Freus. | CXXIIIc. MORACE2 (Hutchinson). 107 
16. F. capreefolia, Del. in Ann. Sci. Nat. 2me sér. xx. 94. 
Branchlets subterete, villous with whitish hairs when young, at 
length becoming pubescent. Leaves often opposite or subopposite, 
lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or subtruncate at the base, 
acute or 3-fid at the apex, otherwise entire, 1}-4 in. long, 4-14 in. 
broad, thinly and rigidly chartaceous, scabrous with minute tubercles 
on both surfaces; lateral nerves 5-6 on each side of the midrib, 
distinct on both surfaces, prominent below, arcuate, indistinctly 
looped near the margin; venation rather faint ; petiole short, 
13-4 lin. long, pubescent or almost villous, with a pair of stipules 
at the base of each ; stipules persistent, lanceolate, subacute, } in. 
long, keeled on the back, finely puberulous on the outside, shortly 
ciliate, brown when dry. Receptacles axillary, solitary, pedunculate, 
subglobose, contracted at the base, 4-3 in. in diam., scabrid-hispidu- 
lous, without a definite whorl of bracts at the base ; peduncle }-4 in. 
long, scabrid-hispidulous, bearing 3-4 scattered ovate obtuse 
coriaceous puberulous bracts about 2 lin. long. Ostiole broad and 
gaping, with numerous imbricate bracts visible from the outside ; 
outer ostiolar bracts broadly triangular, obtuse, finely puberulous 
on the outside, minutely ciliate, the lower all descending into the 
receptacle, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, about 1} lin. long, translucent, 
glabrous. Male flowers numerous, long-pedicellate ; pedicel stout, 
minutely puberulous; perianth-segments 4-5, unequal and some 
connate in the lower part, obtuse or truncate at the apex, 
membranous, glabrous ; stamen solitary with usually an abortive 
female flower at its base. Female flowers in separate receptacles, 
very numerous, sessile ; perianth-segments 6, linear, acute, glabrous. 
Achene smooth ; style lateral, slender, longer than the achene, 
with a purple stigma.—Warb. in Warb. & De Wild. Fic. Fl. Congo, 
36, t. xxii.; Warb. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 161; Engl. Pflanzen- 
welt Afr. i. i. 118, fig. 100; Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. 
xlvi. 202. F. tridentata, Fenzl in Flora, 1844, 311, name only. 
F. antithetophylla, Steud. ex Miq. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. vii. 
236, t. v. B; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 272. F. palustris, Sim, 
For. Fl. Port. E. Afr. 99, partly, incl. t. xc., fig. C. 
Upper Guinea. Togo: Atakpame, Doering, 321! Kara River, near 
Kakedjande, Rowing, A 622! Y Mover Nigeria: Nupe, Barter, 879! 
tagum District, Dalziel, 215! Cameroons: Garua, on the River Benue, 
Ledermann, 3449 ! between Boki and Sandjere Kodjore, Ledermann, 3706 ! 
Nile Land. Eritrea : near Keren, Beccari,70! Schweinfurth, 785! Galabat : 
bank of the Atbara River, near Matamma, Schweinfurth, 550! between Matamma 
and Shendy, Schweinfurth, 742! Abyssinia: by the Tacazze River, Schimper, 
886! 14461 Galinier ; on the Mérebb River, Schimper, 179! Sudan: Fasokl, 
Prince Paul de Wiirtemberg! Sennar, Kotschy, 228! Cienkowsky, 195! Blue 
Nile; near Wad el Gazal, Muriel, 20! and at Abu Harras, Say it 
546! Khartum, Schweinfurth, 764! 870! Bara, Pfund, 508! Fas oda, 
Baker, 105! Niamniam: by the River Ibba, Schweinfurth, 3926! River 
Sway, Schweinfurth, 133! near Dokkuttu, Schweinfurth, 2755! 
zamb. Distr. German East Africa: Pangani, Stuhlmann, 794! near 
