100 CXXIlIc. MORACE% (Hutchinson). | Ficus. 
8. F. Sur, Forsk. Fl. Ligypt.-Arab. 180. A tree similar to 
F. Sycomorus, Linn.; branchlets twiggy, pubescent. Leaves 
ovate or ovate-elliptic, acutely acuminate, rounded or subcordate 
at the base, 3-6 in. long, 1}-3 in. broad, coarsely and undulately 
dentate with distant teeth, chartaceous, dull and glabrous on both 
surfaces except oh the nerves ; midrib flat above, prominent below, 
continued to the apex of the blade ; lateral nerves 5-6 on each side 
of the midrib, diverging from it at an angle of 45° or slightly less, 
distinct on both surfaces, prominent below, slightly arcuate, looped 
and becoming much more slender towards the margin, finely 
puberulous ; tertiary nerves subparallel, slender ; veins forming a 
close delicate venation on the lower surface; petiole 1-1} in. long, 
rather slender, minutely puberulous; stipules deciduous or per- 
sistent for a short time, lanceolate, acute, about 2 in. long, adpressed- 
tomentose outside, reddish and glabrous within. Receptacles in 
racemose panicles leafless or leafy towards the apex, globose or 
obovoid-globose, with a prominent ostiole, 4-2 in. in diam., covered 
with a brown scaly papillose deciduous indumentum; peduncle 
4-3 in. long, somewhat slender, with indumentum like that of the 
receptacle. Basal bracts 3, ovate, obtuse, nearly 1 lin. long, finely 
puberulous outside. Ostiole large, with several exserted outer. 
bracts; outer bracts very broadly ovate-rounded, with shortly 
ciliate margins ; innermost bracts descending, linear-oblong, obtuse, 
13 lin. long, with a rather thick middle nerve and membranous 
margins. Male flowers subsessile or pedicellate ; perianth enveloping 
the large elliptic obtuse solitary anther. Female flowers sessile ; 
style slender. Gall flowers pedicellate—Pers. Syn. Pl. ii. 611; 
Roem. & Schult. Syst. i. 517; Spreng. Syst. Veg. iii. 784; Mildbr. 
& Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 199. F. panifica, Del. in Ann. Sc. 
Nat. 2me sér. xx. 94; Ferr. & Galin. Voy. Abyss. Atlas, Bot., t. Xv1.; 
A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 269. Sycomorus panifica, Miq. in Hook. 
Lond. Journ. Bot. vii. 111, t. iii. A; Dietr. Syn. Pl. v.559. Sycomorus 
Sur, Miq. Afr. Vijge-Boom. 11; Dietr. Syn. Pl. v. 560. 
Nile Land. Eritrea: Halai, Courbon! Schweinfurth, 178! Abyssinia : 
Memsach district, Schimper, 149! Ghaba Valley, Steudner! and without 
precise locality, Schimper, 889! 
Vernacular name, Choddo (Schimper, Schweinfurth). 
Occurs also in Arabia. 
The specimens quoted above have been compared with Forskal’s type in the 
Copenhagen Herbarium. 
9. F. riparia, Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 270. A 
large tree; young leafy branchlets glabrous except the terminal 
buds, reddish-brown or purplish when dry. Leaves lanceolate 
or oblong-lanceolate, shortly and obtusely acuminate, rounded 
or obtuse at the base, 3-6 in. long, 1-2} in. broad, entire, thinly 
chartaceous, glabrous on both surfaces; midrib flat or slightly 
