Ficus. | CXXIIIc. MORACEZ (Hutchinson). 101 
raised above, prominent below, about 1 lin. broad at the base, 
gradually tapered to the apex of the leaf-blade; lateral nerves 5-7 
on each side of the midrib, the lowermost pair ascending at a sharp 
angle and reaching nearly to the middle of the blade, the others 
diverging at an angle of about 45°, slightly raised above, prominent 
below, rather slender, gradually fading away near the margin; 
tertiary nerves lax and very slender, distinct below; veins very 
delicate and indistinct ; petiole 1-1} in. long, longitudinally sulcate, 
reddish-brown when dry, glabrous; stipules deciduous, those en- 
closing the terminal bud lanceolate, acutely acuminate, }-3 in. 
long, adpressed-pubescent, with glabrous margins. Receptacles 
borne in panicles mostly on the main-stem, pedunculate, subglobose, 
rounded or slightly stipitate at the base, about } in. in diam., 
glabrous ; peduncle 3-4 lin. long, rather slender, finely puberulous. 
Basal bracts 3, small, broadly ovate, puberulous outside. Ostiole 
with numerous exserted glabrous bracts; innermost. bracts very 
humerous, descending into the receptacle, linear, obtuse, 1} lin. 
long, glabrous. Male flowers sessile, with a membranous perianth 
enclosing the 2 subsessile anthers. Female flowers subsessile ; 
style rather thick and short, with an oblong stigma.—Sycomorus ? 
riparia, Miq. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. vii. 114. F. capensis, 
Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 195, partly ; not of Thunb. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Mandel district, Schimper, 1585! Shireh, Quartin- 
Dillon & Petit! 
10. F. capensis, Thunb. Diss. Fic. 13. A shrub or small cauli- 
florous tree ; branchlets glabrous or softly pubescent, with pointed 
more or less villous buds. Leaves ovate or ovate-elliptic, obtuse 
or shortly acuminate, rounded slightly cordate or shortly cuneate 
at the base, 24-9 in. long, 14-5 in. broad or sometimes more, usually 
coarsely repand and obtusely dentate, chartaceous or thinly 
coriaceous, glabrous or softly pubescent especially on the midrib 
and lateral nerves ; midrib prominent below, gradually narrowed to 
the apex of the blade ; lateral nerves usually about 6-7 on each side 
of the midrib, diverging from the midrib at an angle of about 45°, 
arcuate, gradually fading towards the margin and branched ; veins 
rather closely reticulate below; petiole variable, up to 3 in. long, 
sulcate, glabrous or pubescent ; stipules oblong-lanceolate, acute, 
villous or nearly glabrous outside, caducous. Receptacles borne in 
leafless simply branched panicles on the main-stem or when shrubby 
towards the base of the branches; panicles up to nearly 1 ft. long, 
glabrous or nearly so ; peduncles 3-4 in. long, glabrescent. Recep- 
tacles obovoid or obovoid-globose, subrounded or stipitate at the 
base, 3-1 in. long, with a usually prominent mammillate ostiole. 
glabrous. Basal bracts whorled, 3, ovate-triangular, often slightly 
hairy. Ostiole prominent, with numerous often hairy bracts spread- 
ing transversely across the orifice. Male flowers subsessile ; perianth 
