94 CXXIlIc. MORACEH (Hutchinson), [ Ficus. 
long, puberulous ; stipules deciduous, lanceolate, acute, 4-5 lin. long, 
adpressed-pubescent outside. Receptacles axillary or from the 
axils of fallen leaves on shoots of two seasons’ growth, solitary, 
pedunculate, subglobose or pyriform, umbonate, stipitate, 3—-? in. 
long, about 4 in. in diam., puberulous or slightly scabrous ; peduncle 
2-4 lin. long, pubescent ; basal bracts 3, inserted at the same level, 
ovate or ovate-lanceolate, subacute, 14-14 lin. long, minutely 
puberulous outside, glabrous and shining within. Ostiolar bracts 
numerous, the outer slightly ascending, the intermediate spreading 
horizontally across the ostiole, the lowermost slightly curved towards 
the base of the receptacle. Male flowers rather numerous in the upper 
third of the receptacle and a few scattered amongst the female, | 
pedicellate ; pedicels compressed, 1-1} lin. long, minutely puberu- 
lous; perianth-segments 4-6, linear-lanceolate, subacute, mem- 
branous, glabrous ; stamens 3-4; filaments short ; anthers oblong, 
about 4 lin. long. Gall flowers with pedicels like those of the male ; 
perianth-segments 5-6, linear-subulate, acute, scarcely 1 lin. long, 
membranous. Female flowers sessile; ovary smooth, with a slightly 
lateral stigma.—Vahl, Symb. i. 84, t. 24; Miq. Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. 
ni. 290 and in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. vii. 225; King in Ann. Bot. 
Gard. Calcutta, i. 146, t. 185 and in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 530; 
Brandis, Indian Trees, 607 ; Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. App. 
ii. 123; Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 189, partly. F. 
caricoides, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 529 ; Miq. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. 
lc. 224. F. virgata, Roxb. 1.c. 530; Wight Ic. t. 649 ; Miq. in Ann. 
Mus. Lugd.-Bat. iii. 290 and Lin. Afr. Vijge-Boom. 20; Boiss. Fi. 
Orient. iv. 1155; Brandis, For. Fl. Ind. 419. F. Pseudo-Sycamorus, 
Decne in Ann. Sc. Nat. 2me sér. ii. 242 ; Miq. in Hook. Lond. Journ. 
Bot. vi. 227; Boiss. Fl. Orient. iv. 1155. F. Pseudo-Carica, Miq. 
in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. vi. 225; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. u. 
271. F.Pseudo-Carica, var. tomentosa, A. Rich.1.c.271. F. petitiana, 
A. Rich. lc. F. Robecchii, Warb. ex Mildbr. & Burret, l.c., 190, 
name only. 
Nile Land. Eritrea: Saganeiti; Marakhat Valley, Schweinfurth & Riva, 
1674! Geleb, Schweinfurth, 1024! 1166! AddiConzi, near Acrour, Schweinfurth 
& Riva, 1152! Abyssinia : near Adowa, Schimper, 157! Steudner, 1363 ! Amba- 
Sea, Schimper, 287! 591! Serraba, Schimper, 1099! Aman, Schimper, 1440! 
Wojerat, Petit, 87! Ababa, Steudner! and without precise locality, Courbon ! 
Somaliland: Hararmaja Lake, Ellenbeck, 478a! Robecchi Briccquettt, 161! 
Maid, Hildebrandt, 1462 ! 
Occurs also in Egypt, Arabia and Northern India. 
Very variable in the shape of the leaves and in their indumentum ; in Ellen-. 
beck’s and Briccquetti’s specimens, from Somaliland, the leaves are quite 
silky-tomentose below, becoming at length pubescent. 
2. F. vogeliana, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. iii. 295. A tree 
30-50 ft. high; young branchlets leafy towards the apex, strigose- 
hirsute. Leaves obovate or obovate-elliptic, shortly and subacutely 
