Ficus. | CXXIIIc. MORACEH (Hutchinson). 93 
Receptacles } in. long or much 
less, rarely prominently 
umbonate ; venation of 
leaves not or hardly straw- 
coloured below : 
Petiolesand peduncles slender 
or the latter very short : 
Leaves obovate or oblong- 
elliptic, usually less 
than half as long as 
broad ... nce --- 167. F. excentrica. 
Leaves oblong or oblong- 
oblanceolate, usually 
well over three times 
as long as broad : 
Leaves membranous, 
with very numerous 
delicate and close 
lateral nerves _... 168. F. persicifolia. 
Leaves chartaceous, with 
few and appreci- 
ably distant lateral 
nerves : 
Leaves rounded at the 
apex; petiole com- 
paratively short 169. F. gurichiana. 
Leaves shortly pointed; 
petiole compara- 
tively long .-. 170. F. Dekdekena. 
Petioles and peduncles 
stout, the latter 3-5 
lin. long : 
Leaves elongate-oblan- 
ceolate, acuminate, 
with distant side- 
nerves as .- LL. #. Mildbreedii. 
Leaves obovate, with 
close side-nerves ... 172. F. burretiana. 
Leaves linear-lanceolate, $ in. 
broad or less ca ... 173. F. neriifolia. 
Lateral nerves about 25 on each side 
of the midrib, very close to- ie 
gether “ee ace ... 174, F. elasticoides. 
1. F. palmata, Forsk. Fl. Zgypt.-Arab. 179. A bush or small tree ; 
branches and branchlets purplish when dry, finely puberulous or 
nearly glabrous, rarely softly tomentose. Leaves variable, the 
undivided ones ovate, acutely acuminate, when divided then more 
or less ovate-orbicular in outline, truncate or rounded at the base, 
tarely slightly cordate, 3-lobed to near the middle in the upper half, 
With sometimes two obscure side-lobes at the base, 24-8 in. long, 
1+5 in. broad, subobtusely dentate, thinly chartaceous, scabrous 
on both surfaces, 5-7-nerved at the base, remaining lateral nerves 
5-7 on each side, diverging from the midrib at an angle of about 45°, 
branched near the margin; tertiary nerves subparallel, rather lax, 
Prominent below ; petiole usually }-13 in. long, rarely up to 4 in. 
