PAL.EOMOJU'HE. 



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usually more than three times as long aa the petiole. Receptaclea axillar short- p< lunculate, 

 sometimes almost sessile, in pairs (solitary by abortion) or in 1 idea; tho-a bearing male 

 flowers ovoid and with the umbilicus rather prominent, the umbilical br? ta numerous thoao 

 bearing fertile female flowers globose when ripe ; both form iberulous, obeolett ly yerrm 

 orange-red, without basal bracts, but with a few bra ta scattered irregularly alon^ the ndee; 

 about *± m. across; peduncles short, with numerous braeteolea at their haaea, male flowei 



(occurring only in the ovoid receptaclea with the gull flow rs), the perianth thick, Heahy 



tubular, with 4 vather short teeth ; stann n 1, the anther broad, pistil globular, inaect atta ed 



gall flowers pedicillate, the perianth likt that f the male, ucliene cab-globular, -mouth, it 



short, lateral, stigma capitat : fertile female flow - (in -lobular reoepto lecin which * 

 are no male flowers), the perianth hairy, tmophylloi; with 4 lot ; th, aehme oblon 

 stvle lateral, stigma elongate. 



^...V* ^sm-^rmm^ 



From Chittagong southward to the Malayan Arrhipell jo, at elevations f from 1 



to 4,500 ft.; al-o in the Phillippinea ami in \aj Fau Sliau : prese ing little variation 



d readily recognised by the l"ng, suhulate, < »n volute stipulea, which alw cur\- 



ay from the axis. Roxburgh found the lanceolate Uiptic leaved form "f this in < 



tai;ong and named it F. acuii nata. MiquePa special F. /••■ am was ultimately reduced to 



this by himself, but in my opinion it more i mbh - /'. pisij- Wall., to which I 1 »ve 



duced it. F. ancobnia of the same author is a luxuri it, rather br< ul-leaved foi whi u 

 in his final revision of the genus he himself reduced to this. F. t </"!<', 1 in\ (not 

 Miq.), of which an authentic specimen e ists in the Leiden Herbarium, up] mi re ) me 

 to be reducible hi re, as do some of the specimens (e.g. //ww, Formosa, o41) i 

 by Maximov icz to F. insular is, Miq 



This is a truly dioecious sp< 68. Male flowera are found only in the ov 1 red') le 



and they lie, as usual, between the s« ilea that close the mouth of the receptacle, the whole 



the rest of the interior being filled by ineect-attacked f male (Le. gall) flow* rs, and the plai < 



these ovoid receptaclea are erect hrubs grouing in the ground. } unah- How. i 



bear 



oducin 



fertile achenos, on the other hand, are found only in the globular 





the entire interior of which they occupy, no trace whatever bein found I a mal «fi 

 Moreover, the plants bearing the round receptaclea are een.i-scaiidcn t epiphytea, not erect 



shrubs growing in soil. 



Pi ate 6.— F. mhulata, Bl. A.— Tw.g bearm receptaclea which oontaan pei act male 



and gall flowers. B.-Twig hearing fertile female flowera : of aWj . 



1 male flower, containing I tamen and 1 in.se- t-att Iced pistil ; 2 & 3, perianth of i male 

 flower; 4, unripe achem ; 5, ripe fertile achene nlanjcd. 



7. Ficrsi lsiocabpa, Miq. Fl I I B*4 8*ft 175, 4 0; Ann. J/ti*. LugJ. Jhi. u 



27 *, 293.— F. ton pklebia, Miq. Lc 427. 



s rndent 9 The young hranchea densely but deeiduoualy ruhroue-* toee iaa 



riaceoua shortly petiolate, often slightly inequilateral, elon- ,tc, ovat ,1b, o. bio 



d de dy contracted at the ap I id . a long narrow acumen ■ Igeaenth i to 







rather broad, blunt, often oblique, 3- to 6-nen ,1 ; la- ral prn. n r» t | .,*, 



prominent below, intermediate or MM ndary ..,rv M ,,arall,l, rather atrial,- .he Whol 

 of the lower surface (but c | ially the midril, ncr 8, and , i. datio, > ton , .,« upper 



Surface shining, hard, smooth; I ngth of blade 5 I , )0 in. ; pefcole. .too . ,,«-1y M; 



•3 to 4 in. Ion-; stipule- 2 to eachl* if, lance He, tomentooe Ufa Dally, from -:i .... to 5 .... 



