125. HORACES. 



[8. Ficus. 



Sec. n. 6-10. 



b. Leaves elliptic or oblong: — 

 i. Recepts sessile: — 

 L. taperin" both ends, 



Recepts •25-"35" 



L. ell. "or oblong, 6-12", sec. ii. very close. 



Recepts "o" 



ii. Recepts pedicelled : — 



L. oblong, 5-10", glcssj^ sec. u. rather dis- 

 tant 7-iO . . 



L. 2*5-5-5", base rounded or obtuse, sec. n. 



10-11 



2. Lateral nerves not close and parallel, intermediate 

 not resembling the secondary (see also No, 4) : — 



a. Leaves elliptic or oblong (or some ovate in 7), 



abruptly acuminate : — 

 i. Recepts always geminate : — 



L. 5-10", sec. n. 7-11. Recepts stipitate 



L. mostly under 6", sec. n. 5-10, Recepts sessile 



L. of infecforia. Recepts pedicelled, often 



pubescent 



ii. Recepts mostly clustered, small, bracts broad, 



often 2-tid : — 

 L. not highly polished, 5-8", nervation of 7 . 

 L. highly polished, beautifully venose, 5-8" . 



b. Leaves ovate (also elliptic in 9), often with dots 



beneath (raised when dry) :— 

 i. Leaves obtuse or with short blunt acumen 

 and long petiole : — 

 L, 3o-5*5". sec. n. 6-12. Recepts with broad 

 base, not wrinkled when dry 

 ii. Leaves acuminate or caudate : — 



L. 4-6", gradually acuminate, rarely caudate, 

 rarely cordate, not finely reticulate. Re- 

 cepts •6-*75", wrinkled when dry, with 



broad sessile base 



L. 4-7", abruptly caudate, cusp •5-1", base cor- 

 date, finely reticulate, Recepts depressed- 

 globose, ■4-*5", subsessile . , , . 

 L. 5-7", caudate with cusp, 1-2" long. Recept 



black, sessile, "i-'e" 



B. Leaves tomentose or pubescent beneath, at least 

 wlien young. Recepts usually pubescent, sessile. 

 Aerial roots usually present : — 

 Midrib not glandular. Recepts scarlet puberulous, 



■.5-'7" 



Midrib with an elongated gland at base, Recepts 



tomentose, •25-'5" 



II. M. and Gall, fls, in separate recepts to the Fem. St. 1-3. 

 Trees, shrubs or climbers. L. often hispid or scabrous, 

 Recepts usually hispid, 1, 2 or more together, axillary 

 or in clusters or on special leafless branches, often 

 large, sometimes bracteate, often stipitate : — 



A, M- fl. with 1 stamen and large pistillode or gall fl. 



Recepts paired or fascicled, stipitate, hispid:— 

 Tree. L. elliptic or ovate acute. Recepts •25--3" 

 Large epiphyte. L. broadly rhomboid obtuse, hispid 



B. M. fl. without a pi.stillode or ovary : — 

 1. Stamen 1 : — 



a. Leaves alternate : — 



i. Recepts not on special leafless branches:— 

 Climbing shrub. Recepts 1-2 axillary . 

 Weak shrub. L. heteromorphous. Recepts 



solitary, hispid 



Small tree. Recepts paired, hispid 

 ii. Recepts on special, often subradical 

 branches:— 

 Small tree with semi-sagittate leaves . 



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2. retiisa var. uitida. 



3. elastica. 



4. glaberrima, 



5. glabella. 



6, nercosa. 



7. infecforia. 



var. Lamhertiana. 



8. ffeuietilata. 

 fjakela (p. 



9. tdela. 



10. Rumphii. 



11. Arnotfiana. 



12. religiosa. 



13. hengalemis, 



14. tomentosa. 



15. CKspidifera. 



16, parasitica. 



(22) scaiidens. 



17, heterophi/lla. 



18. a»perrima. 



19. eunia. 



