Ficus.] 



81. URTICACEJE. 



Planted in tho plains of India, wild only in the snb-Himalayan forests 

 and the bills of tbo Doccan peninsula. 



Tbrougliout tlio presidency, wild or planted ; self-sown throughout tho 

 deciduous and evergreen forests of the western gh^ts. Dr. King in his 

 SjiGCiGS of Ficus says Really wild only in the sub-Himalayan forests 

 and on the lower slopes of the bill ranges of Southern India." Fruit 

 ripe April-June. 



A largo evergreen tree with thick aerial roots and greyish white 

 smooth bark. Wood grey, moderately hard. Pores few, large, simple or 

 subdivided. Medullary rays fine, equi-distant, crossed by narrow, wavy 

 lines of light coloured tissue. Weighs 42 lbs. to the cub. ft. The large 

 dropping roots make excellent light poles for palanquins, munchecls, 

 cart yokes, &c. 



3. P« mysorensis, Heyne in Roth, Nov. Sp. 390 ; PI. Br. I. 5. 500 ; 

 BrandisFor. Fl. 414; King. Sp. Ficus 19; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 222. F, 

 pubescens, Roth. Urostigma dasycarpum, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 242. 

 BhurvaTi M. ; Cliungal, goU, K. 



Forests of the base of the Himalaya from Sikkim eastwards. Burma, 

 Deccan peninsula and Ceylon. 



Throughout the Konkan and North K^nara in moist forests along the 

 ghats, also near villages and in open situations, self-sown or planted. Fr. 

 ripe Apl.-May. Fruit large, when young flocculent tomentose, when ripe 

 glabrous, bright yellow, sometimes tinged with red. Often leafless when 

 in ripe fruit. A large tree, stem usually short. Bark 'Sin. thick, grey, 

 rough with short horizontal lines of raised lenticels. Green cell layer close 

 to surface. Inner bark very hard, yellowish, woody, with milky juice. 

 Wood light, grey, soft. Pores moderate-sized, subdivided, few, mostly 

 in the narrow, wavy bands of white tissue. Medullary rays medium or 

 fine, somewhat sinuous. Weighs about 40 lbs. to the cub. ft. 



4. P. tomentosa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 550 ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 501 ; Brandis 

 For. FJ. 414; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 223. Donkey's Banyan. Kulgolu, hull 

 atti^ kallu goli, K. 



Drier parts of the Gangetic plain, Behar, Central India, Deccan penin- 

 sula and Ceylon. 



Throughout the presidency, common near the sea-coast of the Konkan 

 and North Kdnara, on sandstone rocks near Badami, Bijapur Collectorate. 

 Fr. ripe Mch.-Apl. A large shady tree with aerial roots from the 

 branches. Bark white, scaly. Wood light, grey, soft. Pores large, few, 

 subdivided. Bands of soft white tissue alternating with and broader 

 than those of the darker coloured. Medullary rays moderately broad, 

 white, distinct. Weighs 26 lbs. to the cub. ft. Leaves and branches 

 lopped for fodder near Bddami, Bijdpur District. 



5. F. Benjamina, Linn. Mantiss. 129 (Excl. Syn. Rheede) ; Fl. Br. 

 L 5. 508; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 223. K comosa, Roxb.; Bedd. Fh Sylv. 223; 

 Wgt. Icones t. 658. Urostigma Benjamina, Miq. ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl, 

 242 ; var. comosa, Kz. For. Fl. II . 446. Pimpri, Vern. 



