120 CXXIIIc. MORACEA (Hutchinson). [ Ficus. 
times near the margin, slightly curved, arising from the midrib at an 
angle of about 40° ; veins distinct on both surfaces, prominent below, 
rather close ; petiole 3-1} in. long, about 1 lin. thick at the base, 
softly puberulous; stipules lanceolate, } in. long, shortly tomentose, 
deciduous. Receptacles axillary, solitary, pedunculate, subglobose, 
about 4 in. in diam. or slightly more, puberulous ; peduncle about 
3 lin. long, softly shortly tomentose ; basal bracts 3, ovate, obtuse, 
3_] lin. long, shortly pubescent outside. Ostiole not prominent, with 
about three to five free imbricate bracts visible from the outside ; 
upper bracts imbricate, spreading horizontally across the ostiole, sub- 
orbicular, submembranous, the lower descending, lanceolate, obtuse, 
1-1} lin. long, with membranous margins. Male flowers several 
near the ostiolar bracts, shortly pedicellate; perianth enclosing 
the solitary sessile obtuse anther. Female flowers with perianth 
similar to the male; style with 2-fid filiform stigmas.—F’. bembicicarpa, 
Warb. ex Mildbr. & Burret, l.c., name only, not of K. Schum. & 
Lauterb. 7 
Upper Guinea. Senegal: Koukan, Chevalier, 562! Ndonte T’vigna, 
Chevalier, 2653! Ziguinehor, on the Casamanze River, Chevalier, 2651! 
Sierra Leone: Farana ; by the River Niger, Scott Elliot, 5330a ! 5351! Togo: 
Loso, Kersting, 632! Atkapane, Doering, 303! Kirikiri, Kersting, 77! 
Sokode, Kersting, 24! 
Nile Land. Uganda: Madiand Bari, Dawe, 881! 
Var. (?) nitida, Hutchinson. Leaves shining and quite smooth on the 
upper surface. 
Upper Guinea. Senegal: opposite the Cape Verde Islands, Perrotiet ! 
seer Central. Central Shari: district of the Sarras Goundi, Chevalier, 
! 
_ Var. nitida may represent a distinct species, but in the absence of receptacles 
it seems better for the present to treat it as a variety. 
32. F. Zenkeri, Warb. ex Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 
204, fig.2. A tree about 60 ft. high; branchlets numerous, slender, 
longitudinally suleate and dark purple when dry, glabrous. Leaves 
oblong-elliptic or elliptic, subacutely acuminate, broadly obtuse or 
slightly obtuse at the base, sometimes slightly oblique, 234 in. long, 
1-1? in. broad, entire, thinly chartaceous, prominently reticulate on. 
both surfaces, sometimes slightly shining above, glabrous above, 
minutely verruculose below; midrib prominent on both surfaces, 
nearly $ hin. broad at the base; lateral nerves 7-8 on each side of 
the midrib, more prominent below than above, looped near the 
margin; veins rather close, distinct and somewhat prominent on 
both surfaces ; petiole about } in. long, slightly puberulous or nearly 
glabrous; stipules caducous, lanceolate, about 12 lin. long, 
glabrescent. Receptacles axillary, solitary, pedunculate, subglobose, 
about 4 lin. in diam., light green and laxly reticulate when dry, 
smooth ; peduncle 14-2 lin. long, minutely puberulous or nearly 
glabrous ; basal bracts 3, broadly ovate, rounded at the apex, sub- 
membranous, convex below, glabrous except the minutely puberulous 
