116 CXXIIIc. MORACEA (Hutchinson). [ Ficus. 
lateral nerves 12-20 on each side, very distinct and slightly raised 
on both surfaces, curved, arising from the midrib at an angle of about 
65°; veins prominent on both surfaces, sometimes rather lax; 
petiole 4-24 in. long, usually rather slender, narrowly channelled 
on the upper side, glabrous ; stipules deciduous, linear, about 1 in. 
long, glabrous. Receptacles usually crowded, axillary, mostly in 
pairs, shortly pedunculate, globose, about } in. in diam., very finely 
and shortly pubescent or nearly glabrous ; peduncle 1-1} lin. long, 
rather slender, densely shortly tomentose. Basal bracts deciduous, 
very small. Ostiole with about 3 or 4 outer bracts closing the orifice; 
outer bracts transversely oblong-elliptic, about 3 lin. broad ; inner 
bracts spreading horizontally across the ostiole, the imnermost 
descending slightly into the receptacle. Male flowers sessile, with 
elliptic perianth-segments and solitary subsessile anther. Female 
flowers sessile; perianth-segments 2-3, short, ovate-lanceolate, 
glabrous ; achene smooth ; style slender.—Pers. Syn. ii. 611 ; Roem. 
& Schult. Syst. i. 512; Spreng. Syst. Veg. iii. 783; Warb. in 
Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 162, partly; Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. 
Jahrb. xlvi. 206, partly. F. indica, Forsk. Fl. Aigypt.-Arab. 179, 
not of Linn. fF. tteoides, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd.-B.t. ii. 
315, name only. Urostigma salicifolium, Mig. in Hook. Lond. 
Journ. Bot. vi. 556. F. Teloukat, Battand. & Trabut in Bull. Soc. 
Bot. France, lviii. 628, 674. 
Nile Land. Eritrea: near Mahio in the Haddas Valley, Schweinfurth, 176 { 
central part of Lawa Valley, Schweinfurth, 1691! around Keren, Beccari, 39 ! 
Schweinfurth, 1000! Abyssinia: Mai Gouagoua, Quartin-Dillon. French 
Somaliland: Adal country, Hericourt, 25! British Somaliland: without 
precise locality, Mrs. Lort-Phillips! Sudan: Segedi, near Sennar, Kotschy, 
257! Kordofan; Jebel Kadugli, Brown, 1340! Jebel Daier, Broun, 876! 
Var. latifolia, Hutchinson. Leaves 24-33 in. broad. 
North Central. Eastern Shari: Ndelle, Chevalier, 6767! 
Occurs also in Arabia and Algeria. The Socotran specimens referred to this 
species by Balfour (Botany of Socotra, 282) are all F. Pretoriw, Burtt-Davy. 
27. F. Pretorie, Burtt-Davy in Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Afr. ii. 365, 
wih figures. A large tree; branchlets mostly short and twiggy, 
glabrous and purplish when young, rarely minutely puberulous. 
Leaves spreading, oblong or oblong-elliptic, rounded at the base, 
mostly rather abruptly obtusely and shortly acuminate, 2-3} im. 
long, ?-12 in. broad, entire, rigidly coriaceous, often somewhat 
glaucous below, light-green when dry; midrib almost equally pro- 
minent on both surfaces, straw-coloured, 3-1 lin. broad at the 
base, gradually tapered to the apex of the blade; lateral nerves 
10-12 on each side of the midrib, equally prominent on both surfaces, 
spreading at a wide angle, rather slender, looped well within the 
margin ; tertiary nerves and veins strongly reticulate on both sur-, 
faces; petiole $-1 in. long, glabrous; stipules caducous, those 
surrounding the terminal bud linear-lanceolate, acutely acuminate, 
