220 cxxnic. MORACEiE (Hutchinson). [Scyphosyce. 



11. SCYPHOSYCE, BaiU. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. 371. 



Flowers monoecious, inclosed in tubular-campanulate bis'.xual 

 receptacles. Male flowers numerous, inserted at the base of the re- 

 ceptacle. Perianth narrowly tubular, obtusely 2^-dentate. Stamen 

 1, exserted ; filament straight, slender ; anther oblong, erect, 2- 

 celled. Rudimentary ovary 0. Female flower solitary in the middle 

 of the receptacle, sessile. Perianth as long as that of the male, with 



2 free imbricate ovate-lanceolate segments closely enveloping the 

 pistil. Ovary superior ; style slender, lateral, with two exserted 

 stigmatose branches ; ovule solitary, pendulous. Young fruit ovoid, 

 surrounded at the base by the receptacle and the persistent male 

 flowers, not seen in a mature state. — Perennial rather woody herbs 

 with simple stems up to nearly 1 ft. long, often rooting from the nodes 

 towards the base. Leaves alternate, crowded in the upper part of 

 the stem, shortly petiolate, acuminate, entire or denticulate, sub- 

 chartaceoas, penninerved ; stipules free, narrow, scaly.,. Receptacles 

 small, axillary, pedunculate, fleshy towards the base, 4-5-lobed. 



Species 2, endemic. 



Branchlets Bhortly hispid ; leaves gradually nar- 

 rowed to the base, abruptly caudate-acuminate 1. S. tnwimano, 



Branchlets glabrous, with brown transversely split- 

 ting bark ; leaves abruptly narrowed to the base 

 from about the middle, broadly ovate in the upper 

 part and gradually pointed 2. 6'. pandvrala. 



1. S. manniana, Baill. Adansonia, xi. 293. A small woody 

 herbaceous plant up to 9 in. high ; stem simple, leafy towards the 

 apex, shortly hispid with blackish hairs, with rather short internodes. 

 Leaves oblanceolate, obtusely caudate-acuminate, acumen |-J in. 

 long, gradually narrowed to a rounded or subcordate base, 2-5 in. 

 long, |— If in. broad, denticulate or subentire, thinly chartaceous, 

 glabrous above, very shortly and sparingly pubescent on the midrib 

 and lateral nerves beneath ; midrib prominent on both surfaces ; 

 lateral nerves 11-12 on each side of the midrib, diverging from it 

 at a wide angle, arcuate, prominently looped some distance fiom the 

 margin, equally raised on both surfaces ; tertiary nerves lax and 

 rather faint ; petiole 2-3 lin. long, rather densely hispid with black 

 hairs ; stipules lanceolate, long-acuminate, acute, 3-5 lin. long, 

 blackish, puberulous outside, glabrous within. Receptacles 

 axillary, pedunculate, campanulate-obconic, about 1 Hn, long, 

 glabrous ; lobes 4, very broadly ovate, rounded at the apex, J lin. 

 long, f lin. broad, thinly coriaceous, glabrous ; peduncle 2-3 lin. 

 long, about J lin. thick, glabrous. Male flowers stipitate, slender, 



3 lin. long from the base to the apex of the perianth ; perianth very 

 narrowly obconic, 2-4-dentate, teeth rounded, shortly pubescent. 

 Filament J lin. long, slender, glabrous ; anther narrowly oblong, J lin. 



