. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 584 FICUS F. Toiing li's. densely covered with ivool beneath. K). Palmeri, Watson. Tree, 8-12 ft. high, branching near the ground : Ivs. 3 in. long, 2-23^ in. wide ; petiole 1 in. long : fr. in pairs, axillary, globos
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 584 FICUS F. Toiing li's. densely covered with ivool beneath. K). Palmeri, Watson. Tree, 8-12 ft. high, branching near the ground : Ivs. 3 in. long, 2-23^ in. wide ; petiole 1 in. long : fr. in pairs, axillary, globose, % in. thick. Discovered on San Pedro Martin Island, northwestern Mexico, 1887. —Perhaps the best adapted to severely hot and dry places. Pranceschi says it attains 30 ft. FP. Young Ivs. not xvoolly. G. Base of Ivs. narrowed. H. Stipules glabrous. 17. retrisa, Linn. (F. nitida, Thunb., and Hort., not Blume). Lvs. 2-4 in. long; nerves 5 or 6 pairs; petiole 3-6 lines long: fr. sessile, in pairs, axillary, 4 lines thick, yellow or reddish. Trop. Asia, Malaya. —A large ever- green tree with a few aerial roots. 18. atirea, Nutt. Branches pale, smooth, furrowed : lvs. 3—i in. long, smooth, oblong, entire, narrowed but obtuse at each end, stout-petioled : fr. orange-yellow, globose, 4 lines thick. S. Fla. — Reasoner says it is a handsome decorative plant for the florist, and that it grows 60 ft. high. Chapman describes it as a small tree; he says nothing about stipules. Tender in Santa Bar- bara. HH. Stipules not glabrous. 19. Indica, Liun. Not the Banyan Tree. Glabrous throughout, except stipules: lvs. 4-7 in. long ; nerves about 4-6 pairs, not very prominent ; petiole 4-12 lines long ; stipules 6-9 lines long : fr. in crowded pairs, ses- sile, globose, smooth, yellowish red, 4 lines thick, Trop. Asia, Malaya. — This species is greatly confused in botanical literature with F, Benghalensis, but F. In- dica- does not take root from its branches, as does the Banyan Tree. In
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