. Description. ~^HE Ficus carica is a large* shrub or low tree, sometimesgrowing, under favourablep^ circumstances, to a height oftwenty-tive to thirty feet, with a trunk from a foot toa foot and a half in diameter; but usually it does notmuch exceed one half of these dimensions. Thebranches, when young, are clothed with short hairs,but become smoother with age; and the bark of thetrunk is of an ash-colour, or greenish-gray- Theleaves, which are annual in the temperate zones, andperennial within the tropics, are comparatively small,
. Description. ~^HE Ficus carica is a large* shrub or low tree, sometimesgrowing, under favourablep^ circumstances, to a height oftwenty-tive to thirty feet, with a trunk from a foot toa foot and a half in diameter; but usually it does notmuch exceed one half of these dimensions. Thebranches, when young, are clothed with short hairs,but become smoother with age; and the bark of thetrunk is of an ash-colour, or greenish-gray- Theleaves, which are annual in the temperate zones, andperennial within the tropics, are comparatively small, C^in a wild state, entire, or not much cut; but, in the - cultivated varieties, they are very large, cordate, deeply cut, with from three tofive lobes, thick, rough on the upper surface, and pubescent beneath. The fruitconsists of a pulp, containing a number of seed-like pericarps, enclosed in a blueor black, red or purple, green or yellow, or white rind. Botanically, it is a turbi-nate berry, hollow within, and is produced chiefly on the upper part of the s
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