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Leaves glabrous above, slightly appressed pubeseeut along the nerves baneath, . . , .A> rigida. 



X X The prickles of syncarp smooth. 

 Leaves velvety-tomentose beneath, minutely pubescent above, A.rufescens. 



* * Syncarp tubercled, the tubercles usually scabrously setulose. 



Leaves, especially beneath, scabrous-pubescent ; syncarp as large as a fist, globular, pendu'? 



lous on a slender peduncle, ,. A. Ohaplasha. 



All parts quite glabrous ; syncarp clavate to obloug, 1-1 J ft. long, A. integrifolia, 



* * * Syncarp smooth or nearly so, usually velvety or velvety tomentose. 



All parts quite glabrous, A. Gomeziana. 



Shoots densely rusty or tawny pubescent ; leaves shortly scabrously pubescent, A. Lacoocha. 



FICDS; 



* Becej)tacles by pairs or solitary from the axils of the leaves or from above the scars of 



tli fallen ones (never from the stem or root-shoots). 



Leaves more or less thick coriaceous to almost chartaceous, glabrous or rarely 

 puberulous or floccose-villous beneath ; petioles strong and continuous, or 

 slender and jointed at apex. Receptacles various, usually smooth, rarely 

 villous or pubescent, not hispid or hairy within, the mouth closed by 3 to 4 blunt 

 closely appressed bracts. Male flowers monandrous. Stigma filiform-elongate^ 

 very rarely 2-cleft. Trees or arboreous stem-clasping climbers. 



D Petioles usually thick and short, rarely slender, not jointed and thickened at the insertion 

 of the blade. 



X Leaves more or less firmly coriaceous, 4-10 in. long, rarely shorter, the 

 petiole strong and thick, and usually short in comparison with the blade. 

 Receptacles sessile, the size of a large or smill cherry. 



X Leaves 3-5-plinerted, shortly pubescent or, ichile young , floccose-vijlous 

 beneath or on both sides ; receptacles puberulous, fioccose or tomen- 

 tose, more or less glabrescent. 



Leaves shortly pubescent beneath, blunt or apiculate ; young shoots and stipules puberu- 

 lous, jF. Bengalensis. 



Leaves glabrous, shortly acuminate ; young receptacles fioccose ; stipules rusty or tawny 

 villous-pubesceut, , , F. Mysurensis- 



Leaves and receptacles while young covered with a fioccose rusty-coloured dawn ; stipules 



rusty or tawny villous-pubesceut, , ,F. pilosa. 



X X Leaves quite glabrous. 



Branchlets roughish from rusty coloured asperities ; leaves penninerved, shortly acuminate ; 

 bracts deciduous F. onusta. 



Glabrous ; leaves triplinerved, blunt or blunt apiculate ; bracts glabrous, persis- 

 tent, F. laccifera. 



As former, but young shoots, stipules and bracts puberulous, the last falling oS' already in 

 bad, F. altissima. 



Glabrous ; leaves triplinerved, acuminate, in a dried state brownish beneath ; bracts glabrous, 

 persistent, F. Indica. 



Glabrous, leaves very thick coriaceous, rounded or apex at base, the lateral nerves very 

 thin and inconspicuous ; petiole short jF, obtusifolia. 



X X Leaves as informer, but receptacles on a shorter or longer peduncle, the 

 size of a cherry to that of a plum. 



Glabrous ; leaves penninerved, pale coloured beneath ; peduncles very short and thick, villous- 



pubescent, F. annulata. 



Glabrous ; leaves penninerved, acuminate ; the peduncles 3-5 lin. long, glabrous,. .F. Thomsoni. 



XXX Leaves large, coriaceous, the lateral nerves all thin and parallel-running, 

 very close together. 



Glabrous ; petiole short and thick ; stipules up to 6 in. long, rod, F. elastica. 



Leaves rather small, 2-3 in. long, rarely longer, thin coriaceous to 

 almost chartaceous, the nerves thin, more or less crowded and 

 parallel running, with a more or less distinct transverse veination or 

 netveination between. 

 X Receptacles sessile or shortly peduncled, the size and shape of a pea or 

 smaller. All parts glabrous. 



