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Bomb. Fl. 241. The Peepul Tree. ArUf hasri, pijpal, Vein. ; Jaritpipro^ 

 Panch Mahals. Ashvatha, M. 



Wild in the sub-Himalayan forests, Bengal and Central India. Planted 

 near temples and villages throughout the presidency. Fr. ripe May- July. 

 A large tree. Bark grey. Wood light brown with yellowish patches, 

 moderately hard. Pores moderate-sized, rather numerous, subdivided. 

 Medullary rays reddish, moderately broad, wavy. Bands of light soft 

 tissue, alternating with those of a harder substance of equal width. 

 Weighs about 45 lbs. to the cub. ft. Used for fuel and for packing cases. 

 A tree held very sacred by the Hindus. The leaves, bark and fruit are 

 used in native medicine. 



11. F. Arnottiana, Miq. Ann. Mus. III. 287; Fl. Br. I. 5. 513. 



Urostigma cordifoliuni, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. 242. Paeer, Vern. 



The Deccan peninsula and Ceylon, in rocky places. Throughout the 

 Konkan and North Kanara, common on rocks near the coast, also in moist 

 forests. Kumta, near the Yena Rocks. Fr. ripe Feb.-Apl. A small tree. 



12. F. Tjakela, Burm. Fl. Ind. 227 ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 514. Rheede Hort 

 Mai. III. t. 64. Eel, M. 



The Deccan Peninsula and Ceylon. Throughoat the Konkan and 

 North Kanara, common in moist forests, abundant in the forests near 

 Yellapur and generally on the ghats of North Kanara. Fr. ripe Mcb.- 

 May. A large tree without aerial roots. Bark dark-coloured, with 

 a very hard rhytidome breaking off in irregular plates ; inner bark red. 

 •7o in. thick, with much milky juice which soon coagulates. There 

 are smooth, shining patches of the bark with groups of lenticels. Sti- 

 pules large, membranous, red. Young leaves appear in Feb. Receptacles 

 small, pealike, clustered. A very distinct species. 



Ie3. P. Tsiela, Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 549 ; Fl. Br. 1. 5. 515 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 

 314; Brandis For. Fl. 415. Urostigma pseudo-TjielafMiq.-, Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 241. Rheede Hort. Mai. III. t. 63. Fipri, Vern.; BiU-hasri, K. 



Western Peninsula from the Konkan southwards. Throughout the 

 presidency ; often planted along roadsides. Fruit purple black when 

 ripe, Apl.-Oct. A large, quite glabrous, smooth greenish -white barked 

 tree without aerial roots. Wood grey^ moderately hard, somewhat shining. 

 Pores few, mo derate -si zed ; subdivided. Medullary rays fine, equidistant, 

 white, wavy. Bands of white tissue, narrower than the dark-coloured. 

 Weighs about 45 lbs. to the cubic ft. 



14. P. infectoria, Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 550 ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 515 ; Brandi. 

 For. Fl. 414; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 222. Urostigma infectoria, Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 241. Ficus Lambertiana, Miq. Urostigma Lambertia7iumf Dalz. 

 & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 241. Ficus Wightiana, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 222. Bassari 

 dhedumhara, pahari, lendva,M..; Karibasri, pipli,kaim, Vern.; Pepri, Guz. 



Sulimari and Salt ranges, the outer Himalaya, plains and hills of India, 

 Bengal, Assam and Burma ; Western Coast forests. Common throughout 

 the presidency, usually in dry forests. Var. Lambertiana, is common in 

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