114 CXXIIIc. MORACE (Hutchinson). | Ficus. 
to the margin, distinct above, prominent below; tertiary nerves 
wavy, lax and rather prominent below ; petiole 1-1? in. long, rather 
densely pilose ; stipules caducous, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, 
34-44 lin. long, becoming coriaceous, pilose outside, glabrous and 
shining within. Receptacles not known but probably produced 
on the older wood.—Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 203, 
partly. 
ere Central. Belgian Congo: Monbuttu; Kibali River, Schweinfurth, 
! 
24 F. sciarophylla, Warb. in Ward. & De Wild. Fic. Fl. Congo, 
31. t. xiii. A shrub about 8 ft. high; young leafy branchlets long- 
pilose or almost villous. Leaves elliptic or oblong-elliptic in outline, 
pinnatifid or pinnatilobed or sometimes 3-lobed in the upper third 
and the lower portion coarsely repand-dentate, rounded or slightly 
cordate at the base, apex and lobes subcaudately acuminate 6-12 in. 
long, 4-7 in. broad including the lobes, membranous, densely 
whitish-villous on both surfaces when quite young and just released 
from the bud, pilose on both surfaces when mature, on the lower 
surface especially on the midrib and lateral nerves, about 9-nerved 
at the base; lateral nerves about 11 on each side of the midrib, 
diverging from the midrib at an angle of 70°, nearly straight, mostly 
extended to the apices of the lobes or teeth, distinct on both surfaces, 
prominent below ; tertiary nerves subparallel, slightly wavy, slender, 
2-24 lin. apart, distinct on both surfaces; petiole 1-2 in. long, but 
probably often much longer, rather stout, sulcate when dry, long- 
pilose; stipules deciduous, oblong-lanceolate, long and acutely 
acuminate, #14 in. long, about 3 lin. broad, submembranous, glabrous 
on both surfaces. Receptacles not known but probably produced 
on the older wood.—F. variifolia, Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jabrb. 
xlvi. 203, partly, not of Warb. 
Nile Land. Niamniam: by the River Hoo, Schweinfurth, 3872! Uganda: 
North-west Ankole, 4000 ft., Dawe, 471! Budongo Forest, Fyffe, 267 ! 
_ 25. F. verruculosa, Warb. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 166. A moderate- 
sized tree, 15-25 ft. high or more, or when occurring in swampy 
ground often a small shrub with straight unbranched stem; young 
branches glabrous or puberulous. Leaves lanceolate or lanceolate- 
elliptic, obtuse at both ends, 24-6 in. long, 1-23 in. broad, entire, 
chartaceous or subcoriaceous, mostly shining on the upper surface, 
finely pustulate and sometimes very slightly rough to the touch 
below ; midrib prominent on both surfaces, broader below, gradually 
tapered to the apex of the leaf-blade ; lateral nerves 10-16 on each 
side of the midrib, diverging from it at an angle of 70-80°, mostly 
more prominent above than below, rather slender, looped near the 
margin ; tertiary nerves and veins forming a fairly distinct delicate 
venation below ; petiole 4~7 lin. long, fairly stout, glabrous ; stipules 
