606 C. MOEAOB^ [Ficiis 



lanceolate, | in. long. Pr. black, liairy, J in. diam., peduncle short. 47. F. hetero- 

 pliylla, Linn. fil. ; King, Ann. i. t. 94 ; Wiglit Ic. t. 659. — Syn. F. scahrella, Boxb. ; 

 Wight Ic. t. 661; K rej>e%s, Willd. ; Wight Ic. t. 636. Vern. Datir, Mar. Subhima- 

 layan tract from the Jumna eastwards, and thence through the greater part of India 

 and Burma, generally near water. — Malay, China. A creeping or straggling shrub, 

 harshly pubescent, 1. alternate, extremely variable in size and shape and length of 

 petiole, blade 1-5, pet. 0-3 in. long, stipules small, linear, glabroiis. Fr. axillary soli- 

 tary, yellow when ripe, |-1 in. long, generally narrowed into a stalk up to J in. long, 

 at the base of which are 3 minute bracts, peduncle J~l in. long. Two varieties : 

 a. F. scahrella, 1. shortly petioled, usually not lobed, peduncle short. /3. F, repens^ 

 1. long petioled, broad, usually lobed, ped. long. 



Sect. V. Covellia. cJ fl. monandrons, in the same receptacle with gall fl. 

 $ fl. in separate receptacles, perianth none or small, or very thin and trans- 

 parent. Receptacles on leafless racemose or panicled branches from the old 

 wood, generally on the trunk. 



A. Leaves mostly opposite. 



48. F. Mspida, Linn. f. ; King, Ann. i. tt. 154, 155. — Syn. F oppositi folia, Koxb. Cor 

 PI. t. 124 ; Wight Ic. t. 638; F. dcmnonum, Koenig; Wight Ic. t. 641. Vern. Daduri, 

 Punj.; Gohia, Kat Gtdar, Hind. ; Katumar, Grond; Dlier-Umhar, Mar. ; Sosokera, Ivol ; 

 Bamari, Tel. ; Cliona Attlii, Tarn. ; Fruma-naklm, Mai. ; Kadid, Kaaung, Burm. Sub- 

 himalayan tract and outer hills, ascending to 3,500 ft. from the Chenab eastwards. 

 Throughout India and Burma, excepting the arid regions of the North West. Hong 

 Kong. North Australia. A small or moderate-sized tree, throwing up abundant 

 root-suckers, branchlets stout, often hollow, marked by the scars of petioles and stipules, 

 branchlets, petioles and underside of 1. clothed with short stiff hairs, uiDperside rough 

 w4th minute scattered hairs. L. membranous, opposite, at times alternate, elongate- 

 elliptic or obovate, entire or dentate, base rounded, blade 8-16, pet. 4-2 in., sec. n."8-10 

 pair, tert. n. parallel and reticulate. Style hairy. Pr. obovoid, 1 in. long, supported by 

 3 pex'&istent basal bracts, usually clustered on long leafless panicles hanging from the 

 old wood of trunk and branches ; on young plants, coppice shoots and sometimes also 

 on old trees, often in axillary pairs. 49. F. conglobata, King, Ann. t. i. 123. Sikkim, 

 outer hills to 3,000 ft. Bhutan. Manijaur. Chittagong. A small tree, young shoots 

 and leaves h arsh -silky with long f errugineous hairs, branchlets, petioles and nerves on the 

 underside of 1. clothed with stiff rusty hairs, 1. opposite or alternate, regularly serrate, 

 base often cordate, jiet. 1-5 in. long. Receptacles in the axils of scarious bracts, from 

 the base of the stem, in densely crowded corymbs on stout branches creeping along or 

 under the ground. Sterile recept. small, numerous, with a few fertile ones ^ in. diam. 

 on slender peduncles, up to 5 in. long, usually narrowed into a stalk, at the base of 

 which are 3 large united bracts. Ovary and style without hairs. 



50. F. ssemoearpa, Miq. ; King, Ann. i. t. 152. — Syn. F. pi/rrJiocarjja, Kurz ; F. 

 fuherctdata^ Wall. Yetliapan^ Burm. On the shingly or rocky beds of mountain 

 .streams. Subliimalayan tract and outer valleys, from the Jiimna eastwards. Assam. 

 Khasi hills. Lower Burma. A gregarious shrub, almost csespitose, 1-4 ft. high, 

 young shoots hirsute with stiff hairs, sometimes branchlets and 1. hairy. L. lanceo- 

 late, opposite, usually croAvded at the ends of branches, blade 4-8, nan-owed into pet. 

 J-| in. long, stipules broad-lanceolate J in. long. Eeceptacles ^~1 in. diam., ribbed, 

 hispid, with scattered bracts on the outside, solitary axillary, or in short leafless 

 bracteate panicles from the old wood, often underground. Ovary and style with long 

 thin hairs. King, Ann. i. 116, thinks it may be a form of i^.*Ai>jj{<:2a,. modified by the 

 peculiar conditions of the localities where it occurs. 



B. Leaves mostly alternate. 



51. F. Cunia, Ham. ; Wiglit Ic. t. 648; King, Ann. i. tt. 126, 127.— Syn. 

 F. conglomerata, Uoxb. ; Wiglit Ic. t. 669. Vern. Khini^ Khunia^ Khain^ 

 Hind. ; Kanhya^ Ifep. ; Ye ka 671, Lower, Thaduf, Upper Burma. 



A small or modei''ate-si2:ed tree, usually evergreen, brUncUets, young shoots 

 and midrib pubescent. L. alternate, entire or serrate, rough above, more or 

 less pubescent beneatb, semicordate, the lower half of the base large, rouiided, 

 shape and size very variable, blade 8-16, pet. -^-I in., stipules 1-1 in. long, 

 basi broad, scar annular. Receptacles J i'n. diam. in pairs or clusters on long 

 leafless scaly branches from the trunk near the base, often ripening under- 

 ground. 



Subhimalayan tract, and outer hills from tlie Chenab eastwards, ascending to 4,000 ft. 

 Chutia Nagpur. Eastern Satpura hills. Khasi hills. Manipur. Chittagong. Burma, 



