146 URTICACEJE. [ FIOTS. 



Section V. ETJCYCE. Flowers unisexual. 

 Male and gall flowers in one set of receptacles, 

 fern, flowers in separate receptacles. Male 

 fls. usually diandrous (rarely 1-andr. in F. 

 scandens, or 3-andr. in F. foveolata). Recep- 

 tacles axillary, usually small. Scandent or 

 erect shrubs or small trees, rafely epiphytic. 

 Creeping or climbing shrubs : 



Leaves broadly ovate or elliptic, their 



length not twice the breadth ; male fls. 



rarely 1-andr ; receptacles on long 



stalks. A scandent or creeping shrub, 



often rooting from the nodes . . 14. F. scandens. 



Leaves oblong, their length more than 

 twice the breadth ; male fls. rarely 3- 

 andr. ; receptacles sessile or nearly so. 

 A creeper or lofty climbing shrub . 15. F. foveolata. 



An erect shrub or small tree with more or 

 less scabrid entire toothed or 3-5-lobed 

 leaves ; receptacles stalked . . . 16. F. palmata. 

 Section VI. NEOMORPHE. Flowers unisexual. 



Male and gall fls. in one set of receptacles, 



fern. fls. in a separate set (except in F. 



glomerata which has male fern, and gall fls. 



in the same receptacle as in Sect. Urostigma). 



Male fls. 2-andr. (rarely 3-andr. in F. Eox- 



burghii). Perianth inflated, 3-4-sepalous. 



Receptacles often very large, in clusters 



from tubercles on the stem and larger bran- 

 ches, or in F. glomerata with a few 



axillary pairs. Trees with alternate leaves, 



never epiphytic : 



Leaves subcoriaceous, 5-15 in. long, broadly 

 ovate or rounded, usually deeply cordate 

 at the strongly 5-7-nerved base ; recept- 

 acles 2J in. in diam. or more, in clusters 

 low down on the trunk . . . . 1 7. F. EoxburgJiii. 



Leaves membranous, 4-7 in. long, ovate- 

 oblong or-elliptic-lanceolate, rounded or 

 acute at the 3-nerved base ; receptacles 

 1-1J in. across, on scaly stalked panicled 

 branchlets from the trunk and larger 

 branches, rarely in the leaf-axils . . 18. F. glomerata. 



