" Then there is the peepul or bo-tree (Ficus religiosa), which is held in high veneration by the followers of Buddha, in the vicinity of whose temples it is generally planted.

Occasionally confounded with this peepul is the banyan (Ficus indica), which is another sacred tree of the Indians.

See Capri-ficus.

Father Camel mentions that the little animal is said to live only on coal, but that it was an error, for he ate the ficus Indica (by which we here understand him to mean the banana) and other fruits.

Accordingly, as if they had executed the king's orders, they exposed the boys in the nearest land-pool, where now stands the ficus Ruminalis, which they say was called Romularis.

cow league, the distance at which a cow's lowing can be heard), she was swept by the stream against the overhanging roots of a pipal tree (ficus religiosa) and managed to clamber up the bank.

The original knights, to distinguish them from these latter, are often called equites equo publico, sometimes also ficus vanes or trossuli Vide Smith, Dict.

On the north side of Rocky Head, in a ravine, under the shade of a ficus, eight or ten gallons of water were found and brought on board; and near it on a spot of tolerable soil Mr. Cunningham sowed some peach-stones.

The trichillia and the ficus, before noticed, are abundant on these banks, and are all intricately connected with each other by climbing plants which grow to an incredible size, and hang down in rich clusters from the summit to the root of the tree, tending considerably to beautify the richness of the scene.

The only plants that were found upon this rock were a prickly capparis and a leafless ficus, the latter bearing clusters of small, whitish, globular fruit: these plants, with a small hibiscus, were the chief productions of the rock; and have probably been produced from seeds deposited there by birds.

Harber, then, was to manage the plantation; they were going to set out rubber, both Para and native, and try hemp and maybe coffee while they waited for the Haevia and the Ficus to yield.

Ficus Elastica (India-rubber Plant).This thrives well in any light, rich soil, or in loam and peat.

['S]ri-vriksha the ficus religiosa); (6) 90 poles; (7) 100,000 pûrva years; (8) the Priya[.n]gu tree; (9) Brahmâ and A['s]okâ (Dig. Mânavî); (10) Nandâ and Sujasâ.

A tree, ficus religiosa.

I found simply the plants of the main, namely, Mimusops parvifolia, Br.; Hoya nivea, Cunningham manuscript; Acacia plectocarpa, Cunningham manuscript; Chionanthus axillaris, Br.; Notelaea punctata, Br.; some alyxiae, and the small orange-fruited ficus, which grew in the thickets, and, by insinuating its roots in the interstices of the rocks, clothed a great portion of the inaccessible front of the island.

Ficus is the most considerable genus of the order in that continent; and although chiefly found on the north and north-western shores, is also traced on the East Coast, almost to latitude 36 degrees South, where the trees attain an enormous size.

In fact, the "ficus primoides," the "castilloa elastica," the "cecropia peltats," the "collophora utilis," the "cameraria letifolia," and above all, the "syphonia elastica," which belong to different families, abound in the provinces of South America.

The Banyan (Ficus Indica or Bengaliensis)

The Indian tree, whose branches downward bent, Take root again, a boundless canopy and the Peepul or Pippul (Ficus Religiosa) are amongst the finest trees in this countryor perhaps in the worldand on a very spacious pleasure ground or park they would present truly magnificent aspects.

ASWATH-THA (Ficus Religiosa).It is commonly called by Europeans the Peepul tree, by which name, it is known to the natives of the Upper Provinces.

BAT (Ficus indica).Is the Indian Banian tree, supposed to be immortal and coeval with the gods; whence it is venerated as one of them.

BO-TREE, a species of Ficus, sacred to the Buddhists as the tree under which Buddha sat when the light of life first dawned on him.

730 Ficus Garica Common Fig-Tree c.m. *

[190] The pipal or "ficus religiosa," is a large tree venerated by the Hindus; it affords a most agreeable shade, as its leaves are large, in the shape of a heart.

Many writers confound it with the "ficus Indicus" or "baniyan tree," or rather, they devise an imaginary tree compounded of the two species, investing it with the heart-shaped leaves of the former, and the dropping and multiplying stems of the latter.