608 C. MORACEiE [Eicus 



side of 1. pubescent or tomentose. L. cordate, more or less deeply lobed, lobes obtu&e. 

 blade 4-8, pet. 2-3 in. long, upperside rongh. The tree is dioecious, that is, some 

 trees have elongated receptacles with $ and gall fl. while others have shortly pyriforin, 

 nearly globose receptacles, containing only ? ii. The leaves in both sexes are the 

 same, but the difference in the shape of receptacles and fl. is so great, that at one time 

 they were regarded as distinct genera or species, the S ti-ee being called Caprificiis. 

 The receptacles of both sexes lengthen out into a stalk, at the base of which, are the 

 membranous bracts. In the Mediterranean region twigs witli receptacles of the 

 Caprificm are tied to the female tree, in order to facilitate fertilization. A few seeds 

 are occasionally produced in the receptacles of the Qaprificus. 



58. F. Hirta, Vahl ; King, Ann. i. tt. 188, 189. ; Wight Ic. t. 672.— Syn. F. JRoxhurghii, 

 Miq. ; F. hirsuta, Eoxb. ; Wight Ic. t. 670; K triloba^ Ham. Subhimalayan tract and 

 outer hills, from Nepal eastwards, ascending to 5,000 ft. Assam. Khasi hills. Cachar. 

 Burma, Uj^per and Lower, often in deserted Taungyas. — Malay Penins. and Arcliip. 

 China. A shrub or small tree, branchlets, petioles, underside of 1. and receptacles clothed 

 with soft tawny or rusty tomentum of long silky hairs. L. serrate, variable in shape 

 and size, from broad-ovate to oblong-lanceolate, entire or deeply 3-5-lobed, upperside 

 liarsh with scattered hairs, blade 8-16, pet. 1-7 in. long, basal n. B-7. Eeceptacles clothed 

 with long stiff hairs, in axillary pairs, sessile or nearly so, J-f in. diam., dimorphous, 

 those with ? fl. globose, those with ^ and gall il. ovoid, almost conical, the fertile 

 receptacle red when ripe. The species is dioecious, 9 and 6 receptacles as a rule are 

 on different bushes (Graf zu Solms-Laubach in Bot. Zeit. 1885, 516), 59. F. clxrysocarpa, 

 Eeinwdt. ; King, Ann. 1. 191. Martaban (Kurz). — Malay Penins. and Archip, Branch- 

 lets, petioles and underside of 1. more or less tawny or brown-tomentose, 1. lanceolate 

 or oblanceolate, serrate, recept. J in. diam., densely golden-hairy. 



(&) Branchlets and underside of 1. minutely or sparsely hairy; L entire or 

 nearly so. 



60. F. lepidosa, Wall. ; King, Ann. i. t. 207. — Syn. F. Lamponga^ var. 1., Kui'z F. Fh 

 ii. 451. Western Duars. Asbam. Khasi hills. Cachar. Chittagong. Pegu Yoma, 

 southern spurs. Tenasserim. — Perak. An erect shrub or small tree, young shoots 

 silky with long hairs, branchlets pubescent, stout, marked with scars of petioles, pith 

 large. L. membranous, glabrous above, pale and minutely hairy beneath, entire, 

 elongate-elliptic, blade 4-8, pet. 1-3 in. long, sec. n. 6-8 pair, prominent beneath, the 

 lowest pair basal, stipules amplexicaul. Fr. in axillary pairs, orange-red, J in. diam , 

 peduncle -^-i in,, basal bracts 3, acute. Under 8ycidium in Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 522. 61. 

 F, erecta, Thunb. *, King, Ann. i. t, 178. Sikkim. Khasi hills. — China. Japan. A 

 small tree, buds minutely hairy, otherwise quite glabrous. L. ovate, obovate or lanceo- 

 late, usually entire, blade 3-8, pet. J-2 in. long. Receptacles J in. diam. in axillary 

 pairs, peduncles up to 1 in. long. 62. F. silhetensis, Miq, ; King, Ann. i. 1. 194. Sikkim, 

 hot valleys. Assam. Khasi hills. Cachar. A shrub, branchlets softly "pubescent. 

 L. pale and sparsely hairy beneath, entire, lanceolate, oblanceolate or oblong, blade 

 4-8, pet. J~| in. long. Eeceptacles axillary, solitary or in pairs, sparsely hairy, |- in. 

 diam. 63. F. glandulifera, Wall. ; King, Ann. i.t.180. Tenasserim (Falconer). — Malay 

 Penins. and Archip. Branchlets and pet. rusty pubescent. L. nearly glabrous, entire , 

 underside pale, and minutely hairy along midrib and n., elliptic, acuminate, blade 3-5, 

 pet. 1-2 in. long. Eeceptacles ovoid, J in. diam., yellow when ripe, peduncle i in. 

 64. F. pyriformis, Hook. &; Arn. ; King, Ann. i. tt, 200. 201. — Syn. F, suhpyriformis^ 

 Miq. ^ F. ichnopoda, Miq. In rocky stream beds. Khasi hills. Burma, Upper and Lower. 

 — Malaya. China. A small shrub, young shoots pubescent, 1. minutely hairy beneath, 

 entire, lanceolate, or linear-lanceolate, blade 4-6, pet. J in. Beceptaoles pyriform, 

 narrowed into a short stalk, solitaxy, axillary, | in., peduncle up to 1 in. long. In 

 similar localities : F. lanceolata, Ham., with larger and globosa fr . and F. sosmocarpa^ 

 Miq., with opposite L 



(c) Branchlets and underside of 1. glabrous ; 1. entire, 



65. F. nem^ralis. Wall. ; King, Ann. i. t. 203. — Syn. F. geimlla^ Wall. ; F. Fleldmgii\ 

 Miq.; F. trilepisj Miq. Vern. Ditdhla, Hind.; Dudila, ISTep. Himalaya, 3-8,000 ft. 

 from Hazara eastwards, often planted near villages for cattle fodder. Assam. Khasi 

 hills. A small glabrous tre3, nob epiphytic, 1. msmbranous, entire, ovate or elongate- 

 elliptic to lanceolate, long acuminate, base acute, blade 4-6, pet. |-1 in. long. 

 Eeceptacles varying in shape from clavate to globose, sessile or on short peduncles^ 

 J-| in. diam., glabrous, when ripe reddish, edible *, 6 A. in all receptacles, few in those 

 with 9 , numerous in those witb gall fl. 66. F. chartacea, Wall.— Syn. F. Lamponga, 

 var. chartacea. Kurz F. FL II. 451, Tenasserim. — Malay Penins. A shrub, young- 

 shoots minutely strigose, 1. glabrous, entire, pet. slender, receptacles globose, J in. diam., 

 yellow when ripe. 



B. Epiphytic or creeping. 



67. F. fovealata, Wall. *, King, Ann, i. tt, 166-168.r~-Syn« F puUpera, Wall • 



