^icus.] MOEACE.E (Hiitchiuson). 525 



.Leaves not or only very slightly acuiniuate, mostly 



obtuse ; young branchlets glabrous or minutely 

 jmberulous : 



. Receptacles 3^-4 lin. in diam. ; leaves oblong or 



oblong-elliptic, shortly acuminate (3) Pretoriae. 



Pteoeptacles 4-5 lin. in diam.; leaves ovate or 

 oblong-ovate, rounded or very obtusely 

 pointed (4)ingeiis. 



Leaves acutely acuminate ; young branchlets 



tomentose ... (5) cordata. 



tfBasal bracts somewhat scattered on the peduncle, Avith 



some additional very small ones over the surface 

 of the receptacle ; leaves scabrous, often 3-toothed 



at the apex , ( 6 ) capreaefolia, 



• *Ostiole of the receptacle pore-like and more or les.^ two- 

 lipped, with all the bracts descending abruptly into 

 the receptacle and not visible from the outside ; 

 basal bracts usually 2 : 



Receptacles borne in clusters on the main branches : 

 Leaves oblong or lanceolate-oblong, 1:^-2^ in. 



broad, obtuse at both ends (7) sansibarica. 



Leaves o\'ate or ovate-oblong, slightly cordate or 

 rounded at the base, caudate-acuminate, 2-4J in. 

 broad " ... (8) polita. 



Receptacles axillary : 



Leaves suborbicular or ovate-orbicular, mostly deeply 

 cordate or rounded at the base; 

 Young branchlets glabrous ; leaves sparingly and 

 short]}' pubescent or glabrous very deeply 

 cordate at the base (9) soldauella. 



Young branchlets ver}' densely long- villous ; leaves 

 villous, rounded or slightly cordate at the 

 base (10) Sonderi. 



Leaves elliptic, rounded or slightly cordate at the 



base, about 6-15 in. long (11) Nekbudu. 



Loaves oblong or obovate, if slightly cordate then 

 small ; 



Receptacles sessile : 



Leaves hairy and very prominently reticulate 



below (12) Stuhlmannii. 



Leaves glabrous : 



Receptacles glabrous ; leaves often truncate 

 at the apex ; stipules sometimes sub- 

 persistent (13) crsterostoma. 



Receptacles tomentose ; leaves rounded at the 



apex ; stipules caducous ... ,.. ... (14) Petersu. 



Receptacles pedunculate r 



Receptacles wooUy-tomentose or pubescent ... (15) BiirkeL 



Receptacles glabrous or very minutely puberu- 



lous : 



Leaves with numerous flabellate nerves, 1-1 J 

 in. long ; receptacles 2 lin. in diam., not 

 stipitiite (1^) depauperata. 



Leaves with few or sj^reading lateral nerves, 

 if somewhat flabellate then receptacles 

 stipitate within the basal bracts : 



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