BOTANY OF BIHAR AND ORISSA

"S68 '125. MORACE.IE. [8. FICUS.
Midrib with an elongate'd gland at base. Recepts
tomentose, ,25-'5" . .' . . . . . H. tomentosa.
II M. and Gall. fls. in separate recepts to the Fern. St. 1-3.
Trees, shrubs or climbers. L. often hispid or scabrous.
Recepts usually hlspid, I, 2 or more together, axillary
or in clusters or on special leafless branches, often
large, sometimes bracteate, often stipitate:-
A. M. fl. with I stamen and large pistillode or gall fl.
Recepts paired or fascicled, stipitate, hispid:-
Tree. L. elliptic or ovate acute. Recepts 25-·3" 15 cltspidzfera.
Large epiphyte. L. broadly rhomboid obtuse, hispld 16. parasztica.
B M. fl. without a plsttl!ode or ovary:-
1. Stamen 1:a.
Leaves alternate'i.
Recepts not on special leafless branches:-
Climbing shrub Recepts 1-2 axillary. (22) scandens.
Weak shrub L. heteromorphous. Recepts
solitary, hispid . . ., 17. heterophylla.
Small tree. Recepts paired, hispid . IS. asperrima.
it. Recepts on speCial, often subradical
branches:-
Small tree wlth semi-sagittate leaves 19. cunia.
b. Leaves opposlte. Recepts mostly on special
branches:-
Small tree. Branches hispid. L. ovate-oblong
or obovate.. - . .. 20. hispida.
Low spreadmg shrub in river beds. Branchlets
hirsute. L. lanceolate or oblanceolate 21. s;emocarpa.
2. Stamens 2-3, Leaves alternate: - •
a. Climbing shrub, Recepts 1-2 axillary, pedicelled
.... ., 22. scandens.
b, Erect cultivated shrubs or small trees. Recepts.
m.s. to large, solltary or paired, axillary:-
Sub-arboreous L. pale or hoary, usually
tomentose beneath, mostly not lobed. Recepts
1" or less, mostly stalked. . . . . 22a. palmata.
Shrubby L. deep green, rarely tomentose
beneath, mostly deeply lobed. Recepts 1'5",
mostly sub sessile . '. ., 22b. carica.
c. Recepts very large (1-2" diam.) on tubercles or
special short branches:i.
Erect shrub or branches prostrate . 23. lanceolata.
il. Small trees:-
L. ovate to elliptic, 4-7'5".. . 24. glomerata.
L. very broad, S-IS" long by 5-12" broad 25. macrophylla.
1. F. comosa, Roxb. Syn. F. Benjamina, var. comosa, Kurz (there is
some doubt, however, whether F. Benjamina, L. is not synonymous
with F. retusa, vaT. nitida. There is no doubt as to Roxburgh's
plant. Hence I have taken the name given by him). Pokaha,
S.; Paniar, Lakhar, Th.
A very handsome. large quite glabrous tree with slender drooping
branches, broadly-elliptic or -ovate abruptly acuminate or shortly
caudate, with rounded or v,ery obtuse base scarcely 3-nerved, the two
lateral basal nerves being hardly stronger than the very numerous close
spreading secondaries and spreading more or less parallel to these;
secondanes about 12 with their scarcely finer intermediaries all meeting
in an intramarginal nerve close to the thickened margin. Recepts
mostly terminatmg or towards the ends of the branchlets geminate
axillary (but the leaf often suppressed or deciduous), sessile quite globose