Morus.] cxxiiic. HORACES (Hutchinson and Rendle). 19 



Inflorescence unisexual ; male flower subtended by a 

 peltate bract ; female flower solitary ; trees or 

 shrubs 7. Neosloetiopsis. 



Tribe II. ARTOCARPE^. — Anthers erect in hud ; style often obliquely inserted, 

 undiinded or 2-fid or 2-lohed ; stigma various ; ovule pendulous from the 

 apex or just below the apex of the cell, anatropous or slightly amphitropous ; 

 fruit sometimes buried in the receptacle. Trees or shrubs ; leaves inrolled 

 in bud ; stipules leaving a scar encircling or nearly encircling the stem ; 

 flowers crowded on the inside or outside of a fleshy unisexual or bisexual 

 receptacle, or the female solitary. 

 *Flowers arranged on the inside of a hollow and nearly closed or campanulate 



and open at the top, usually bisexual receptacle ; female flowers solitary in each 



receptacle except in Ficus! 



Sub-tribe i. Fice^. — Receptacle mostly fleshy, hollow, globose or obovoid, 

 closed at the top except for a small ostiole (mouth), bracteate on the 

 inside ; peduncle with a whorl of 2-3 bracts at the apex, rarely bracts 

 corresponding to these more than 3 and scattered on the peduncle ; 

 flowers numerous, hidden within the receptacle. 



Only Tropical African genus 8. Ficus. 



Sub-tribe ii. BROsiMEiE. — Receptacles campanulate or obconic, wide open at 

 the top with the flowers exserted, bisexual or rarely subunisexual ; 

 basal bracts none or few. 



Fruit inferior, adnate to the inside of the re- 

 ceptacle. 

 Bracts among the male flowers peltate ... 9. Bosqueiopsis. 

 Bracts among the male flowers not peltate ... 10. Bosqueia. 

 Fruit superior, free from the receptacle ... 11. Scyphosyce. 



Sub-tribe iii. Olmedie^e. — Receptacles unisexual, in the male with a basal 

 involucre of numerous or few bracts ; female flowers soUtary. 

 Male involucral bracts few, in a single series 12. Mesogyne. 

 Male involucral bracts numerous, in several 



series 13. Anttaris. 



**Flowers arranged on the outside of (but often sunk in) the fleshy receptacle, 

 the latter globose or ellipsoid and unisexual ; female flowers numerous in each 

 female receptacle. 



Sub-tribe iv. Euartocarpe^e. — Receptacle with a few bracts at the base, the 

 floral bracts often peltate at the apex, rarely conical ; fruits buried in 

 the fleshy part of the receptacle and forming a sjnicarp. 



Only Tropical African genus 14. Treculia. 



Tribe III. CO'NOCEVUAl.EJE.— Stamens not inflexed in the bud, anthers erect ; 

 style simple ; oinile erect from the ba^e of the cell. Trees or shrubs; leaves 

 folded in bud ; stiptiles generally large arid united leaving a ring-like scar. 



Male flowers 2-4-androus ; sepals distinct ; style 



short; stigma broad, lanceolate 15. Myrianthus. 



Male flowers 1-androus; sepals- united ; style long, 



filiform; stigma brush-like 16. Musakga. 



1. MORUS, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. 364. 



Flowers monoecious or dioecious. Male : Calyx membranous, 

 divided into 4 imbricate segments. Stamens 4 ; filaments free, 

 inflexed in bud. Female: Sepals 4, decussate and imbricate, 



