft. 

 sessile or shortly 

 peduncled, |-J-in. 

 diam.jbasal bracts 

 minute. 



Su.leinian range, 

 __ ^ _ Translndus. Mount 



Fig. 186.— Picus infectoria, Eoxb. 4. Tilla, Salt range, 



common in crevices 

 of rocks. Subhimalayan tract and outer hills, ascending to 5,000 ft. Common in 

 Northern India, the Central Provinces, Berar and the Western Peninsula. Forests east 

 of Toungoo (Kurz). Pr. Pebr.-June. — Ceylon, Malaya. China. Yar. Lamhertiana has 

 broader 1. and larger fr. on pubescent pedicels. 22. F. genicTJlata, Xurz 5 King, Ann. i. 

 t. 80. Vern. Nifam^g thahye^ Burm. Sikkim, hot valleys. Bhutan. Khasi hills. 

 Chittagong. Lower Burma. —Malay Penins. and Archip. A large deciduous usually 

 epiphytic tree, branchlets stout, prominently marked with the scars of fallen 1., 

 extremities and stipules minutely silky. L. coriaceous, glabrous, shining, elliptic or 

 ovate, blade 4-7, pet. 3-5 in., long. Pr. sessile or nearly so, J--J in. diam., yellowi-nh- 

 red, dotted when ripe, basal bracts broadly ovate, 23. F. insignis, Kurz. Dry forests of 

 the Prome district. A middle-sized tree, jjrobably evergreen, similar to 22, branchlet<?, 

 stipules and receptacles gx-ey- or tawny-tomentose, fr. ^ in» diam., greyish-white with 

 pink dots on short thick tomentose peduncles. 



