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and two inches broad. The fruit is not bigger than a 
hazel-nut, of a fcarlet or carnation colour, the tafte fweet- 
ifh, and not unpleafant. It is much coveted by the wild 
pigeons. Native of the Weft Indies. 
11. Ficus venofa, or waved-leaved fig-tree : leaves ovate, 
fomewhat cordate, fharp, quite entire, fmooth and even, 
impreffed with dots on the upper furface. 12. Ficus 
coftata, or upright heart-leaved fig-tree : leaves ovate, 
cordate, with a deep narrow finus, quite entire, fmooth, 
fharp, green on both Tides. 13. Ficus racemofa, or red- 
wooded fig-tree: leaves ovate, quite entire, fharp, im- 
preffed with dots; ftem arboreous. Natives of the Eaft 
Indies. 
14. Ficus pertufa, or laurel-leaved fig-tree: leaves 
ovate, fmooth, calyxes bifid, berries globular, umbili- 
cated with a hole. A fmall tree, with ftriated fpreading 
branches. Fruit red, the fize of currants, fcattered in 
racemes, very abundant, pedicelled. Native of South 
America. 
15. Ficus retufa, or blunt-leaved fig-tree : leaves obo- 
vate-oblong, extremely obtufe ; branches angular; fruits 
feflile. Native of the Eaft Indies. 
1 6. Ficus puntila, or dwarf fig-tree: leaves oblong- 
ovate, blunt, fmooth, netted underneath; ftem decum¬ 
bent ; fruits peduncled. Stem creeping, roo’ing, round, 
full of chinks, a fh-coloured, fmooth. Fruits ovate, fmooth, 
as large as a plum. Native of China and Japan. 
17. Ficus toxicaria, or poifonous fig-tree : leaves cor¬ 
date-ovate, fomewhat toothletted, tomentsfe underneath. 
A middle-fized fhrub, with round, fmooth, ferruginous, 
branches. Fruits ovate, tomentofe, the fize of a plum. 
This is faid to be extremely poifonous. It grows near 
Padan, in Sumatra. 
18. Ficus maculata, or fpotted fig-tree: leaves ob¬ 
long, acuminate, ferrate. A middle-fized tree, with up¬ 
right ftem and branches. Fruit middle-lized, turbinate, 
brown, axillary, folirary. Native of America. Accord¬ 
ing to Thunberg, the maculata and hifpida of Syft. Veget. 
are one and the fame plant. 
19. Ficus trigona, or triangled fig-tree: leaves elliptic, 
calyxes bifid, berries with a triangular navel. This is a 
tree lealy at the top, with round, wrinkled, tomentofe, 
branches, and very fhort branchlets. Native of Surinam. 
20. Ficus hifpida, or hifpid fig-tree : leaves oblong, 
petioled, fharp; fruits ftrigofe hifpid. Native of Java. 
21. Ficus ftipulata, or trailing fig-tree : leaves obliquely 
cordate, obtufe, fmooth ; ftem decumbent, fealy. Native 
of China and Japan. 
22. Ficus heterophylla, or rough-leaved fig-tree: leaves 
oblong, undivided, three-lobed, and finuate, fcabrous; 
ftem hifpid ; fruit ovate, peduncled, fcabrous. Fruits 
axillary, ovate, obtufe, hifpid, the (ize of a Hazel-nut, on 
peduncles fhorter than the petioles. In Linnaeus’s Sup¬ 
plement they are deferibed as fmooth. Native of the 
Eaft Indies, near rivulets and watery places, fcarcely ac- 
ceftible on account of the rattans. 
23. Ficus microcarpa, or fmall-fruited fig-tree: leaves 
oblong, on fhort petioles, three - nerved, veined, very 
fmooth: fruit globular, fmall, feftile. Native of Java. 
The fame with No. 5, according- to Thunberg. 
24. Ficus' coriacea, or leathery-leaved dwarf fig-tree : 
leaves oblong, fmooth and even, attenuated at the bale, 
cordate, leathery, veins immerfed. Native of the Eaft 
Indies. v 
25. Ficus fcabra, or fcabrous fig-tree : leaves cordate- 
ovate, oblique, entire, fcabrous underneath ; fruits tur¬ 
binate, without calyxes. Native of the ides of Tanna 
and Namokn, in the South Seas. 
26. Ficus afpera, or rough fig-tree : leaves obliquely 
cordate, finuute-toothed, rough on both tides; fruits tur¬ 
binate, the edge of the calyx obfeure, and growing to 
them. This is a tree four or five fathoms in height, with 
jointed branches. Native of the ille of Tanna; where it 
is alfo cultivated for the fruit, which is fweet and plea- 
lant; the young leaves boiled are eaten as greens. 
