EXPLANATION OF PLATES.
j f p t iO U II. PART IV.
fii2 r i n i pojicarpa (l?bxb. nut Jacq. F. copinsa,
St< ml. Aura Hot j'Aiborpous ic i'i« oblphp soine of
them 'light It wayed:;.;pS^r.ulate, both)' si;djisl s( lbrous:
h-uitiiafa'seicle i from ftp trunk i r wooly branches—'
Jr1. I t. I n i S'lolb*'
11 llui i is — In the G ilu itt i gffldtu, in 1 uit a bop thf
end ot tttc t ops Leaves scabrous from the s ime Soi t
oi bnstb s and glai iL as ,io.ven,tKiii, bark ol tlMpJouu^
pints . tuinishcd with i greui glmd m tin avili of tin.
JSjflfe*1,
(133. Fit’i s Asri-jiRiM* IRoxb ) leaves oval, lpftcn4
scolloped, very scabrous : fruit axillary, paired, pedun-
eled, round, downy.—R. FI. Iud. 3. 554.—Hurt. Mai. 3.
oo
Native ot the moist valleyHiof Mulrtb’fir afrdfftc.Om.anhqa
—A 1 n g t tree—ti uit downs, ot a g io ciietiy, whin ;
n p i, yellow.
i. "63JI 1 if f s isB iro tn ts ( l t i t b ) bub.irboreous
leaves c irdntt, u cuatt,*vlllqu-' timt axrllirv, snhtiiiy
or paired, peduncled, trigonal, turbinate, w i inkled: umbilicus
shut with tim e 'eul.daK ^telLS eJvx. fioin*d/tp^l
0 leaved — II, f t l
^ j^ iuektiofw^Jiitiodutid, bj,.GeWal Marti i, into, the
Calcutta Botani ( la r i n
t Flowering branch—2 a detached fruit with its
Ptdunelet—3 Ji)«uigie female (1 ,l( trdFtSulfl,d,i chewing
the penanth, ob)uju<ly seated ovaiv, stHH|W^ BjP p p fel
stigma. . ,
y :6 1.5. Thus m u i t i (Ro\b ) Pirennial ei etqirni^i,
leavidshoit p( tiolrd, oblc IV, riin tcly 1 nMti s ir iite *
hai sh,ootiisel} At uirimate ti uit [ffiireil^pi hum Ic d,oblong,
with an i levati 1 umbTlicuc — R *11 Ind 1 >
Sumatra A»s|ifall te s ji is s[ cues, m fru t ill tijA
yeafe$tttthis species Roxburgh foaud only. leniaiu fioc'^H,
1 Flowering brauth—2 a seed detached from ®c,f
5-cleft calyx.
636. FiciVKievits (Roxb Mi did ) soniew'h it shrnhj*
by, creeping leases, Obliqui ly cont,aty|jfBb n r m ri iEi^ I
duitati iiuit Si lilaiv, peduncled, long obovate.—11 A i,
Ind. 3. 535.— Willd. sp. 4. 1149.
! Calcutta I tstuu grounds and'borders1'ol" tanks.tjp .'
1 ] 11 jwuing bi am li—l detached h uit
037. .Fh’i^'BAPJFormis (Roxb) ^flioreojis smooth.^,;
leave solit liy and in p lirs, petioli d, oval p linted, i ntire;
a ring of a.ctibfpua- specks belofw the mseBfcis c.‘ ibe
stipules : iiuit axillary, solitary, short ptfrallfi. tiirmp-
shaped —H. FI. Ind. 3, 551.
\1o1ucih» Iu 5 ycais. young tn r s intiOdii id into
the Calcutta Bot.,'Garden were from 10
«and,- produce fruitiabout the close oi1 the rains in .Sep.
tember and October.
6S8. Ficus oprosiTiroi n ill '■ < r I’l. \ \ 1 i
hispida. Lin. filvX Leaves opposite^ oblong, serrate : fruit
in axillaiy pans, or on cauhiic racemes, round, ptauneled
hairy.—ii. FI. Ind. 3.1)61.
A small tree, native of banks ai d rivulets where the
soil is moist and rich It or F . dmmona is tre jumt in
such, situations about Madras : they much’ resemble each
other, and I may have confounded them.
,1. A leafy branch—2 a fructiferous one with 2 racemes
o f fruit—3 a male flower—4 a female nne—bpili magnified.
640. ,IT c is cokbiFOLi'A (Roxb. not Blame. F.
