160 k ^CIX. URTICEZ. [ Aphananthe, 
ensis, Planch. in Ann. m Nat. ser. 3, x. 837. A tree 
or tall shrub, sem or scabro ous-pubesc Leaves shortly petiolate 
broadly ovate to elliptical, acute or aimat obtuse, rigidly membranous 
coriaceous, scabrous, the = coe ey y prominent underneath 
— g astomosin npe ge €: p: into 
pungent pointedly obes. Male cymes almost sessile but loose. Perianth- 
broad, concave, ciliolate. Anthers half exerted when fully out. 
Monisie perian nth-se segments narrower. Fruit ovoid, acuminate, about 
3 lines long.— Taxotrophis Bros ibi F. Muell. Fragm. vi. 192; Sponia 
ilicifolia, S. Kurz in Flora, 1872, 4 
Quee Brisbane river, Moreton e F. Mueller; Queensland woods, Lon- 
don Exhibition 1862, W. Hill, n. 86; Rockhampton, O'Skanesy ; Rockingham bay, 
. S. Wales. Clarence river, Wilcox, preng aee and Richmond brushes, 
Porti woods, London Exhibition 1862, C. Moore, 
TRIBE II. AmrocARPEX.— Flowers unisexual, in dense unisexual 
or NA spikes or heads, or crowded on or inclosed in a fleshy — 
receptacle. dr erect or ‘slightly incurved in the bud. Styles 
undivided or unequally rarely equally 2-branched. Ovule pendulous 
or lateral] a Embryo curved or straight. Trees or shrubs, 
with a milky jui 
4, FICUS, Linn. 
(Urostigma and Covellia, Gasp.) 
Flowers unisexual, minute, enclosed in a hollow globular ovoid or 
ar-shaped receptacle called a fig or synacium ; the minute orifice closed 
y bracts turned inwards, or the first rows erect outwards. Male 
flowers usually near the " mouth of the pepada very rarely in 
ya pach JEFE, and often very few. Perianth of 3 to 6 lobesor 7 
segments, imbricate in the bud, rarely sica] to a a €: 
uL 1, 2, or rarely more, opposite the perianth-segment 
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n small seed- like nuts surrounded by the membranous or succ 
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alternate or opposite, entire or lobed, penniveined “ft d usually 
less distinctly 3-nerved at the base. Stipules usually very eciduous, 
