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FICUS CORIACEA. 
Coriaceous-leaved Fig. 
POLYGAMIA DKECIA— Nat. Ord. URTICEJE. 
Gen. Char. — Receptaculum commune subsphaericum, carnosum, connivens, 
floscvilos numerosos occultans.— Masc. Cal. 3-partitus. Cor. 0. Stam. 
1-3 F(EM. Cal 3-5-partitus. Cor. 0. Pistillum 1. Sermn unicum — 
W. 
Ficus coriacea ; foliis ellipticis obtusissimis coriaceis, basi subattenuatis, 
supra glabris nervis impressis (pallidis), subtus (petiolisque) pubes- 
centibus venis prominentibus, receptaculis sessilibus geminatis glo- 
bosis subverrucosis velutinis. 
Ficus coriacea, Ait. Hort. Kenu ed. 1. v. iii. p. 433. 
This seems to form a tree, with rounded branches, clothed with greyish 
smooth bark, jointed with transverse lines. Leaves 4-5 inches long, co- 
riaceous, subattenuated at the base (but not cordate), very obtuse at the 
extremity, above quite glabrous, very dark green, with the midribs and 
nerves pale, immersed ; below pale green, subpubescent, the midrib 
and nerves prominent. Petioles an inch and a half to two inches long, 
semicylindrical, pubescent. 
Receptacles globose, three-fourths of an inch in diameter, quite sessile, some- 
what warted, of a brownish-orange colour, velvety, surrounded at the 
base with 3 broadly ovate glabrous bracteae. 
This is a plant that has been long cultivated in the Bota- 
nic Garden of Liverpool, but from what country it came is not 
known. It there stands under the name of Ficus coriacea, a 
species adopted by Mr Aiton, and unknown, as it would ap- 
pear, to other Botanists. 
Fig, 1. A receptacle separated from the branch. 
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