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81. tRTICACEiE. 



[Ficus, 



Nortli Kilnara in moist forests near Yellapur and elsewhere. Var. 

 Wightiana, is found in the southern parts of N^orth Kanara ; it is not so 

 common as the former variety. Var. infectoria proper, is often planted 

 along roadsides and is very common throughout the presidency. A 

 small or moderate-sized deciduous tree. The white dotted receptacles 

 are sometimes more or less peduncled. Bark grey, smooth, scaly, inner 

 tough, fibrous, milky. Wood reddish-grey, moderately hard. Pores few, 

 large, subdivided. Medullary rays moderately broad. Narrow concentric 

 "bands of soft tiss-ue. Weighs alDout 35 lbs. to the cub. ft-, not durable. 

 Used in Assam to make charcoal. Bark yields a fibre. 



15. P. callosa, Willd. in Act. Acad. Berol. 1798, 102. t. 4; Fl. Br. I. 5. 

 516. F, cinerascens, Thw. ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 224. 



Deccan peninsula and from Kanara southwards, Burma, the Andaman, 

 and Ceylon. In the evergreen forests of the Konkan and North Kdnara. 

 A very large smooth-harked tree with pearly juice and without aerial roots. 

 Wood reddish-yellow, moderately hard^ mottled. Pores moderate-sized, 

 few, sub- divided. Med. rays moderately broad, red, uniform. Concentric 

 bands red, rather narrow and close together. Weighs 42 lbs. to the cub. 

 ft. Receptacles large, peduncled, solitary green. Fr. ripe June-July. 



16. P. heterophylla, Linn. fil. Suppl, 442 ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 518 ; Dalz. 

 & Gribs. Bomb. Fl. 243 ; Brandis For. Fi. 424. F. repens, Willd. Wight 

 Icones, t. 636. F. scahrella, Roxb. Wight Icones, t. 661. Batir, M. 



Throughout the hotter parts of India near water, from the Gangetic 

 plain eastwards to pass Burma and southwards to Ceylon. Throughout 

 the presidency, common in North Kanara, along the banks of streams 

 and rivers. Fr. ripe May-June. A creeping shrub. The juice of the 

 leaves and roots are employed in native medicine. 



17. F. asperrima, Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 554 ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 522 ; Dalz. 

 & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 243 ; Bedd, Fl. Sylv, 224 ; Wight Icones. t. 633. 

 Kkargasy gargata, K. ; Kharwat, M. Ka'l-amhar, Guz. 



Central India, Deccan peninsula and Ceylon. Throughout the moist 

 forests of North Kanara and the Konkan, very common. Fr. ripe Mch.- 

 Apl. A small tree with smooth white bark, no aerial roots. Wood 

 yellowish-grey, moderately hard, warps and splits. Pores few, moderate- 

 sized, in broad bands of white soft tissue. Medullary rays moderately 

 broad, distinct. Weighs about 33 lbs. to the cub. ft. The rough leaves 

 are used as sand paper for polishing wood. 



18. F. hispida, Linn. f. Suppl. 442 ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 552 ; Brandis For. 

 Fl. 423; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 224. Oovellia oppositifoUa, Gasp.; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 243, C. doemonum, Dalz. and Gibs. Bom. Fl. 244. Kurwut, 

 Yern. ; Dher-umber, kala-umher^ kharoti, bohria, bhokada, M. ; DTiedu 

 mera, Panch Mahals. 



Throughout India from the Punjab in the North-West to Malacca 

 and Ceylon. Throughout the Konkan and North Kanara, often along 

 the banks of rivers and in moist situations, common in the moist 

 forests near Karwar and along the coast. Ripe fruit H. & R. S. A 



