122 -  OXXIc. MORACE (Hutchinson). [ Ficus. 
North Central. Shari: Kaga Kindi, Chevalier, 7204! Corbol, Chevalier, 9259 ! 
Nile Land. ‘Eritrea: below Geleb, Schweinfurth, 1419! Lalamba, Schwein- 
furth, 1802! Galabat: by the River Gendua, Schweinfurth, 555! Abyssinia: 
Jelajeranne, Schimper, 1771 !-near Amba Sea, Schimper, 875! Abba truke, 
Schimper, 1098 ! and without precise locality, Schimper, 943 ! Sudan: Tumat 
River; Kamamil, Prince Paul Wilhelm von Wiirtemberg ! near Fasokl, Kotschy, 
485! Somaliland: Maid, Hildebrandt, 1461! Jur: Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, 
1484! 1993! British East Africa: Ukamba; Kitui, Hildebrandt, 2683! 
Uganda: Madi, Speke & Grant, 752! 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Mugarura Island, Lake Kivu, 
Mildbraed, 1105! Usambara; Mbalu district, Engler, 1493! Kwei, Albers, 
35! Mlalo, Holst, 412! Massai Steppe, Uhlig, 1012! Portuguese East 
Africa : Boruma, Menyharth, 770! near Arenga, Sim, 5653! Lebombo Moun- 
_ tains, Sim, 6305! Rhodesia: Victoria Falls, Allen, 182! Livingstone, 
Rogers, 7455! 7464! Victoria, Monro, 349! 390! 757! Matoppo Hills, 
Miss Gibbs, 285! Engler, 2915a! 2956! Umtali, Engler, 3153! Tropical 
Transvaal: Limpopo valley, Hutchins, 17! 
Occurs also in South Africa. 
Ficus lutea, Vahl, with which the above specimens have hitherto mostly been 
identified, is probably quite a different species and most likely one of the 
Bibracteate, as the ostiole is described as having a bifid umbo at the apex. 
34. F. katagumica, Hutchinson in Kew Bulletin, 1915, 31%, 
with fig. A shady tree; branchlets leafy, softly tomentose, sulcate. 
Leaves ovate-oblong or oblong-elliptic, slightly cordate or rounded 
at the base, rounded at the apex, 24-4 in. long, 1}-23 in. broad, 
entire, rigidly subcoriaceous, glabrous and somewhat glaucous on 
both surfaces; midrib prominent on both surfaces but more 
so below, about 1 lin. broad at the base, gradually tapered to, 
but branched and fading away below the apex of the blade; 
lateral nerves 5-6 on each side of the midrib, diverging from It 
at an angle of about 60°, prominently bifurcate a considerable 
distance from the margin, distinct on both surfaces, rather slender 
and straw-coloured; veins more prominent above than below, 
forming a fairly close reticulation ; petiole 31 in. long, tomentose 
towards the base, straw-coloured; stipules caducous, coriaceous, 
tomentose. Receptacles axillary, solitary or in pairs, pedunculate, 
globose or slightly obovoid-globose, 5 lin. in diam., permanently 
densely white-tomentose; peduncle 2-3 lin. long, ? lin. thick, 
densely and softly tomentose. Basal bracts 3, more or less ovate, 
obtuse, subpersistent, pubescent towards the base. Ostiole slightly 
prominent, with 3 or 4 imbricate glabrescent bracts visible from the 
outside, the inner bracts spreading horizontally across the orifice. 
Male flowers subsessile, with acute perianth-segments and solitaty 
stamen ; filament short ; anther broader than long. Female flowers 
with perianth similar to the male. Gall flowers pedicellate. 
Upper Guinea. Northern Nigeria: Katagum district, Dalziel, 305! 
35. F. kawuri, Hutchinson in Kew Bulletin, 1915, 319. A large 
tree ; branchlets leafy, softly and densely tomentose. Leaves oblong 
