4. Ficus.] 



64. MORACEJE. 



in male, sometimes imperfect 

 Style often lateral with entire 



Sep. 2-6 more or less connate 

 in fern. St. 1 or 2 rarely 3-6. 

 or 2- fid. stigma. 



Note.— Special fem. fl. (Gall fls.) with reduced styles are used by 

 certain Chalcididse in which to lay their eggs. The mature insects in 

 escaping from the recepts brush against the M. fl. which frequently occupy 

 a zone near the mouth of the reoept, and so carry away the pollen. 



L Eecepts cauline or rameal, olustered or on special 

 scaly more or less leafless branches ; rarely also a 

 few among the leaves. 



a. Shrub. L. narrow -lanceolate 



b. Trees. Recepts mostly on short leafless cauline 



branches. 



L. under 4" broad, more or less ovate or 

 oblong, alt. . . . 



L. 4-12'' broad, broadly ovate or sub- 

 orbicular, alt. ..... 



L. under 4 7 broad, some or all opposite. 

 Eecepts fascicled 



c. Bebepts usually on long leafless branches. 



L. ^-sagittate . 



II. Eecepts 1-2 (sometimes more in gibboea) axillary, or 

 from the leaf scars just below the foliage. 

 1. Eecepts distinctly stalked (sometimes sessile in 

 glabella). 



a. More or less scabrid or tomentose. Seo. n. 



3-5 prs. above basal. 

 L. broad sub-rhomboid. Bracts at base of 



peduncle . • . ... 

 L. ell. or ovate. Bracts at base of peduncle . 

 Soandent shrub often rooting at the nodes. 



Bracts near top of peduncle . . . 



b. Glabrous (or young parts pubescent in 



glabella) and smooth. Sec. n. over 5 prs. 



Bracts at base of peduncle. L. oblong • 



Bract's at base of recept. Petiole under, 1". 

 Sec. n. close, over 10 prs. . - 



Bracts at base of recept. Petiole, over 1". 

 Sec. n. distant, rarely 10 prs. . 



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1. lanceolata. 



2. glomerata. 



3. Roxburghii. 



4. hispida. 



5. Cunia, 



6. gibbosa. 

 6a. cuspidifera. 



7. scandens. 



8. nervosa. 



9. glabella. 

 10. infectoria. 



