haftate, gaflied; branch-leaves ovate-lanceolate, fubfer- 
rate ; ftem fubereift. This is a flirub fix feet in height, 
with a branching ftem, covered with a fmooth bark like 
hejbp. Native of Cochin-china. 
40. Ficus populifolia, or poplar-leaved fig-tree : leaves 
finely cordate, acute ; fruits in pairs, pedicel led. Branches 
round, fmooth, with a wrinkled bark ; leaves quite entire, 
very fmooth on both (ides, veined, two inches long, and 
of the fame breadth at the bafe. It is diftindt from F. 
religiofa in having acute leaves, not ending in a long- 
point, and peduncled fruits; from F. nymphaeifolia in 
the leaves being exquifitely cordate, of the fame colour 
on both Tides, by no means obtufe and mucronate. Its 
proper place is between the third and fourth fpecies. 
41. Ficus mollis, or foft fig-tree : leaves oblong, quite 
entire, villofe underneath ,- fruitsaxillary, fefiile, tomen- 
tofe. Native of the Eaft Indies. Its proper place is be¬ 
tween the fifth and fixth fpecies. 
42. Ficus falicifolia, or willowleaved fig-tree : leaves 
lanceolate, acuminate ; fruits in pairs, axillary, pedun- 
cied. The whole of this is very fmooth and even. Its 
place is between the fixth and feventh fpecies. 
43. Ficus fagittata, or arrow fig-tree : leaves heart- 
fhaped, oblong, acute, rugged on both (ides ; ftem creep¬ 
ing. Native of the Eafi; Indies. The proper place is 
between the eleventh and twelfth fpecies. 
44. Ficus denticulata, or toothed fig-tree : leaves ob¬ 
long, undivided, three-lobed, and finuate, toothletted, 
rugged ; fruit peduncled, muricated, globular. 45. Fi¬ 
cus truncata, or blunt fig-tree : leaves oblong, undivided, 
and lobed, quite entire, rugged ; fruits peduncled, ob¬ 
long, truncated, rugged. 46. Ficus ferrata, or ferrate- 
leaved fig-tree : leaves oblong, undivided, and palmate, 
repand-toothed, rugged ; fruit peduncled, globular, very 
rugged. 47. Ficus palmata, or palmate fig-tree : leaves 
cordate-ovate and lobed, ferrate ; fruits pear-fhaped, pe- 
duncled, fmooth. Natives of the Eafi Indies. Their 
proper place is between the fixteenth and feventeenth 
fpecies. 
48. Ficus cordata, or cordate-leaved fig-tree : leaves 
fubcordate, ovate, acute, fmooth, coriaceous ; fiem (hrub- 
by, eredt. This is a middle-lized (hrub, entirely fmooth ; 
fruits towards the ends of the branches and branchlets in 
the axils of the leaves approximating, globular, the fize 
of peafe. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
49. Ficus falcata, or falcate-leaved fig-tree : leaves 
oblong, fickle-fhaped, fmooth ; ftem filiform, rooting. 
Stems filiform, decumbent, rooting, flexuofe, brown. 
Native of the Eafi Indies. 
50. Ficus pundlata, or dotted-leaved fig-tree : leaves 
oblong, emarginate, fmooth, dotted underneath ; ftem 
flexuofe, rooting. Stem parafitical, climbing, round, 
wrinkled, brown, fcarcely the thicknefs of a goofe-quill; 
fruits obovate, nearly the fize of the common fig. Native 
of the Eafi Indies. 
51. Ficus nitiaa, or fmooth fig-tree: leaves elliptic, 
acute, fmooth ; fruits retufe-umbilicate, fefiile. 52. Fi¬ 
cus reflexa, or recurved fig-tree : leaves elliptic, obtufe, 
fmooth ; branches recurved ; fruits globular, fefiile. 
Branches ftriated and wrinkled ; fruits the fize of peafe. 
Natives of the Eaft Indies. 
53. Ficus drupacea, or large-fruited fig-tree : leaves 
obovate, cufped, fmooth ; fruits ovate, wrinkled, fefiile. 
Branches round, grooved, fmooth ; fruits towards the 
ends of the branches fmooth, the fize of plums. Native 
of the Eaft Indies. 
54. Ficus reticulata, or net-leaved fig-tree : leaves el¬ 
liptic, fomewhat angular, cufpcd, fmooth, netted under¬ 
neath ; fruits globular, folitary, peduncled. Branches 
round, wrinkled, purple, fmooth, upright; fruitsaxil¬ 
lary, fmooth, larger than peafe, on peduncles a line in 
length. Native of the Eaft Indies. 
