108 CXXIIIc. MORACE (Hutchinson). [ Ficus. 
Mtemere, Goetze, 62! Rovuma River, 26 miles from the mouth, Kirk! Portu- 
guese East Africa: near Sena, Kirk! near Moramballa, Kirk! Magenja da 
Costa, on the Mucabella River, Sim, 6237! Nyasaland: island in the Shire 
River, Scott! Rhodesia: island above Victoria Falls, Kolbe, 3163 ! 
Var. ovatifolia, Hutchinson. Leaves ovate or ovate-elliptic, entire or slightly 
3-lobed, 14-2 in. broad. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia: banks of the Gambia, Heudelot, 3501! 
17. F. acutifolia, Hutchinson in Kew Bulletin, 1915, 317. Branch- 
lets slender, leafy, purplish when dry, finely and rather sparingly 
hispid when young. Leaves linear-lanceolate, gradually obtusely 
acuminate, rounded or obtuse at the base, 34-4} in. long, 2-14 in. 
broad, entire, thinly chartaceous, moderately scabrous on both 
surfaces ; midrib prominent on both surfaces, narrow above, broader 
below, about 4 lin. broad at the base, gradually tapered to the 
apex of the leaf-blade; lateral nerves 9-10 on each side of the 
midrib, diverging from it at an angle of 75-90°, distinct on both 
surfaces, prominent below, straight or nearly so up to near the 
margin, and then continued parallel to the margin and joined with 
the next nerve; tertiary nerves very lax and reticulate, prominent 
below ; veins very faint below; petiole comparatively short, 2-3 
lin. long, slightly setulose-pubescent ; stipules caducous, limear- 
lanceolate, subacute, 1} lin. long, coriaceous, glabrous or nearly so. 
Receptacles axillary, solitary, pedunculate, subglobose, about 4 in. 
in diam., shortly setulose; peduncle about 4 lin. long, slender, 
setulose, with 2-3 small scattered bracts. Ostiole fairly prominent, 
with several bracts visible from the outside, the inner bracts spreading 
horizontally across the orifice. Male flowers long-pedicellate ; 
pedicel glabrous; perianth-segments lanceolate, subacute, mem- 
branous, glabrous; stamen solitary; anther obtuse. Female 
flowers shortly pedicellate ; achene smooth ; style slender. Gall 
flowers peciicellate. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Bipinde, Zenker, 1709! 
Chevalier, no. 12228, from Kollangui, in French Guinea, seems to be this 
species, but there are no receptacles on the specimen at Kew. 
Resembles F. capreefolia, Del., but among other differences the leaves ate 
relatively longer and more acuminate, and the lateral nerves spread more nearly 
at right angles. 
18. F. pendula, Welw. ex Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, 
xli. 486, name only (pendulus) ; Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 1008, 
description. Shrubby; branches very long, sarmentose, climbing 
high and far, pendulous ; younger fruiting branchlets nodding, ashy, 
turning purplish in a dried state, more or less hispid with rust- 
coloured hairs; internodes up to 3} in. long. Leaves obliquely 
ovate-oblong, acutely and subcaudately acuminate, rounded to 4 
shortly cuneate unequal-sided base, 3-6 in. long, 1-2} in. broad, 
thinly chartaceous or membranous, rather distantly denticulate, 
