16 Litteraturbericht. — G. King. 
Leaves obovate-elliptic, apex rather 
suddenly cuspidate . . . . .. . . 
Leaves elliptic oblong, apex gradually acu- 
minate. . . . den, se 
Leaves scabrid- -hispid. 
Leaves with 3 to 6 pairs of primary lateral 
nerves; young parts rufous hairy . 
Leaves with 5 to 8 pairs of primary lateral 
nerves; young parts not rufous hairy . 
Leaves more or less oblong, tapering to both base 
and apex. 
Ap°x of leaves ending in a narrow tail about an 
inch or more long. 
Scandent or creeping . 
Erect shrubs or small trees. 
Receptacles clavate or sub-globular, never less 
than 35 inch. in diameter . . . . . . . . 
Receptacles very small, not more than 2 inch. 
in diameter. 
Venation of leaves transverse. . . . . . . 
» » » oblique . 
Apex of leaves acuminate, without an abrupt nar- 
row terminal tail. 
Scandent, leaves very scabrid, receptacles pisi- 
form ................ 
An erect shrub; receptacles axillary depressed- 
globular’. ................ 
A small tree; receptacles axillary, pisiform 
Leaves narrowly linear-lanceolate: small treés. 
Leaves entire or gibbous towards the base. . . 
»  serrate-dentate. e ae 
Leaves very large (15—20 inches long), with more 
or less rufescent pubescence. 
Leaves panduriform, the edges coarsely and un- 
equally inciso-dentate . e. 
Leaves broadly ovate to obovate-elliptic, edges 
regularly and finely dentate . . . . . . . . 410. F. 
Perianth of the flowers ciliate; the interior of the 
receptacle hispid; receptacles axillary. 
Leaves inequilateral, receptacles pedunculate . 144. F. 
» equilateral, receptacles sessile . . 442. F., 
96. F. 
97. F. 
98. F. 
99, F. 
101. F. 
. 404. F. 
103. F. 
. 106. F. 
107. F. 
. 108. F. 
brevicuspis Miqu. 
balica Miqu. 
rudis Miqu. 
copiosa Steudel. 
. 400. F. rostrata Lam. 
clavata Wall. 
. cuspidata Reinw. 
". sikkimensis Miqu. 
ampelas Burm. 
umbonata Reinw. 
asperior Miqu. 
irregularis Miqu. 
Cumingii Miqu. 
. 409. F. decipiens Reinw. 
pungens Reinw. 
melinocarpa Bl. Bij. 
Riedelii Teysm. 
Covellia. Flowers unisexual; male flowers in the same receptacles as the gall 
flowers, monandrous, tho 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); the recep- 
tacles on long sub-leafless branchlets issuing from the near the base of the stem, often 
sub-hypogoeal, or an shortened branchlets (tubercles) from the stem and larger branches, 
or axillary, shrubs, or trees, never epiphytes or climbers. : 
Receptacles on sub-leafless branches, which.issue from near the base of the stem; 
leaves alternate (except in botryocarpa). 
Receptacles larger than.a pea, 
