Fieus] C. HORACES 599 



I. Receptacles axillary or above the scars of fallen 1., solitary or iu pairs, rarely 

 on the old wood: I. Palaomorphe, III. Synaecia, IV. Sycidium, VI. Eusyce. 



A. L. lanceolate or oblong, width as a rule less than one third the length. 



(a) L. entire: 2. subitlala, 39, sikJcimenHs, 62. silhetensh, 64. pyriformis, 



65. nemoralis. 

 (ft) L. serrate or lobed : 45. quercifolia, 59. chrysocarpa. 



B. L. elliptic-ovate or obovate, width as a rule more than one third the length ■ 



(a) L. entire or nearly so: 37. callicarpa, 60. le}>i<losa, 61. erecta, 63. 



glandulifera, 66. chartacea, 68. ramentacea, 69. rrinineri-ia. 7o. «o«- 

 dens, 71. Icevis. 



(b) L. denticulate, dentate or lobed : 4. brevicus2>is, 42. asperrima, 46. 



nigrescent, 55. pal mala, b6./ulva, 57. Carica. 



C. L. variable, from lanceolate to broadly ovate : 47. heterophytta, 58. hirta. 



D. L. 13'rate, deepiy lobed : 50. bhotanica. 

 E L. very unequal-sided : 41. obsctira. 



F. L. as a rule caudate-acuminate, tertiary nerves very prominent : 1. gilbosa 

 3. uropltylla, 38. clavala, 44. roetrata, 67. foveolata, 70. scandens. 

 II. Receptacles in axillary pairs, mostly sessile. Large trees, epiphytic while young, 

 often stem-clasping, 1. alternate : II. Urostigma (sp. 4-36). 

 III. Receptacles in dense clusters on tubercles or on leafless racemose or panieled 

 branches, from the trunk or larger branches. L. sometimes opposite : 

 Y. Covellia (sp. 48-54), VII. Xeomorplie (sp. 72-79). 



Sect. I. Palaomorphe. t? n - monapdrous, containing a rudimentary pistil, 

 iu the same receptacles with gall fl.. 9 A- i n separate receptacles. 



1. F. gibbosa, Blume; King, Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. I. t. 2.— Syn. F- 

 Allimeeraloo, Boxb. ; Wight let. 650; F. Anipelos, Roxb. ; Wight Ic. t- 

 652; /■'. tuberculoid, Roxb.; Wight Ic. t. 651; F. parasitica, Uoeuig ; 

 BrandisF.Fl.42n: /■'. excelsa, Vail; Kurz F. Fl. ii. 451. Vern. Chanchri. 

 Garhwal; Majni, Jabalpur; Cluneal, Satpura range; Datiri, Datri, Mar.; 

 Itthi, Tain. : Nyaung thabye, Burm. 



A .small, at times a large tree, often epiphytic or climbing, enclosing the 

 trunks of trees in a perfect network of branches, or creeping along walls 

 and on the sides nf wells. L. thinly coriaceous, smooth above, rough beneath, 

 elliptic, more or less acuminate, often very unequal-sided, angular and with 

 a few large teeth, blade 3-G, pet. \ in., sec. n. 4-6 pair, joined by arching 

 intra-marginal veins, the lowest pair from the base usually running near the 

 edge, intermediate and tertiary n. distinct. Receptacles minutely hairy, J-J 

 in. diani., peduncle up to h in. long, bracts at base of peduncle. Ovary in 

 fertile fl. sessile. Fr. yellow when ripe. A variable species, two varieties : 

 o. cuspidifera, 1. elongate, acuminate, nerves pellucid, ft. parasitica, 1. broad 

 rhomboid, nerves opaque. 



Subhimalayan tract from the Jumna eastwards. Assam, ('hittagnnir. Andaman*. 

 Dower Burma, Behar. I butio Nagpur. Centr. Prov, Western Peninsula. Fr. 



Jan.-May.— Ceylon, low country, conn i. Malay Penins. and Archip. China. 2. 



F. subulata, Blu : King, Ann. i. t. 6. Chittagong. Pegu Soma, eastern slo 



Martaban. Malay Penins. and Archip. China. A. large dioecious shrub, the {erect, 

 the i climbing, young shoots minutely pubescent. L. membranous, glabrous, entire, 



margin undulate, elliptic-law late or oblanceolate, blade I 10, pet. J-J in. lot 



sec. n. LO-20 pair, stipules subulate J Lin, PI.: <$ (containing a rudimentary pistil) 



and gall B. void, the . in globose receptacles on different plants, perianth gamo- 



phyllous, hairy, with 1 oblong lobes. Fr, orange-yellow with white dots. 8. P. urophylla. 

 Wall. ; King, Ann. i. t. 9, Assam. Khasi hills. Chittagong. Burma, — Malay Penins. 

 An erect shrub or small tree, I subcoriaceous, ovate or elliptic, the apes with an abrupt 

 narrov tail, blade 2 J 1, pet. J in., stipules minute. Receptacles short ly pedunculate, 

 Bcabrid-hispid, reddish-yellow when ripe. Very similar to F. roat I nk., which 



is climbing, lias larger I, and i fl. without a pistillode. 



Sect, [I. Urostigma. ' fl. as a rule monandrous, in the same receptacle 

 with 9 and gall B., stigma elongate, usually acute and feathery. Large trees, 

 the majority of species evergreen, as a rule epiphytic when young, frequently 

 producing aerial roots, which either descend straight into the ground, develop- 

 ing into secondary stems, or form a network, enclosing the trunk of the tree 