Humphiif'Bi^tni) leaves long, slender petioled, ovate-
cordate, a* uuliuafey glossy: fruit paired, sessile, round,
smooth, black — &&FI. hid. 3. 543.
r i^CaJ^uVt^-r-A large 3Farhpus spreading tree. Trunk
| while voung- round ind p ||ig h :t;' bat when old deeply
furrowed as'it composed of many coalesed trunks.*’—
Roxb. 1
641. Ficus ucemoxa (Roxb. Eon. Vahl) shrubby:
leaves, gene rally opposite, cuneate, oblong, and oblong
pointed, ■•(irate, above scabrous, downy underneath,
with a green gland in th e axils of th e veins: fruit in
pairs on1 loDg radical racemes,' above very hairy, of the
size, o f a nutmeg.—R FP- Iud. S..562.' I
’ l?llanjo'ri'±-in sandy lands peat ttfc sea coast. In the
639. Ficus bacemifbra (Rc&rB.) Arbofeqtfs.: leaves
alternate, eoidate, ircnulate. lruit on poinppuinLgl'ojnc-
rale racemes, from th f woody pait ot th e n i f below the
leaves.—R. FI. Ind 4 '6 0 Humph lib Amb a | 93.
Sumatra—1 rtes small and in ti uit most p.at ot the
y e a r1 leaves deciduous during the cold season.
produce fruit all the-'year-
round ' . ll
A A leafy i brah’eh ’ aftdi 'portion of the stem with a
radical fructiferous raceme attached—2 a male dosver—■
3 a-ti malt,ouei'
w_>. 1'ipvt s mtiba *"^Roxb. Mst. .^Villd. ? Thunb ?
F . Benjamina ? Roxb. FI IfdV) ‘
, i )B'. » This speci:es Ihbugli figured,/is. omitted; in the
1 lora IriSedi unless it be the* pi i if tht re calieiliF. JBeii-
jatitna v ith the d^st rij ti in.-'pf wliichjit uc intely %er-
*l(spoii‘l,s,''ex_c.t;Jp'r that the leaves are said trd be sluhlty-
3-uerv< 1 which is- not ihdwa in fte-pfigure. I f this,
sin mis'e;is com it, it may bo in < ired 'that the two plants
u e vuyjlikc i u h oth< r - ,rI 111 figure corresponds closely
v illli1 ispeeim'ei taken from a large ha i lsome urn- a
brageous tree fiequmt in Mysori and the h o u tlu ru -,
I ’lifrHi'ciS'.blLJiidn, rt inaikable for (tie jurmeriaetprofu-
siou of roots di opj ing from i ts : braneiies, whieb, like
those of 1 [iK.iL*. descend to the ground, anteweome;
■ trunk*. So fai is 1 can maLt out; Y\ illdeubv^Hp'arac-
■ .-telanadesci iptions oPbotn* 1 Benjamina and nitida are
equally applu ibl( tii, ‘h i 't r i i .t-, » probable tE^refore:
his two -faff nut vAiutii of She: T h is . opinion
b ii strengihiliv'd by the following remark ot Willde-
-no.w . under tiie former. “ F . mtuUe et pertnsce valde
simms a qiabm carUe distingueuda Tfe, following are
his yJjJFV.n < u .< ttis of th is 5 tw i :sp tin s.
“ J 1$ namiin (I in ) li ives < llipti , o Slongj entire,
i]a r iv er at fh base, obtusely a an m ite a t the apex, •
slenderly paiall'ely, veined, glabrous, marked above with
F . viifida'l('R®nab.) leaves'Oh'ovii'te, entire, shortly and
obtuiily acuminate, in keil beneath with blunder parallel
vei'e. shining, nlabrou-h, -
The:vdil( rc in es in the shapr of the- li ivm form no
distinction* all tin forms me ntumed m both and ill any.,
y.^'re.Bhing found on flit sann tree '1 lie white dots
o n th ele ivesof B nj inun ir tli( < nly remaining character,
being deiivcd^not from the e\au n.atnm ot an e\ttnsiv££i
sefies of 'specimens, bjitffrdm a/'srngle- plant growiitg(in
a h o th o u se1 is surely' not! entitled to hai'e. SOdhigh a
value assigned tq it, I‘ therefore propose uniting these
two under theJollaei;,'natne; quoting the more recent as
.' a sjnonyrue tiius : ■
FtcBkBBtWAMfKA (Linn. Willd. Roxb.) Leaves ,ovaI
and obovate, obtuse, polished: fruit axillary,ctpajred,
smooth. R . FI. Md. 3. 550. F. Nitida Thunb, WJUd.
' T&o±b¥'Icon. st Msti \
A large trefr' widely’ diffrlbed. over Southern India,
very umbrageous and much used as an avenue tree.
Roxburgh describes th e leaves as slightly 3-nerved at
f t p base: this I find is the rease, though it is not
shown in-the figure. In the lithograph copy the paral-
.Xlejfe veins are represented too' strong and rigid.
648. LFtbus ' scandbns (RoXb.) shrubby scandent:
leaves short petioled, ovate en tire: fruit in axillary pairs
j round, peduncled t-commomealyx'.Sifrootbed. R . F I. Ind.
,h2. '536'. J |
Silhet—a ramous dimming sbtub running over small
’“ tree s, slirubs &c.
i A flowering branch—2 afemale flower—3 amale one.