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[Ficus. 
Receptacles sessile. 
Stipules large, persistent 4. F. rubra. 
Stipules small, caducous. 
Branchlets stout and leaves large 5. F. nautarum. 
Branchlets slender and leaves small. 
Leaves oblanceolate-oblong 6. F. pyrifolia. 
Leaves obovate-oblong 7. F. terebrata. 
Keceptacles peduncled. 
Leaves subcoriaceous, with about 20 pairs of main 
veins 8. F. consimilis. 
Leaves membranous, witb 6-8 pairs of main veins . . 9. F. Bojeri. 
1. F. mauritiana, Lam. Fncycl. ii. 499. An erect tree, 40-60 feet 
high, with a thick trunk and spreading branches. Leaves cordate 
ovate, 6-8 in. long, acute, subcoriaceous, toothed or subentire, finely 
downy all over beneath, with 4-5 pairs of erecto-patent main veins, 
the lowest springing from the base of the midrib ; petiole 1-1| in. 
long pilose ; stipules an inch long, lanceolate, caducous, hairy on the 
outside. .Fruit- bearing branches usually leafless, springing from the 
trunk a few feet from the ground. Peduncles \-l in. long, with 
three small deltoid bracts clasping the turbinate pilose brown recep- 
tacle, which is finally as large as a walnut or small apple. P. terra- 
gena, Bory, Voy. ii. 143. 
Mauritius, in woods of the Pouce, Moka Kiver, etc. Also Bourbon. A plant 
from Dr. Ayres, with smaller more coriaceous nearly glabrous entire leaves, is pro- 
bably a montane variety. Sieber’s No. 196, mentioned by Miquel, in Hook. Lond. 
Joura. vii. 115, as a doubtful Sycomorus, is Artocarpus integrifolia. Figuier du 
pays or Figuier sauvage. 
2. F. sapotoides, Baker. Glabrous in all its parts. Branchlets 
stout, terete. Leaves coriaceous, obovate-oblong, 3-4 in. long, quite 
entire, green on both surfaces, cuneate at the base, obtuse or obtusely 
deltoid at the apex, with 5-6 erecto-patent main veins on a side, and 
fine raised anastomosing intermediate veinlets ; petiole |-f in. long ; 
stipules caducous (not seen). [Receptacles produced from thick branches, 
turbinate, glabrous, blackish, £ in. thick in an undeveloped state, 
narrowed into a distinct pedicel ^ in. long, at the base of which are 
3-4 minute bracts and a very short peduncle. 
Mauritius, on the Pouce above the plateau, Dr. Ayres ! Endemic. 
3. F. Ayresii, Baker. Glabrous in all its parts, with slender terete 
branchlets. Leaves thin, subcoriaceous, ovate or oblong, acute, quite 
entire, rounded or shortly cordate at the base, with 6-8 pairs of erecto- 
patent main veins ; petiole 1-2 in. long; stipules \ in. long, lanceolate, 
acuminate, caducous. [Receptacles racemose on barren branches, 
turbinate, finely pilose, f-1 in. long, narrowed into a distinct pilose 
pedicel long, with three lanceolate-deltoid minute silky bracts at 
the base, and an in. peduncle. 
Mauritius, in the Pouce woods, Dr. Ayres ! and also cultivated at Pamplemousses. 
Also Bourbon. 
