Ficus. URTICACE. 977 
axillary and from small sealy tubercles in the leaf-axils, or in the 
axils of scars below the leaves (§ Eusyce) :—[{p. 978 
+ Scandent or creeping and rooting shrubs :—{p. 978 
Leaves dimorphous, those of the Ssscuathc nies spreading, 
non-rooting branches distinetly petioled, 2-5-3 in. long, larger 
than those of oa barren, clinging, and rooting branches which 
. are 1 in. or 1] n length, and have very short oS ; recep- 
tacles epads udier pyriform, 2 in. long, 1°5 in. across 
pumila. 
l Leaves all similar or subsimila 
Leaves almost sagittately: aad at the 5-7-nerved base, the 
S 
; stipules -75-1°3 in. as long as the petioles ; recep- 
tacles short-peduncled, solitary or in pairs, -3~-"5 in. across ; 
ranches rooting at the nodes erininervia 
Leaves cuneate or rounded at base, or if cordate the sinus 
very wide and shallow : 
Receptacles on badkcnschle as long as their width, os 
or subsolitary by abortion of one of an a ry pair 
Leaves orbicular or aig! siege or elliptic, monet 
date, 4-7 in. long, base rounded to rved, 
asibatly glabrous ; setting 1-5-2°5 in., nition 3-5 in. 
long; receptacles -5-1 in. across; peduncles -6-1 in. 
long; an epiphytic climber, becoming oe a 
small tree a 
Leaves ovate or elliptic ovate, acute or nai veg 
2-3-5 in. long, base rounded, strongly 3-nerved, sub- 
mabe petioles -25—'5 in., stipules -25 in. long ; recep- 
tacles 3 in. across ; peduncles ‘3—5 in. long; scandent, 
me fonts at the nodes scandens 
Receptacles sessile or subsessile, on peduncles shorter than 
their own shibanritsk ; leaves ovate-elliptic or oblong, rarely 
lanceo! 
Receptacles freee solitary, always agers eaves 
1-25-6 i g, base 3-nerved ; petiole ‘2-5 in. rae 
never wae the -5 in. long davai: a creeper or 
lofty os .foveolata 
Receptacles partly solitary or paired axillary, or in 
Pea Po axillary or rameal, small, scaly tubercles ; 
es 2-5-8 (sometimes on young shoots 11) in. long, 
base 5-7-nerved; petiole -75-1°3 in. long, always 