27. Ficus tinfioria, or fouthern fig-tree: leaves ob¬ 
liquely ovate, obtufe; fruits turbinate, calycled at the 
bafe. Native of the Society ifles. 
28. Ficus feptica, or feptic fig-tree: leaves oblique, 
oblong ovate, acuminate, peduncles in pairs, calycled at 
the tip ; fruits warte'd. Native of the ifle of Tanna. In 
Otaheite it is called matte. Loureiro has given the fame 
name to a Cochin-chinefe fig, on account of its feptic qua¬ 
lities. It is ufed there for eating oft proud fielh, and. 
again!! worms. He deferibes it as a fhrub eight feet high, 
and upright, with fpreading branches. 
29. Ficus granatum, or Tanna fig-tree : leaves ovate, 
quite entire, peduncles terminating in pairs, horizontally 
diverging, fruits calycled, globular.. This is a tall fhady 
tree, with a multangular torofe trunk : all the branches 
afeending, long, roundifh, fomewhat jointed, brown-afh- 
coloured, unequal; branchlets round, jointed, leafy only 
at the end. Leaves crowded, alternate, fmooth, with few 
yellow veins, dark green above, more fhining beneath, a 
fpan or more in length, fpreading. Cultivated in the 
ille of Tanna for its fruit, which is fweetifh, watery, and 
almoft infipid. 
30. Ficus obliqua, or oblique fig-tree : leaves lanceo¬ 
late, very fmooth, cartilaginous at the edge, peduncles 
in pairs, very fhort, calyxes caducous, the length of the 
fruit. Native of the ifles of Namoka and Tanna. 
31. Ficus prolixa, or large fig-tree : leaves lanceolate- 
oblong, acuminate, dotted underneath ; peduncles in 
pairs, caiycled at the tip. Native of the Society Ifles. 
32. Ficus calyculata, or calycled fig-tree : leaves ovate, 
quite entire, obtufe, oppofite ; fruit globular, calycled. 
This rifes with many fhrubby ftalks to the height of 
twelve or fourteen feet, and divides into many fmaller 
branches. The leaves are four inches long, and three 
broad, of a light green, and ftand upon fhort foot-ftalks, 
joined to a cup in which the fruit lits ; this is globular, 
and the fize of a middling nutmeg, of a deep yellow, 
when ripe, but is not eatable. Native of Vera Cruz, 
whence it was fent to Mr. Miller by Dr. Houftoun. 
33. Ficus Americana, or American fig-tree : leaves 
ovate, oblong, veined, quite entire ; fruits axillary, pe¬ 
duncled, clullered. The fruit is of a pale yellow colour, 
and fpherical. Native of Jamaica. 
34. Ficus eretta, or upright fig-tree : leaves oblong, 
acute, fmooth, netted beneath ; ftem decumbent, with 
upright branches ; fruits peduncled. Stem weak, round, 
ftriated and clunky, ferruginous a(h-co!oured, fmooth ; 
fruits fcattered on the branchlets, ereft, fubglobular, 
the fize of a hazel nut. It differs from F. pumila, of 
wlfich it was fuppofed to be only a variety, in having 
larger leaves, lefs netted, and thinner; and fmaller. 
Tweeter, more eatable, fruits. Native of Japan. 
35. Ficus ftipulata, or ftipulated fig-tree : leaves ob¬ 
liquely cordate, obtufe, fmooth ; ftem decumben, fealy. 
Native of Japan. 
36. Ficus auriculata, or heart fig-tree : leaves heart- 
fliaped, acuminate; fruit eared, racemed, terminating. 
This is a large tree, with, oblique branches; leaves fubfer¬ 
rate, tomentofe, large, fcattered. petioled ; fruit turbinate, 
two inches long, of an even furface, red within .and with¬ 
out, in heaped, erect, terminating racemes. Native of 
Cochin-china, where the fruit before it is ripe cut in 
flices taftes like the cucumber, and is eaten in falads. 
37 Fi us politoria, or polifiling fig-tree : leaves ob¬ 
long ovate, quite entire, rugged ; fruit roundifh, in fpikesj 
ftem erect. This is a fhrub fix feet high, upright, and 
branched; fruit very fmall, faffron-coloured. Native of 
Cochin-china ; where the dried leaves are ufed in polifh- 
ing fmall works in wood or ivory. 
38. Ficus fimpliciffima, or plain fig-tree: leaves pal¬ 
mate;, ftem quite fimple; fruit compreffed. This is a 
fhrub five feet in height, with an upright ftraight ftem, 
without any branches ; fruit fpheroidal, faffron-coloured, 
fmall, feflile, axillary, folitury. Native of Cochin-china. 
39. Ficus cannabina, or hemp fig-tree ; ftem-leaves 
2 huftate, 
