340 
FLORA OF THE SUNDRIBUNS. 
Petiole flexible, never less than an inch and a half long, usually 
longer 
Leaves 3-nerved at base ; petiole not exceeding two inches 
long ........ infectoria. 
Leaves 5-7'nerved at base ; petiole two and a half inches long or. 
longer : — 
Stipules large ; petiole two and a half to three and a half 
inches long ; leaf-blade with a cuspidate apex one-fifth 
the length of the blade proper . . . Rumphii, 
Stipules minute ; petiole three to four inches long ; leaf-blade 
with a caudate apex half the length of the blade proper 
religiosa. 
225. Ficus retusa Linn, var, iiitida King; F. B. 1 . v. 541. F. 
Benjamina F. I. iii. 550. 
Reserved Forests, Heinig \ Lace\ 
Vernac. Jir ; Zir. 
A tree, 50 feet high ; wood worthless. 
Distrib. — S.-E. Asia; N. Caledonia. 
226. Ficus infectoria Roxb. ; F. I. iii. 550; F. B. I. v. 515. 
E. D. F 216. 
Jatta, among ruins, Prain ! 
Vernac. Paktir. 
A low deciduous tree ; wood worthless, 
Distrib. — S.*E. Asia. In India it is often planted, as it possibly originally 
was here. 
227. Ficus Ruiiipliii Bl. ; F. B. 1 . v. 512. P. cordifolia F. 1 . iii. 
54S. E. D. F 265. 
Sea-face, Heinig ! Jatta, among ruins, Prain ! 
Vernac Ausat ; Gaiasvattha. 
A large tree ; wood worthless. 
Distrib.— S.-E. Asia. 
228. Ficus religiosa Linn.; F. 1 . iii. 547 ; F. B. 1 . v 513. 
Jatta, growing on an old pagoda, Prain ! 
Vernac. Asvattha ; Ausat, 
A large tree ; wood worthless. A sacred species, whence possibly its presence 
here. 
Distrib. — Bengal generally to the foot of the Himalaya; C. India: elsewhere 
planted. 
LVI.— CASUAROEdE. 
Casuarina Forst. 
229. Casuarina equisetifolia Forst.; F. B. L v. 599. C. muru'ctx 
F. 1 . iii 519. 
