1480 CXIX. URTICACE^. lEicus. 



persistent even when the leaves are full-grown. Eeceptaeles in thick bunches . or 

 spikes on the principal stems all over the tree, globular or somewhat turbinate, 1 

 to l|^in. diameter, slightly mealy or downy when young, crimson when ripe and 

 edible. Subtending bracts small.. Male perianths of broadly orbicular hyaline 

 segments closely enveloping each other, and enclosing 1 or 2 equal or unequal 

 stamens, the anther-cells distinct and parallel. Female perianth very short.- 

 Style glabrous, with an oblique terminal stigma, sometimes very short, but 

 varying to lanceolate.— Roxb. Corom. PI. ii. t. 123 ; Wight. Ic. t. 667 ; Covellia 

 <)lom.evata, Miq. in Hook. Lond. Journ. vii. 465; Fiem vesca, F. v. M. ; Miq. in 

 Journ. Bot. Neerl. 1861, 243. 



Hab : Northumberland Islands, R. Brown; Port Denison, Fitzalan; Kockingham Bay, 

 Dallachy ; llockhampton, Bowman, Thozet, Dallachy. A very comraorf tree of the tropical 

 scrubs. 



The species is common in moist rich soil In East India. 



Wood of a straw-colour, coarse in grain, light, soft and porous. — Baileys Gat. Ql. Woods, 

 No. 395. 



In India the wood is used for well-frame, as it is found, though soft, to last well under water. 



Fruit eaten by aboriginals — Both. 



41. P. crassipes (stalk of fruit thick). Bail. A large" tree with a soraewhai; 

 smooth light-coloured bark, very milky, ends of the branches very thick, marked 

 with rings showing where the stipules were attached. Leaves alternate, very 

 close on the ends of the branches, the internodes not being more than Jin. long; 

 petioles somewhat flattened, about 3in. long and 8 lines broad, glabrous or slightly 

 hoary ; lamina ovate or obtuse-ovate, with or without a short blunt point, usually 

 rounded at the base, 5 to Sin. long, 4 to 5^in. broad, thick, coriaceous, and deep- 

 green, the margins entire, the principal lateral veins parallel, except the basal 

 pair, which starting from the top of the petiole meet the others at about J up the 

 leaf where, anastomosing with them, form intramarginal ones. Stipules about 

 2in. long with very fine point. Receptacles crowded at the ends of the branches, 

 •obtusely 3-angular, some showing a fourth angle, about 2in. long and lin, 

 diameter, marked with oval purple spots, the apex beaked ; peduncles 3-angular, 

 ■often broader than long. — 8rd Suppl. Syn. Ql. Fl. 69. 



Hab.: Scrubs, Harvey's Creek, Eussell Eiver. 



This fiae tree resembles somewhat, in its long angular fruit, F. pleuroearpa of the Johnstone 

 Biver. 



42. P. pleurocarpa (ribbed fruit), F. v. M. Fragm. viii. 246. "Kar-pe," 

 Atherton, Both. A large tree slightly pubescent on the young shoots. Leaves 

 ovate-lanceolafe, coriaceous, 4 to llin. long, entire, upper side glossy, underside 

 rather pale, lateral nerves rather thin as well as the reticulation. Petiole 

 ;glabrous^^flattish, or canaliculate, 2 to 4in. long. Stipules 4 to 6in. long, the 

 tegmenta often lOin. long, silky-hoary outside towards the base. Receptacle 

 ■cylindric-conieal, 1| to more than 2in. long, and prominently longitudinally 

 ■ribbed ; peduncles thick turbinate, pubescent. Perianth lobes 3 to 6, imbricate, 

 pubescent, the perianth of the males 1| to 3 lines long. Filaments very short. 

 Anther 1, large, cordate. Styles ^ line long, stigma peltate, very oblique. 



Hab.: Johnstone Biver, W. Hill ; Barron Biver and other tropical localities. 



Fruit eaten by aboriginals. — Both. 



Wood light, soft and elastic, with very open pores. — Bailey's Cat. Ql. Woods, Xo. 394a. 



8. CUDRANIA, Tree. 



(From the Malayan name Cudranij, given to a green dye yielded by one 



of the species.) 



Flowers diceoious, in globular heads intermixed with small bracts, the 

 receptacles more or less fleshy. Male perianth of 4 or 5 narrow segments, dilated 

 and concave at the apex. Stamens 4 or 5, filaments erect and flattened. 



