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Receptacles in pairs on distinct slender peduncles |-§ 

 in. long, without basal bracts, but with 3 small bracts 



low down on tlie peduncle 7. F. nervosa. 



Leares subcoriaceous or membranous on long slender petioles 

 winch are sometimes jointed to the blade. 



AiJices of leaves more or less caudate-acuminate. 



]3ases of leaves slightly narrowed to the petiole, 5- 

 nerved ; apical tail \ as long as the main part of 

 tlie blade; receptacles not depressed at the apex ... S. F. Bumphii. 

 Bases of leaves not narrowed to the petiole, rounded 

 or truncate, 5-7-nerved ; apical tail ^ as long as 

 the main part of the blade; receptacles depressed 



at the apex 0. F. relk/iosa. 



Bases of leaves cordate ; apex shortly caudate- 

 acuminate , 10. F. Amoitiana. 



Apices of leaves not caudate-acuminate. 



Receptacles sessile, in groups of about 4 from tubercles 



(shortened branches) .. 11. F. Tsjakela. 



Receptacles sessile, in pairs, axillary ; stamen 1. 

 Primary nerves of leaves indistinct ; male perianth of 



3 sepals 12. F. Tsiela. 



Primary nerves of leaves distinct ; male perianth 



of 4 or 5 sepals 13. F. infect(yria. 



Receptacles on a peduncle | in. long ; stamens 



sometimes 2 14. F.callosa. 



Unisexual ; male and gall flowers in one set of receptacles ; 

 fertile female flowers hi another (in 1 . glomeraia all three kinds 

 of flowers in the same receptacle). 

 Male flowers with 1 stamen. 



Receptacles axillary, solitary ; basal bracts minute or ; 

 small trees, shruhs, or climbers with alternate leaves. 

 A creeping shrub; bracts minute, basal or high up 



on the peduncle 15. F. heterophylla. 



An erect shrub ; basal bracts 16. F. aspei-rima. 



Pieceptacles in some individuals all axillary, in others all 

 on branches from the stem near the root, in others 

 occu])ying both situations ; basal bracts 3 ; erect or 

 spreading shrubs or trees usually with opposite leaves, 



all parts hisjnd-pubescent 17. F. hispida. 



Male flowers with 2 stamens. 



Receptacles pedunculate, all in fascicles from the stem or 

 branches; basal bracts 3 {Ncomoi-phe) ; a tree with 

 alternate leaves 18. F. glomerata. 



1. Fictis gibbosa, Blvme, Bijdr. (1825) p. 4G6. Yar. parasitica. 



King., Sp. Fie. (1888) p. 6, t. 2 b, fig. B. A small or sometimes a large tree 

 often epiphytic or climbiug, enclosing the trunks of trees in a netAvork 

 of branches or creeping along old walls and on the sides of wells. Leaves 

 'A-6 in. long, thinly coriaceous, more or less rhomboid or subrhomboid, 

 minutely^ hispid above, scabrid and minutely hispid beneath, obtuse, acute 

 or acuminnte, base acute, often unequal-sid^d ; main nerves 3-7 pairs, 

 prominent beneath, pale and shining; petioles j-^ in. long; stipules 

 ^-.1 in. long, ovate-lanceoliite, slightly curved. Eeceptacles pedunculate, 

 solitary or in pairs or fascicled, axillary and from below the leaves, 

 depressed-globose or globose-pyriform, mammillate, with rather a pro- 

 minent umbilicDS, minutely verrucose, subscabrid, without basal bracts, 

 yellow A\ hen ripe, -J-i in. across ; peduncles -i-i in. long, bracteate at the 

 base. ]M ALE FLowKns : only near the mouth of the receptacles containing 

 gall flowers. Sepals 4-0, linear, fleshy, hairy. Stamen 1 ; filament short, 

 united by its base to an abortive (insect-attacked) pistil. Gall fj.owers : 



