1474 CXIX. UETICACE^. [Ficiis. 



basal pair of veins prominent and very oblique. Eeceptacles axillary, in .pairs, 

 on slender pedicels of 2 to 4 lines, depressed-globular, flat-topped, 4 to 5 lines 

 diameter, smootn or sparingly verrucose, very hollow inside. Empty bracts near 

 the orifice orbicular and ciliate, those under the flowers small especially in the 

 lower part of the fig. Flowers all closely sessile, the males few near the orifice. 

 Perianth-segments 3, very broad and enveloping each other as in the section 

 CovelUa. Stamens 1 or 2, filaments very short and dilated into a cuneate 

 connective bordered by 2 distinct cells. Female perianth of 2, 3 or 4 quite 

 distinct segments about as long as the ovary, which is sessile on a broad base, 

 the style short, lateral, with a peltate stigma. 



Hab.: Mount Elliott, FiUalan. 



The internal structure of the receptacle is in many respects the same as in F. mollior, 

 approaching that ot Covellia ; but in F. depressa there are no setse between the flowers. 



23. F. Subulata (awl-shaped), Blume, Bijd. 461 ; Hook, Fl. Brit. hid. 

 V. 497. A semi-scandent or straggling shrub, the young parts puberulous. 

 Leaves short-petiolate, membranous elliptic, elliptic-lanceolate, or subobovate- 

 elliptic, sometimes slightly inequilateral; apex rather abruptly and shortly 

 cuspidate, edges entire, waved ; base acute, 3-nerved (with occasionally several 

 subsidiary nervelets) ; lateral primary nerves 7 to 10 pairs rather prominent 

 below ; in the adult leaves both surfaces are glabrous, dull when dry, the lower 

 rather pale-coloured ; length of blade 4 to 5 or lOin. ; petioles about Sin. long, 

 stout, scaberulous ; stipules conspicuously convolute, subulate, curving away from 

 the axis, usually more than three times as long as the petiole. Eeceptacles 

 axillary, short-pedunculate, sometimes almost sessile, in pairs (solitary by 

 abortion or in fascicles ; those bearing male flowers ovoid, and with the 

 umbilicus rather prominent ; the umbilical bracts numerous ; those bearing 

 fertile female flowers globose when ripe ; both forms scaberulous, absolutely 

 verrucose, orange-red, without basal bracts, but with a few bracts scattered 

 irregularly along the sides, about 4 or 5 lines across ; peduncles short, with 

 numerous bracteolea at their bases. Male flowers (occurring only in the ovoid 

 receptacles with the gall flowers) : The perianth thick, fleshy, tubular, with 4. 

 rather short teeth ; stamen 1, the anther broad, pistil globular, insect-attacked. 

 Gall flowers pedicellate, the perianth like that of the male, achene sub-globular, 

 smooth ; style short, lateral ; stigma capitate. Fertile female flowers (in 

 globular receptacles in which there are no male flowers) : The perianth hairy, 

 gamophyllous, with 4 long teeth ; achene oblong ; style lateral ; stigma elongate. 

 — Dr. Geo. King, Annals Eoy. Bot. Gar. Calc. vol. i. 8, t. 6. 



Hab.: Given as a Queensland plant in Muell. 2n(i Syst. Cens. Austr. PI. 38. 



24. r. infectoria (producing a dye), Pi.o.vh. ; Fl. Ind. iii. 550; Hook. Fl. Brit. 

 Ind.x. 5J5. A low deciduous tree, all parts glabrous. Leaves membranous, 

 Sh to 5in. long, oblong-ovate or ovate, abruptly shortly -acuminate, margins 

 entire subundulate, base usually rounded and emarginate or subcordate, 

 sometimes narrowed or acute, distinctly jointed with the petiole, 3-nerved or of 

 6 to 7 pairs ; petioles slender, 1| to 2in. long. Stipules about .Jin. long, broadly 

 ovate, acute, pubescent. Eeceptacles in axillary pairs sessile, globose, when ripe- 

 Jin, diameter, whitish flushed with red and dotted ; basal bracts 3, ovate-rotund, 

 minute. Male flowers few, sessile, near the mouth of the receptacle ; anther 

 broadly ovate, filament short ; sepals 4 or 5, linear. Gall and female flower ;. 

 Sepals 3 or 4, like those ot the male, the latter often sessile ; style of female long, 

 of gall flower short ; stigma elongate.^King Fie. 60 t. 75 to 79, Griff. Ic. PL 

 Asiat. t. 550. 



Hab.: Given as a Queensland plant in Muell. 2nd Syst. Cens. Austr. PI, 38. 

 In Ceylon the bark is said to be chewed with betel. 



