Ficu$.] OXIX. URTIOACEA'. 1467 



Leaves all opposite. Eeoeptaoles | to lln. diameter, not ribbed .... 35- P- hispida. 



Leaves all or mostly alternate, scabrous, 4 to lOin. long. Receptacles ' ' ' 



about Jin. diameter, 6-ribbed. Young shoots pubescent or hispid . : SQ. F. fasciculata. 



Leaves 4 to 5iii. long, lanceolate, with long points. Eeoeptaoles globose 

 6 lines diameter on slepder peduncles of about 9 lines, bearing distant 

 bracts and starting from a mass of imbricated dark-coloured ones . . ST F. mourilyanensis. 



Leaves nearly or quite glabrous, oblong, IJ to 5|in. long. Receptacles 

 globose, 3 lines diameter on a stipes a little longer than the peduncle, 

 6-ribbed, the basal bracts 2, dark-coloured 38. F. esmeralda. 



Leaves 3 to 4in., glabrous and smooth as weH as the branches . . , 39. F. casearia. 



Leaves all alternate, glabrous and smooth. Receptacles 1 to IJin. 



diameter, not ribbed. Stigma oblique ... 40. i''. glomerata. 



Leaves crowded at the ends of the branches, ovate or obtuse-ovate, 5 to Sin. 

 long, thick coriaceous, petioles 3in. long, 3 lines broad. Receptacles 

 2in. long, lin, diameter, 3 or 4 angular. Peduncle 3-angular, often 

 broader than long , il. F, crassipes. 



Leaves coriaceous, lanceolate, 4 to llin. long on petioles, 2 to 4in. 

 Receptacles cylindrie-conieal, IJ to 2in. long, prominently ribbed . . 42. F. pUurocarpa. 



1. r. COlossea (of great size), F. v. M. ; Benth. FL Aiisti: vi. 163. Abbey- 

 tree. " Ban-na-bool-ka " or"Ko-kO-ya," Cooktown, Roth. A tree attaining more 

 than 100ft. with immense abutments and a spreading head. The youngteboots, 

 petioles, and underside of the leaves densely and softly pubescent or villous. 

 Leaves alternate, ovate eordatej acuminate, entire, mostly 4 to Sin. long and 

 3 to 4in. broad, minutely pubescent, and at length nearly glabrous on the upper 

 surface, the primary veins rather distant, prominent underneath as well as some 

 of the transverse veinlets, the basal pair not very prominent. Petioles 1 to IJin. 

 long. Eeceptaole turbinato-globose, 6 to 8 lines diameter, shortly pubescent, on 

 peduncles of 1 to 2 lines. Flowers within the receptacle intermixed with hairs or 

 setas about as long as the perianths, which are brown as well as the bracts. 

 Male flowers very numerous. Perianth stipitate, with 5 or 6 ovate or oblong 

 obtuse lobes. Stamen 1, the anther exserted, with 2 distinct paralleF cells, the 

 connective often slightly producad beyond them. Female flowers nearly sessile. 

 Perianth-segments 5 (or 6?) nearly equal. Style very slender, with a filiform 

 stigma, slightly dilated towards the base. 



Hah.: Herbert River, Rockingham Bay, Dallachy. 

 Fruit eaten by suboriginals, RotJi. 



2. r. pilosa (hairy), Ftehiir. in Bhune Bijdr. 446 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. vi. 164. 

 A tall deciduous tree with widely spreading head, the adult foliage and fruits 

 and even the young leaves usually glabrous, the stipules alone on the terminal 

 bud covered with ferruginous hairs sufficient to justify the name, very rarely the 

 petioles and principal veins of the leaves also hairy. Leaves alternate, oh jietioles 

 of ^ to lin., elliptical-oblong, shortly and abruptly acuminate, rounded or rarely 

 slightly cordate at the base, the larger ones 6in. to nearly 1ft. long and 3 to 5in. 

 broad, coriaceous, the principal primary veins rather distant and Vety'prominent, 

 as well as the fine sinaller veins and transverse reticulations, with 1 or 2 pairs of 

 basal oblique veins. Receptacles red with yellow spots, orange coloured inside, 

 usually in pairs, closely sessile in the axils or below the leaves, oblong, about 

 fin. long, the snaall broad external bracts, almost concealed uiider the base of the 

 receptacle. Male flowers stipitate, intermixed with the females, and with 

 numerous bracts without setae. Perialith of 3 unequal segments hairy inside at 

 the base. Stamen 1, the anther not exceeding the perianth, with 2 distinct 

 parallel cfells. Female flowers more sessile. 'Stigma subulate, acute, slightly 

 dilated towards the base. — ^Miq. in Ann. Mus.' Lugd. Bat. iii. 285 ; Urostigma 

 pilonmi, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. part ii. 351 ; F. etiipsoidea, F. v. Muell. Herb. 



Hab.: Albany Island, Cape, York, F. v. Mueller ; Somerset, F. M. Bailey; Rockingham Bav 

 Dallachy. o j, 



The species is also in Timor and Java, and probably in other islands of the Archipelago. It is 

 readily distihguished from all other Australian species by the shape of the receptacle. 



