96 CXXIIIc. MORACEZ (Hutchinson). | Frcus. 
surfaces or minutely puberulous below, sometimes slightly scabrous, 
palmately nerved at the base; midrib prominent below, continued 
to the apex of the blade; principal pair of basal nerves ascending 
to above the middle of the leaf-blade, with 8-10 lateral nerves on_ 
their lower sides; -remaining lateral nerves about 3 on each side 
of the midrib, diverging from it at-an angle of about 40°, distinct 
on both surfaces, prominent below, bifurcate near the margin; 
tertiary nerves very slender, wavy between the lateral ones; 
veins very delicate and close; petiole relatively short, 3-1? in. 
long, at first finely papillose and pilose, at length glabrous; stipules 
deciduous, those surrounding the terminal bud lanceolate, villous. 
Receptacles in leafless panicles produced on the main branches or 
on the stem, obovoid or obovoid-globose, sometimes stipitate at the 
base,about | in.in diam., with a conspicuous ostiole, softly tomentose. 
Basal bracts 2, opposite, ovate, subcoriaceous, pubescent outside. 
Ostiole with numerous exserted suberect bracts ; outer bracts ovate- 
triangular, subacute, coriaceous, finely puberulous or glabrescent 
outside, inner ones spreading horizontally across the ostiole, the 
innermost longer and descending into the receptacle, glabrous. Male 
flowers sessile near the ostiole ; perianth membranous, covering the 
1-3 stamens ; anther-cells free at the base. Female flowers shortly 
pedicellate ; style quite lateral, reddish, with an oblong yellow 
stigma.—Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. iii. 282; Oliv. in Trans. 
Linn. Soc. xxix. 149, t. 99; Engl. Pflanzenwelt Afr. i. i. 46, 
fig. 38; Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 191, fig. 1, B. F. 
Sycomorus vera, Forsk. Fl. Aigypt.-Arab. 180. F. Chanas, Forsk. 
le. 219. F. integrifolia, Sim, For. Fl. Port. E. Afr. 101, t. Ixxxix. 
F. flavidobarba, Warb., F. pallidobarba, Warb., F. ukambensis, 
Warb., and F. blepharophora, Warb., ex Mildbr. & Burret 
in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 192, names only. Sycomorus antiquorum, 
Gasp. Ricerch. Caprif. Fic. 86; Mig. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. 
vii. 109 and Afr. Vijge-Boom. 10, t. 1, fig. A; Kotschy, Plante 
Binderiane, 4. Sycomorus rigida, Miq. in Hook. Lond. Journ. 
Bot. vii. 110 and Afr. Vijge-Boom. 10. t. 1, fig. B; Kotschy, Plante 
Binderiane, 4. 
Nile Land. Nubia: near Suakin, Schweinfurth, 540! near Erkauit, 
Schweinfurth, 337! El Mecherif, Schweinfurth, 611! Eritrea: Ginda, Schwein- 
furth, 166! Geleb, Schweinfurth, 1506! near Keren, Schweinfurth, 992 ! Beccart, 
72! Abyssinia : Serraba, 6000 ft., Schimper, 1128! Worrhey, Schimper, 877! 
Jelajeranne, Schimper, 1834! Somaliland, Riva, 881! Ahl Mountains, Hilde- 
brandt, 1463! Sudan: Khartoum, Petherick! near Dinka, Binder ; Shendi 
District, Speke & Grant! Sennar, Kotschy, 227! Blue Nile, near Sennar, 
Muriel, 17! Kordofan, Pfund, 398! Uganda: Unyoro, Dawe, 774! Kibero, 
Lake Albert, Bagshawe, 907! Acholi Country, Dawe, 868! British East 
Africa : Ukamba; Mkuyuni, Scott Elliot, 6371! 6752! Ikanga, Hildebrandt, 2679 ! 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa : Quare River, Volkens, 2049 ! between 
Simba and Kwagogo, Engler, 1678! Dar-es-Salaam, Stuhlmann! Mugarura, 
Lake Kivu, Mildbraed, 1106! Portuguese East Africa: alluvial plains, Sim, 
6145! British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Upper Shire River, Scott Elliot, 
