Ficus.| OXXIlIc, MORACEH (Hutchinson). 
Mature receptacles glabrous or scaly-puberulous : 
Leaves suborbicular or elliptic-orbicular : 
Leaves entire or with undulate margins, 
scabrous and only slightly hairy above 6. F. Mucuso. 
Leaves repand-dentate, setose-pilose on 
both surfaces .... : Bes 7. F. sidifolia. 
Leaves ovate, ovate-elliptic or lanceolate : 
Receptacles scaly-puberulous Bee meee Or is Sues 
Receptacles glabrous or rarely minutely 
pubescent when young: 
Leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 
entire, glabrous Bios <E ... 9. F. riparia. 
Leaves ovate or ovate-elliptic, mostly 
repand-dentate, glabrous or hairy 10. F. capensis. 
Receptacles axillary and solitary, sometimes borne 
towards the base of the young shoots : 
Leaves very broadly ovate, mostly coarsely 
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repand-dentate ; receptacles puberulous’... 11. F. Vallis-Choude. 
Leaves orbicular or ovate, mostly subentire or 
obtusely serrate; receptacles densely to- 
mentose oe AAG se 50. 
**Leaves toothed only towards the base, the remainder of 
the margin quite entire or undulate : 
Venation very lax on the lower surface... ... 13. F. golungensis. 
Venation very close and fine on the lower surface 14. F. senegalensis. 
... 12. F. gnaphalocarpa. 
Subgenus III. Syorprum, Miq.—Leaves opposite or alternate, variable in shape, 
mostly toothed or variously divided, scabrous (in 19, F. urceolaris, only slightly 
scabrous) ; stipules caducous, rarely subpersistent ; receptacles (where known) 
axillary, small to medium-sized, with the bracts scattered on the peduncle and 
frequently also on the outer surface of the receptacle ; ostiole with the outer bracts 
plainly visible and spreading horizontally across the orifice, the inner descending 
into the receptacle ; male flowers mostly with a solitary stamen, sometimes 
accompanied by an abortive ovary. 
Stems 1-3 ft. high, arising fromacreeping rhizome ... 15. F. pygmeaa. 
Shrubs, trees or climbers with much-branched stems : 
Leaves nearly all opposite, often with 3-dentate 
Leaves always alternate, entire or variously toothed 
or lobed, but never only 3-dentate at the apex : 
Leaves linear-lanceolate, entire, about 6 times as ae 
long as broad ... a fee es ... 17. F. acutifolia. 
Leaves ovate or elliptic, never more than 3 times 
as long as ree 2 sometimes divided : 
Stems climbing or twining; leaves rather 
distantly denticylate pia bos ... 18. F. pendula. 
Much-branched trees or shrubs : : 
Leaves mostly very asymmetrical, the mid- 
rib dividing the lamina into two very un- 
equal halves, usually under 6 in. long: 
Receptacles shortly setulose or nearly 
glabrous : 
Leaves long-caudate-acuminate ... 19. F. urceolaris, 
FL. TROP. AFR. VI. SECT. Il. PART I. G 
. 16. F. caprecefolia. 
