44 DR. G. EING ON THE GENUS FICUS. 
III. Synecia.—Flowers unisexual or neuter; male flowers 
with 1 stamen ; male and gall-flowers in one set of receptacles, 
fertile female and neuter flowers in another set (neuters absent 
in F. apiocarpa).—Climbers with large coloured receptacles ; the 
leaves tessellate beneath. 
IV. Sycidium.—Flowers unisexual; male and gall-flowers in 
one set of receptacles; fertile female flowers in a distinct set of 
receptacles; male flowers with 1 stamen (stamens sometimes 2 in 
F. copiosa and F. cuspidata).—Shrubs, small trees, or climbers; 
rarely epiphytal; leaves alternate; receptacles small, axillary, 
more or less scabrid (a few have receptacles in fascicles from the 
stem). 
V. Covellia.—Flowers unisexual; male flowers in the same 
receptacles as the gall-flowers, monandrous, the perianth of 3 or 
4 distinct pieces ; female flowers in separate receptacles from the 
males and galls, pedunculate or sessile, the perianth gamophyllous, 
much shorter than the ovary, or wanting (rarely consisting of 
4 or 5 pieces).—Shrubs or trees, never epiphytes or climbers ; 
receptacles on long subaphyllous branches issuing from near the 
base of the stem, often subhypogsal; or on shortened branchlets 
(tubercles) from the stem and larger branches; or axillary. 
VI. .Eusyce.—Flowers unisexual, male and gall-flowers in one 
set of receptacles, fertile female flowers in a distinct set of recep- 
tacles (except in F. Thwaitesii); male flowers with 2 stamens.— 
Scandent or erect shrubs or small trees, rarely epiphytal; leaves 
alternate, softly hairy or glabrous, not scabrid or hispid; recep- 
tacles usually small, axillary. (There are 3 stamens in F. levis 
and F. nemoralis and only 1 in F. lepidosa and sometimes also in 
F. hirta.) 
VII. Neomorphe.—Flowers unisexual; male and gall-flowers 
in one set of receptacles; fertile female flowers in a distinct set 
of receptacles; male flowers with 2 stamens, the perianth inflated, 
of 3 or 4 membranous pieces ; fertile female flowers smaller than 
the male or gall-flowers.—Trees rarely scandent, never epiphytal ; 
receptacles often very large, in fascicles from tubercles on tbe 
trunk and larger branches. 
