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FICUS, Linn. 
F. Rigo, (u. sp.) Branchlets angular. Leaves alternate, oblong or 
obovate, 3 to 4 in. long, 1$ to 22in. broad, usually rounded at the end, 
sometimes slightly emarginate or showing a very short point, slightly cuneate 
at the base; lateral nerves prominent, patent except the 2 basal ones which, 
starting from the top of the petiole, run: parallel with the margin and form 
the intermarginal one with which the other lateral nerves loop a short distance 
from the edge of the leaf; petiole rather slender, 6 or 7 lines long. Stipules 
narrow-acuminate, shorter than the petioles. Receptacles solitary on the 
specimens to hand, globular, 3 or 4 lines diameter; the 3 persistent-basal 
bracts large for size of fig, almost orbicular with thin torn margins. Florets 
closely resembling those of /, retusa, Linn., but the female ones seem to have 
rather longer styles. 
