Ficus.] oxxiuc. HORACES (Hutchinson). 81 



Mature receptacles glabrous or scaly-puberulous : 

 Leaves suborbicular or elliptic-orbicular : 

 Leaves entire or with undulate margins, 



scabrous and only slightly hairy above 6. F. Mucvlso. 



Leaves repand-dentate, setose-pilose on 



both surfaces 1. F. aidifolia. 



Leaves ovate, ovate-elliptic or lanceolate : 



Receptacles scaly-pubenilous ... ... 8. i^. Sur. 



Receptacles glabrous or rarely minutely 

 pubescent when young : 

 Leaves lanceolate or oblong -lanceolate, 



entire, glabrous 9. F. riparia. 



Leaves ovate or ovate-elliptic, mostly 



repand-dentate, glabrous or hairy 10. F. capensis. 



Receptacles axillary and solitary, sometimes borne 

 towards the base of the young shoots : 

 Leaves very broadly ovate, mostly coarsely 



repand-dentate; receptacles puberulous ... 11. F. Vallis-Choudce. 



Leaves orbicular or ovate, mostly subentire or 

 obtusely serrate ; receptacles densely to- 

 mentose 12. F. gna/phalocarpa. 



♦♦Leaves toothed only towards the base, the remainder of 

 the margin quite entire or undulate : 

 Venation very lax on the lower surface ... ... 13. F. golungensis. 



Venation very close and fine on the lower surface 14. F. senegalensis. 



Subgenus III. Sycidifm, Miq. — Leaves opposite or alternate, variable in shape^ 

 mostly toothed or variously divided, scabrous {in 19, F. urceolaris, only slightly 

 scabrous) ; stipules caducous, rarely subpersistent ; receptacles {where knou^n) 

 axillary, small to medium-sized, with the bracts scattered on the peduncle and 

 frequently also on the outer surface of the receptacle ; ostiole with the outer bracts 

 plainly visible and spreading horizontally across the orifice, the inner descending 

 into the receptacle ; male flowers mostly with a solitary stamen, sometimes 

 accompanied by an abortive ovary. 



Stems 1-3 ft. high, arising from a creeping rhizome ... 16. F. pygmoea. 



Shrubs, trees or climbers with much-branched stems : 

 Leaves nearly all opposite, often with 3 -dentate 



tips 16. F. caprecefolia. 



Leaves always alternate, entire or variously toothed 



or lobed, but never only 3 -dentate at the apex : 



Leaves linear-lanceolate, entire, about 6 times as 



long as broad 17. F . acuti folia. 



Leaves ovate or elliptic, never more than 3 times 

 as long as broad, sometimes divided : 

 Stems climbing or twining ; leaves rather 



distantly denticulate 18. F. peirdida. 



Much-branched trees or shrubs : 



Leaves mostly very asymmetrical, the mid- 

 rib dividing the lamina into two very un- 

 equal halves, usually under 6 in. long : 

 Receptacles shortly setulose or nearly 

 glabrous : 

 Leaves long-caudate-acuminate ... 19. F. urceolaris. 



