ULMACEJE. 203 



anther erect, 2-locular, 2-rimose. Female flowers imbedded in long 

 tubnlar foveoles of receptacle ; calyx short, inserted (perigynously) 

 at top of margin of tube, gamophy lions, perforated at apex. Ger- 

 men inserted at bottom of tube, sessile or shortly stipitate, free, 

 1-locular (or more rarely 2-3-locular) ; style lateral ventral erect, 

 at apex enclosed or exserted, apex simple or 2-3-lobed stigmatose. 

 Ovule in cells 1, inserted under the (sometimes free) apex of 

 erect placenta, descending, anatropous ; micropyle extrorsely 

 superior, sometimes closed by short process of placenta. Syncarp 

 spherical or oblong, and consisting of the more or less increased 

 fleshy farinose receptacle enclosing true (sometimes abortive) fruit. 

 Fruit drupaceous very slightly fleshy, finally dry, oftener 1-sper- 

 mous ; coat of descending seed thin ; cotyledons of incurved exal- 

 buminous embryo unequal ; radicle short superior. — Lactifiuous 

 trees ; wood soft ; leaves alternate, entire or variously incised ; 

 stipules 2, lateral connate in one supra-axillary enfolding the top 

 of the branch deciduous ; scar linear annular ; flowers on distinct 

 glomerulate receptacles ; receptacle of males spikelike cylindrical or 

 clavate, bearing externally sessile flowers intermixed with crowded 

 bracts and bracteoles, peltate at apex (or 0) ; receptacle of females 

 and fruit enfolding carpels in tubular radiating foveoles, externally 

 rugulose with projecting calyces perforated at apex. {Trop. Asia 

 and Oceania.) See p. 151. 



33 ? Acanthinophyllum Allem. 1 — Flowers dioecious, male 

 naked, 1 -an drous; stamens intermixed with peltate bracts. Female 

 calyx urceolate, perforated at apex. Germen in early age superior, 

 l-locular ; style thick enclosed, at apex stigmatose divaricately 2- 

 lobed ; ovule 1 , descending anatropous, micropyle extrorsely superior. 

 Syncarp composed of enclosed fleshy semi-inferior fruits and persistent 

 perianths. Seeds cxalbuminous ; cotyledons of straight fleshy embryo 

 thick equal ; radicle short superior. 2 — A lactifiuous tree ; leaves alter- 

 nate spinosely dentate ; stipules and other characters of Artocarpus J 

 receptacles of male flowers amentiform cylindrical ; of the female 

 (glomeruliferous ?) and fruit spherical. 3 {Brazil.*) 



\ta Brasil.i. 368, c. io. (1858).— Bi;r. carpus, also, notwithstanding the form of the 



Prodr. xvii. 281. female receptacle, to Pseiidosorveeii and Haltaytui ia. 



2 " Berries of a bright reddish golden colour, The place in the order of this race, unknown to 

 slightly puberulous, united in a syncarp em- us hitherto, doubtful. 



bryo milky greenish azure." (Allem). * Spec. 1. A. strepitaits Allem. loc. at. (vulg. 



3 A genus, hence, it appears, allied to Arto- Baiiilta de Espada). 



