

Eusyce 



Floivers unisexual; male and gall flowers in one set of receptacles ; fertile 



female flowers in a distinct set of receptacles ; male flowers with 2 stnmeni. 

 The receptacles small, axillary. Scandent or erect shruhs or small tr>< 

 rarely epiphytal ; the leaves alternate, sojtly hairy or gh/hrous, not scabrid 



or 



h ispid. 



Exceptions. — All three kinds of flowers in the same rccrpta f e 



in Nos. 145, 191, and 192 ; three to six stamps in No. 170 ; sometimes three 

 stamens in Nos. 149, 163, 173, and 191 ; one stamen in No. 192, and 

 sometimes in Nos. 163, 164, 171, and 173 ; receptac 7 es large in Nos. Ill, 



149, 169, 



and in some varieties 



154 : receptacles hispid in No. 174 



and a rudimentary pistil sometimes present in the male flowers. 



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Scandent or Creeping Shrubs. 



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Leaves dimorphous, those of the receptucle-bearng branches much larger 



than those of the stem. 



Leaves of stem alike in shape ; receptacles 1 inch or more in 



,. , 114 F. pumila. 



diameter r 



Leaves of stem polymorphous ; receptacles less than half au inch 



. ,-i . . . 145. F. Tim ait ti. 

 in diameter . 



Leaves obovate, rarely more than 1 inch long. 



M6. F. caccioioi'te** 

 Keceptacles sub-sessile, ovoid ^ F dl ,b,ha. 



Keceptacles pedunculate, pyriform 



Leaves ovate-rotund. 



Apices of leaves rather U«n. ; receptacles sessile, in miliary ^ ^ ^ ^^ 



clusters * ' .. . |- 



Apices of leaves calculate; receptacles more than half a„ ^ ^ ^ 



in diameter, on Ion g peduncles 



