MORE.J-:. CELTIDEjE. iti 



*** Mule flowi'rn in sexnile hracted-inrohicred chixtfrt. Female solitary, on slender 

 peduncles. Perianf/i-nei/mi'nfs haj'y, muck lunger tlian the ackene, and involucre-like. 



S. TAXoiDEs, Kz. E.T. var. a Coasts of the Andamans. 



All parts glabrous. var. ft Swampy forests in Pegu. 



var. a taxoides. Leaves 2—1 inches long. 



var. ft micrapJ/i/lla, Kz. Leaves I-li inch long. 



The last nine genera form a very natural Order, JIurea; ili\isible into two Tribes, 

 Arfocarpiea and Morieai, both of considerable value for the food and other ])i-oducts 

 they yield. The figs, for example, yield not only edible and wholesome fruit, but 

 caoutchouk as well, especially F. elastica and F. laecifera, and the leaves atford good 

 forage for domestic animals, goats and elephants especially, devouring many species 

 with avidity, especially /''. religiosa, or the I'ipal of India. Several species of Mortis 

 are also valuable for their fruit and as forage for cattle and for feeding silkworms, 

 for which purpose M. alba is chiefly selected. 



Order CELTIDEiE. 



Flowers polygamous. Perianth 5-partito, persistent, imbricate. Stamens usually 

 equal to the perianth-lobes. Filaments uncoiling elastically. Sti/les 2. Orulc basilar, 

 campylotropous. Fmhrijo curved. Alhumeii scanty or none. Trees. Juice watery. 

 Leaves alteraatc. Stipules fugacious. 



Malai.sia, Lonreiro. 



Flowers dicrcious. The males in one-sided dense spikes, the fomalos packed in 

 globular receptacles. Male perianth 3— J-eleft. Stamens 'as many as periauth-segments, 

 incurved in bud. Filaments filiform, elastically reflexed with opening of the llower. 

 Female perianth urcoolat<% with an apical opening. Oranj sessile. Sti/le short. Stigmas 

 2, elongate. Achenes berry-like, enveloped by the enlarged perianth. Unarmed 

 scandent shrubs. 



M. TOETUOSA, Blanco. Tree forests of the Eastern Slopes of 



the Pegu llango and Tenasserim. 



Stem terete, grey, glabrous. Leaves rounded at base, acuminate, 4-5 inches long, 

 glabrous, or the nerves beneath jiuberulous, rci)and-toothed. 



*** Style simple or 1. Ovule solitary, suspended, tio albume?i. Leaves alternate. 

 Fruit a drupe or samara. 



\ Anthers introrse. Filaments injlexed in lud. Fruit a drupe. 



Spokta, Planch. 

 (Including Gironniera.) 



Flowers dioecious or polygamous. Perianth 4-5-partcd, imbricate in bud, 

 persistent. Stamens 4-5, opposite the perianth-segments. Filaments incurved. 



* Female fowers in cymes or spikes. 



S. oKiEXTAi.is, Planch. F.T. var. « Chittagong. var. ft All over 



Sap-sha-pon (Kurz). Burma. 



Leaves oblique, ovate at the base, scmicordate, 5 inches long, acute, serrulate, 

 chartaceous, retrorselj'-scabrous from stiff ajuiresscd liristles. Beneath silvery 

 pubescent, 5-7-nerved at the base, and penninerved upwards. Plowers sessile, 

 forming villous cymes in the leaf-axils. 



var. a Wightii, Planch. Branchlets pubescent. Leaves less rough, 

 var. ft Amhoinensis, Bl. Branchlets villous. Leaves very scabrous. 



S. TiMouKNsis, Bl. E.T. Tenasserim. 



Leaves 2-3 inches long, serrulate, glabrous, 3-ncrved at base, upwards penni- 

 nerved. 



