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Leaves 3-nerved at the base, the apex 
abruptly acuminate.—A large spread- 
ing deciduous glabrous tree, often an 
epiphyte in early life ; : | ‘ 
Section III. Sycrprum. Flowers  unisexual. 
Male and gall flowers in one set of recept- 
acles, fem. flowers in separate receptacles. 
Male flowers monandrous. 
Leaves alternate, polymorphous, entire 
toothed or variously lobed, more or less 
scabrid on both surfaces.—A small creep- 
ing shrub, rarely an epiphyte . 4 
Male and gall fis. in same receptacle ; female 
fils. in separate receptacles. Male fis. 
monandrous; sepals 3-4. Perianth of 
fem. fls. gamophyllous, short or none, rarely 
of 4-5 sepals. Leaves alternate or opposite. 
Receptacles on long leafless branches from 
near the base of the stem or subhypogeal, 
or on tubercles of the trunk, and larger 
branches, rarely axillary :— 
Receptacles in the: leaf-axils, or in fascicles 
from the stem and larger branches :— 
Leaves ovate-oblong or  subobovate, 
usually opposite; receptacles axillary 
and from tubercles on the stem.—A 
shrub or medium-sized tree with hollow 
branches 
Leaves narrowly lanceolate or oblanceo- 
late, opposite, crowded; receptacles 
solitary, stalked, subglobose, «xillary 
or on short leafless branches from the old 
wood ; young parts densely but deci- 
duously hirsute.—A low shrub, usually 
found in rocky beds of streams 
Receptacles in pairs or clusters on scaly 
usually leafless branches from near the 
base of the trunk ; leaves alternate, more 
or less scabrid or hispid-pubescent, basal 
lobes very unequal.—A low tree with 
reddish bark. 
9. F. infectoria. 
. 13. F. Cunia. 
. LL. FP. hispida. 
. 12. F. laminosa, 
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. 10. F. heterophylla. 
Section IV. Covertra. Flowers unisexual. 
