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Leaves 3-nerved at the base, the apex 

 abruptly acuminate. A large spread- 

 ing deciduous glabrous tree, often an 

 epiphyte in early life . . . . 9. F. infectoria. 

 Section III. SYCIDIUM. Flowers unisexual. 

 Male and gall flowers in one set; of recept- 

 acles, fern, flowers in separate receptacles. 

 Male flowers monandrous. 



Leaves alternate, polymorphous, entire 

 toothed or variously lobed, more or less 

 scabrid on both surfaces. A small creep- 

 ing shrub, rarely an epiphyte . . . 10. F. heterophylla. 



Section IV. COVELLIA. Flowers unisexual. 

 Male and gall fls. in same receptacle ; female 

 fls. in separate receptacles. Male fls. 

 monandrous ; sepals 3-4. Perianth of 

 fern. fls. gamophyllous, short or none, rarely 

 of 4-5 sepals. Leaves alternate or opposite. 

 Receptacles on long leafless branches from 

 near the base of the stem or subhypogeal, 

 or on tubercles of the trunk, and larger 

 branches, rarely axillary : 

 Receptacles in the leaf-axils, or in fascicles 

 from the stem and larger branches : 

 Leaves ovate-oblong or subobovate, 



usually opposite ; receptacles axillary 



and froDi tubercles on the stem. A 



shrub or medium-sized tree with hollow 



branches . . . . . . 11. F. hispida. 



Leaves narrowly lanceolate or oblanceo- 

 late, opposite, crowded ; receptacles 

 solitary, stalked, subglobose, Axillary 

 or on short leafless branches from the old 

 wood ; young parts densely but deci- 

 duously hirsute. A low shrub, usually 

 found in rocky beds of streams . . 12. F. laminosa, 



Receptacles in pairs or clusters on scaly 

 usually leafless branches from near the 

 base of the trunk ; leaves alternate, more 

 or less scabrid or hispid-pubescent, basal 

 lobes very unequal. A low tree with 

 reddish bark. .... 13. F. Cunia. 



