. The elements of materia medica and therapeutics (Volume 2) . Moms nigra. Ficus Carica. THE COMMON FIG. 1^09 3. FICUS CAR ICA, Linn, L. E. D.—THE COMMON FIG. Sex. Syst. Polygamia, Triirxia, Linn.; Polygamia, Dioecia, ; DicEcia, Triandria, Pers.(Fici: fructus siccus, L— Fici: the dried fruit, £.—Fructus siccatus, D.) (Ficus, U. S.) History.—In the Old Testament we are informed that Hezekiah (who lived600 years before Christ) used figs as a topical application to a boil. (Isaiah,xxxviii. v. 21.) Botany. Gen. char.—Monoecious. Floivers numerous, pedicellated, enclosedwithin a fleshy rece
. The elements of materia medica and therapeutics (Volume 2) . Moms nigra. Ficus Carica. THE COMMON FIG. 1^09 3. FICUS CAR ICA, Linn, L. E. D.—THE COMMON FIG. Sex. Syst. Polygamia, Triirxia, Linn.; Polygamia, Dioecia, ; DicEcia, Triandria, Pers.(Fici: fructus siccus, L— Fici: the dried fruit, £.—Fructus siccatus, D.) (Ficus, U. S.) History.—In the Old Testament we are informed that Hezekiah (who lived600 years before Christ) used figs as a topical application to a boil. (Isaiah,xxxviii. v. 21.) Botany. Gen. char.—Monoecious. Floivers numerous, pedicellated, enclosedwithin a fleshy receptacle, which is umbilicated, and nearly closed at the apex,hollow within. Calyx three to five-lobed : lobes acuminate. Male floivers nearthe umbilicus. Stamens three to five. Ovary free (Desf.); semi-adnate (Gasrtn.)Style one. Stigmas two. Drupe or utricle one-seeded, sunk into the pulpy re-ceptacle. Coat of the nut fragile, crustaceous. (Bot. Gall.) Sp. char.—Leaves cordate, palmate ; scabrous above, pubescent beneath. ()—A small tr
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