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THE COMMON FIG. 745
~b[^ nPlTS Mori, L.—(Juice of mulberries, strained, Oj.; Sugar, Oijss.i n l f° ve ^e sugar in the mulberry juice with a gentle heat, and proceedi„ e * a Me manner as directed for Syrup of Lemons ). Used as a colour-alkal' ® avour ing substance. Its acidity prevents its being used withles j earths, or their carbonates.
Ficus Car'ica, Linn., L. E.D.— The Common Fig.
**’ folygamia, Trioecia, Linn. • Polygamia , Dioecia, Willd. • Dicecia, Triandria, Pers .
(Fici: fructus siccus, L. —Fici: the dried fruit, E.— Fructus siccatus, D.)
(wl/ r -| T01lY '—Fi the Old Testament we are informed that Hezekiah hved 600 years before Christ) used figs as a topical application toa boil ( Isaiah , ch. xxxviii. v. 21).
Botany. Gen. Char. — Monoecious.Flowers numerous, pedicellated, inclosedwithin a fleshy receptacle, which is um-bilicated, and nearly closed at the apex,hollow within. Calyx three to five-lobed:lobes acuminate. Male-flowers near theumbilicus. Stamens three to five. Ovaryfree (Desf.); semi-adnate (Gaertn .) Styleone. Stigmas two. Drupe or utricle one-seeded, sunk in the pulpy receptacle.Coal of the nut fragile, crustaceous ( Bot.Gall.)
Sp. Char. — Leaves cordate, palmate;scabrous above, pubescent beneath {Bot.Gall.) A small tree. Flowers in June.e Receptacle green. At the base of each
A ac le are two or three bracteal scales.
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C, Female flower.
D, Section of ditto.
E, Male ditto.
i bracteal scales.
“i umbilicus.
ongitudinal section of receptacle.
, flowers seated on 6, the inner side of the receptacle
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' -N ative of Asia and south of Europe ,fruit ,^ IPTI0N -—Figs {fici seu carica ) constitute that kind of collectiveV a ie d, by Mirbel, a syconus. They consist of fleshy, hollow, pyri-^en; eCe T P - tacles ’ within which are numerous, small, seed-like bodiesla > Lindley ; utricles, Auctor). In the unripe state they contain an