55. Ficus finuata, or crooked fig-tree : leaves elliptic, 
finuate-toothed, cufped, fmooth ; fruits globular, aggre¬ 
gate, peduncled. Branches round, ftriated, afli-coloured, 
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fmooth, ereift; fruits on the branchlets fcattered and ag¬ 
gregate, fefiile, globular, fomewhat knobbed, fmooth, 
fcarcely the fize of pepper. Native of the Eaft Indies. 
Ficus Capenfis, or Cape fig-tree: leaves ovate, 
acute, fmooth, ferrate ; fruits peduncled, fmooth. This 
is a vaft lofty fmooth tree, with fpreading branches 
leaves finuate-toothed, paler underneath, nerved, fpread¬ 
ing, a finger’s length ; fruits fcattered, turbinate, the 
fize of a hazel nut, or bigger. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. 
57. Ficus glomerata, the brurna mamady of the Telin. 
gas. Trunk feldom ftraight, but thick and high ; bark 
Icabrous; fruit nearly as large as common figs, dotted, 
with much foft down; when ripe, of a rich orange co¬ 
lour. It is a large tree, generally found about and in vil¬ 
lages, and on the banks of rivers and watercourfes, where 
the foil is rich and rnoift. The fruit is eaten by the na¬ 
tives ; but Dr. Roxburgh thought the tafte difagreeable. 
This fpecies yields much milky juice. 
58. Ficus oppofitifolia, the boda mamady of the T£- 
lingas. Trunk eredl, as thick as a man’s body; leaves 
from five to nine inches long; fruit the (ize of a large 
nutmeg, covered with (hort white hair; flowers male and 
female. A fmall tree, native of the banks of rivulets, 
where the foil is moift and rich. The fruit is feldom 
eaten, nor does the wood feem to be of any ufe. 
59. Ficus comofa, the pootra juvy of the Telingas. 
It has a large, fpreading, (hady, top ; bark rather fmooth ; 
leaves 2-4 inches long ; fruit the (ize of a goofeberry, 
with yellow colour when ripe. This is a pretty large 
tree; a native of the Circar mountains. Roxburgh, vol. 
ii. PI. 123, 124, 125. 
60. Ficus fingu'ere, or wild fig-tree, difeovered in Ma- 
dagafear by the abbe Rochon, in 1791. This tree pro¬ 
duces by incifion a milky juice, which, when coagulated, 
becomes a true elaftic gum, fuch as the Iatropa elajlica, or 
caoutchouc. The people of Madagafcar make flambeaux 
of it, which burn without a wick, and furnifti them with 
a very great light in their nodlurnal filhing. Spirits of 
wine have no etfeft in melting this gum, but it is foluble 
in ether and linfeed oil. 
Propagation and Culture. Fig-trees generally thrive in all 
foils, and in every fituation ; but they produce a greater 
quantity of fruit upon a ftrong loamy foil than on dry 
ground ; for, if the feafon proves dry in May and June, 
thofe trees which grow upon very warm dry ground are 
very fubjedT: to eaft their fruit; therefore, whenever this 
happens, fuch trees (hould be well watered and mulched, 
which will prevent the fruit from dropping off,; and the 
fruit upon thefe trees are better flavoured than any of 
thofe which grow upon cold moift land. The Italians, 
when they wi(h to forward the ripening of figs, drop in a 
little fweet oil, from a quill, into the eye of the fruit; 
hut care niuft be taken not to hurt the flcin, which would 
make the fig burft. This will make a difference at lead 
of a fortnight in the ripening. When you plant fig-trees, 
let them be from twenty to twenty-four feet apart, and 
train them horizontally, which will render them much 
more fruitful than when they are trained upright, which 
caufes them to run up in long naked wood. 
Thefe trees are always planted as ftandards in all warm 
countries, but in England they are generally planted againft 
walls, there being but few ftandard fig-trees at prefent in 
the Englifh gardens ; however, fince fome of the forts are 
found to ripen their fruit well upon the ftandards, and the 
crop of figs is often greater upon them than upon thofe trees 
againft walls, it is worthy ol our care to plant them either 
in ftandards or efpaliers; the latter will fucceed beft in 
England, if managed as in Germany, where they untie the 
fig-trees from the elpalier, and lay them down, covering 
them in winter with draw or litter, which prevents their 
(hoots being injured by the froft ; and this covering is 
taken away gradually in the fpring, and not wholly"’re¬ 
moved until all the danger of froft is over, by which 
management they generally have a very great crop of 
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