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CXXIX. URTICACEJS. 
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Leaves oblong-lanceolate, thin coriaceous. 
Figs yellow, peduncled . . . (35) F. vasculosa 
§iii. Syncecia. Climbing shrubs with large red pear-shaped figs. Male 
and gall flowers in one set of figs; females and neuters in another. Stamen 1. 
Leaves coriaceous, tessellate beneath. 
Leaves scabrous ...... (36) F. aurantiaca 
Leaves not scabrous, under 2 in. long . . (37) F. punctata 
Leaves not scabrous, obovate, 3 in. long . . (38) F. callicarpa 
Leaves oblong large, 6 in. long; young parts 
hairy.(39) F. apiocarpa 
§ iv. Sycidium. Shrubs or climbers or trees, not epiphytic. Figs axillary, 
scabrid small or fascicled from stem. Male and gall flowers in x set of figs; 
females in another. Stamens x (rarely 2). 
Slender creepers often eventually small trees; 
leaves sometimes lobed. 
Figs -5 in. through, pear-shaped . 
Figs less than *5 in. through, globular . 
Shrubs or trees. Leaves not lobed. 
Leaves very inequilateral, serrate hairy. 
Leaves equilateral, large, ovate cordate, white 
beneath, serrate .... 
Leaves equilateral oblong-oblanceolate, shortly 
cuspidate, base blunt 
Leaves abruptly cuspidate. 
Nerves 5 pairs, cusp long. Figs orange 
Nerves 8 pairs; leaves narrow oblong. 
Figs crimson ..... 
Nerves 10 pairs; leaves thin oblanceolate, 
large. Figs few, brown . 
(40) F. heterophylla 
(41) F. quercifolia 
(42) F. obscura 
(43) F. copiosa 
(44) F. brevicuspis 
(45) F. rostrata 
(46) F. cuspidata 
(47) F. trachycarpa 
§ v. Covellia. Trees or shrubs never epiphytic. Figs of moderate size on 
long pendent branches or tubercles on stem or axillary. Males and gall 
flowers in one set of receptacles; sepals 3 to 4. Stamen 1. Females in 
separate figs ; perianth gamophyllous or wanting. 
Fruiting branches from base of stem, creeping 
along the ground, slender. 
Bush. Leaves very inaequilateral at base, 
pubescent beneath .... 
Fruiting branches from stem above ground. 
Glabrous tree; fruiting branches simple, 6 to 
12 in. long ..... 
Hairy shrub; figs on branches, green 
Trees. 
Figs in clusters on stem. 
Leaves and figs glabrous 
Leaves hairy beneath. Figs hairy . 
Leaves hairy beneath. Figs glabrous 
* Figs on short lateral branches, large, 
obpyramidal ..... 
Figs axillary. 
Leaves oblong, sub-acute; figs sessile 
Leaves lanceolate, long cuspidate; figs 
small peduncled .... 
(48) F. cunia 
(49) F. Miquelii 
(50) F. hispida 
(51) F. polysyce 
(52) F- fasciculata 
(53) F. Scortechinii 
(54) F. obpyramidata 
(55) F. lepicarpa 
(56) F. fistulosa 
§ vi. Eusyce. Scandent or erect shrubs or small trees rarely epiphytic, 
soft hairy or glabrous, not scabrid. Figs axillary. Male and gall flowers in. 
one set of figs; females in another. Stamens in males 2. 
