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CXXIlIc. MORACE (Hutchinson). [ Ficus. 
KEY TO THE SUBGENERA. 
Ostiole (mouth) of the receptacle with the bracts visible from outside and 
spreading transversely across the orifice. 
Basal bracts of receptacles arranged in a single whorl at the apex of the 
peduncle, none either on the peduncle or over the surface of the receptacle. 
Male flowers with 3-6 stamens; leaves toothed or 
lobed, scabrous oe. Be oe ve ee + le CARIOA: 
Male flowers usually with 2 stamens; leaves often 
toothed and scabrous or hairy... Bee ... II. Sycomorvs. 
Male flowers with a single stamen ; leaves always entire 
and nearly always smooth, rarely hairy or scabrous IV. URostTiema. 
Basal bracts scattered on the peduncle and over the 
surface of the receptacle, sometimes very small... III. Sycrprum. 
Ostiole of the receptacle pore-like and more or less 2- 
lipped, with all the bracts descending abruptly into 
the receptacle and not visible from outside... ... V. BrBRACTEATS. 
Subgenus I. Carica, Miq.—Leaves scabrous, alternate, variable, when undivided 
ovate and acuminate, often 3-lobed to near the middle or more obscurely 5-lobed ; 
stipules caducous ; receptacles axillary or subaxillary, stipitate, with 3 basal 
bracts arranged in a whorl; ostiole with several imbricate bracts visible from 
outside, the outermost spreading horizontally across the orifice ; male flowers 
with 3-6 stamens. 
Only tropical African species... so ee ... 1. F. palmata. 
Subgenus II. Sycomorvus, Gasp.—Leaves alternate, ovate, suborbicular or rarely 
lanceolate, entire or repand-dentate, glabrous, hairy or scabrous ; stipules mostly 
caducous ; receptacles arranged in leafless panicles borne on the main stem or 
older branches, rarely solitary and axillary, usually rather large, with 3 basal 
bracts arranged in a whorl, and rarely also a few extra bracts scattered over the 
surface ; ostiole with numerous imbricate bracts visible from outside, the outer- 
most spreading horizontally across the orifice, the inner descending into the 
receptacle ; male flowers mostly with 2 stamens, very rarely only 1 or 3; 
perianth at first completely enveloping the stamens. 
*Leaves entire or equally toothed all round the margin. 
Receptacles borne in panicles on the main stem or 
on the principal branches, rarely also a few of 
them in the axils of the leaves (see 4, F. 
mallotocarpa, and 8, F. Sur.): 
Stipules persistent for some time; panicles long 
and slender, with short lateral branches race- 
mosely arranged ; receptacles setose-pilose 2. F. vogeliana. 
Stipules caducous; panicles thrysoid or rarely 
subracemose ; receptacles glabrous, tomentose 
or scaly-puberulous : 
Mature receptacles tomentose : 
Leaves suborbicular or  elliptic-orbicular, 
entire 3. F. Sycomorus- 
Leaves ovate, coarsely dentate, hairy on the 
nerves and midrib below 4. F. mallotocarpa. 
Leaves mostly obovate, glabrous below... 5. F. gongoensis. 
