220 CXXIIIc. MORACEH (Hutchinson). [Scyphosyce. 
11. SCYPHOSYCE, Baill.; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. i. 371. 
Flowers moneeciovs, inclosed in tubular-campanulate bis:xual 
receptacles. Male flowers numerous, inserted at the base of the re- 
ceptacle. Perianth narrowly tubular, obtusely 2-4-dentate. Stamen 
1, exserted; filament straight, slender; anther oblong, erect, 2- 
celled. Rudimentary ovary 0. Female flower solitary in the middle 
of the receptacle, sessile. Perianth as long as that of the male, with 
2 free imbricate ovate-lanceolate segments closely enveloping the 
pistil. Ovary superior; style slender, lateral, with two exserted 
stigmatose branches ; ovule solitary, pendulous. Young fruit ovoid, 
surrounded at the base by the receptacle and the persistent male 
flowers, not seen in a mature state.—Perennial rather woody herbs 
with simple stems up to nearly 1 ft. long, often rooting from the nodes 
towards the base. Leaves alternate, crowded in the upper part of 
the stem, shortly petiolate, acuminate, entire or denticulate, sub- 
chartaceous, penninerved ; stipules free, narrow, scaly. Receptacles 
small, axillary, pedunculate, fleshy towards the base, 4—5-lobed. 
Species 2, endemic. ‘ 
Branchlets shortly hispid; leaves gradually nar- 
rowed to the base, abruptly caudate-acuminate 1. S. manniand. 
Branchlets glabrous, with brown transversely split- 
ting bark; leaves abruptly narrowed to the base 
from about the middle, broadly ovate in the upper 
part and gradually pointed Bee ae spe 
2. S. pandurata. 
1. S. manniana, Baill. Adansonia, xi. 293. A small woody 
herbaceous plant up to 9 in. high; stem simple, leafy towards the 
apex, shortly hispid with blackish hairs, with rather short internodes. 
Leaves oblanceolate, obtusely caudate-acuminate, acumen }-} 1. 
long, gradually narrowed to a rounded or subcordate base, 2-9 mm. 
long, ?-1? im. broad, denticulate or subentire, thinly chartaceous, 
glabrous above, very shortly and sparingly pubescent on the midri 
and lateral nerves beneath; midrib prominent on both surfaces ; 
lateral nerves 11-12 on each side of the midrib, diverging from 1t 
at a wide angle, arcuate, prominently looped some distance from the 
margin, equally raised on both surfaces; tertiary nerves lax and 
rather faint ; petiole 2-3 lin. long, rather densely hispid with black 
hairs; stipules lanceolate, long-acuminate, acute, 3-5 hn. long, 
blackish, puberulous outside, glabrous within. Receptacles 
axillary, pedunculate, campanulate-obconic, about 1 lin. long: 
glabrous ; lobes 4, very broadly ovate, rounded at the apex, 3 in. 
long, ? lin. broad, thinly coriaceous, glabrous ; peduncle 2-3 lin. 
long, about } lin. thick, glabrous. Male flowers stipitate, slender, 
3 lin. long from the base to the apex of the perianth ; perianth very 
narrowly obconic, 2~-4-dentate, teeth rounded, shortly pubescent. 
Filament ? lin. long, slender, glabrous ; anther narrowly oblong, } in. 
