| aa URTICACEZ. ' [ Frevs. 
Section V. Evcycr. Flowers unisexual. 
Male and gall flowers in one set of receptacles, 
fem. flowers in separate receptacles. Male 
fis. usually diandrous (rarely l-andr. in F. 
scandens, or 3-andr. in F. foveolata). Recep- 
tacles axillary, usually small.—Scandent or 
erect shrubs or small trees, rarely epiphytic. 
Creeping or climbing shrubs :— 
Leaves broadly ovate or elliptic, their 
length not twice the breadth ; male fis. 
rarely l-andr; receptacles on long 
stalks.—A scandent or creeping shrub, 
often rooting from the nodes 4 . 14, F. scandens. 
Leaves oblong, their length more than 
twice the breadth; male fls. rarely 3- 
andr. ; receptacles sessile or nearly so.— 
A creeper or lofty climbing shrub . 15. F. foveolata. 
An erect shrub or small tree with more or 
less scabrid entire toothed or 3-5-lobed 
leaves ; receptacles stalked . : . 16. F. palmata. 
Section VI. NeomorrHe. Flowers unisexual. 
Male and gall fis. in one set of receptacles, 
fem. fils. in a separate set (except in F. 
glomerata which has male fem. and gall fis. 
in the same receptacle as in Sect. Urostigma). 
Male fis. 2-andr. (rarely 3-andr. in F. Roz- 
burghii). Perianth inflated, 3-4-sepalous. 
Receptacles often very large, in clusters 
from tubercles on the stem and larger bran- 
ches, or in F. glomerata with a few 
axillary pairs.—Trees with alternate leaves, 
never epiphytic :— 
Leaves subcoriaceous, 5-15 in. long, broadly 
ovate or rounded, usually deeply cordate 
at the strongly 5-7-nerved base; recept- 
acles 24} in. in diam. or more, in clusters 
low down on the trunk . é ; 17. F. Roxburghit.” 
Leaves membranous, 4-7 in. long, ovate- 
oblong or-elliptic-lanceolate, rounded or 
acute at the 3-nerved base; receptacles 
1-13 in. across, on scaly stalked panicled 
branchlets from the trunk and larger 
branches, rarely in the leaf-axils_ . . 18. F. glomerata. 
