78 THE FLORA OF THE NOETHEEN TEEEITORY. 



Tribe II. Flowers unisexual in dense spikes or heads. Stamens inflected 

 in the bud. Styles usually 2-branhoed. Ovule pendulous or laterally attached. 

 Embryo incurved or involute. Trees or shrubs very rarely herbs. 



Male flowers in dense spikes. Females in globular heads, their perianths 

 urceloate with a small orifice. Style-branches elongated. — 2. Malaisia. 



Flowers in globular androgynous heads. Style elongated with a small 

 branch or tooth at the base. Stem herbaceous. — 1. Fatoua. 



1. FATOUA, Gaud. 

 1. F. pilosa, Oaud. — ^Port Essington, Armstrong. 



2. MAILAISIA, Blanco. 



1. M. tortuosa, Blanco. — ^Port Darwin, Schultz (No. 395, 745). Wood 

 hard and very tough. 



3. ANTIARIS, Lesch. 



1. A. macrophylla, R. Br. — Shores of Company's Island, opposite Arn- 

 hem's Land, R. Brown. Probably poisonous. 



4. FICUS, TouRN. 1735. 



(Ca/prificus, Gasp., 184,4: ; Erosma, Booth., 1849 ; Erythrogyne, Vis., 1845; 

 Gonosuke, Rafin., 1838 ; Pharmacosycea, Miq., 1848 ; Plagiostrema, Zucc, 1845 

 Many yield Caoutchouc. 



Section I. Male perianth 3-merous, rarely 6-merous. Stamen 1 ; anther- 

 cells distinct or confluent. Female perianth 4-6-merous, Stigma (in the Aus- 

 trahan species) elongated, acute. Leaves alternate, entire, usually coriaceous. 

 Receptacles usually axillary. 



Leaves with rather distinct principal primary veins and numerous trans- 

 verse reticulations, with a few smaller fine primary veins between the principal 

 ones. 



Receptacles sessile or on a peduncle of 1 line, not exceeding 5 lines 



diameter .^ — 7. P. nesophila. 

 Receptacles on peduncles of 2 lines, | to | in. diameter. — 5. F. 

 Henneana. 

 Leaves with numerous parallel primary transverse veins all equal or every 

 third or fourth more prominent. 



Leaves thinly coriaceous, mostly under 3 in. 



Petioles under 3 lines. Leaves usually broad and very obtuse. 



Recepttacles |-in. diameter — 11. F. retusa. 

 Petioles J to J in. Leaves oblong-lanceolate or elliptical, scarcely 

 acuminate. Receptacles J-in. diameter. — 3. F. eugenioides. 

 Leaves more coriaceous, obtuse or shortly and obtusely acuminate, 

 rarely under 3 in. long. 



Receptacles pedunculate. 



Leaves softly pubescent underneath. Receptacles villous, 



scarcely umbonate. — 16. F. leucotricha. 

 Leaves glabrous. Receptacles glabrous, prominently um- 

 bonate. — 11. F. puberula. 

 Receptacles sessile or on very thick short peduncles. — 10. F. 

 platypoda. 



Section II. Male perianth of 5 or 6 lobes or segments, rarely reduced to 1 . 

 Stamens 1, 2 or more ; anther-cells distinct. Female perianth 4-6-merous. 



