124 CXXIIIc. MORACE (Hutchinson). [ Ficus. 
glabrifolia, Warb. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 162. F. lutea, Mildbr. & 
Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 209, partly, not of Vahl. 
Nile Land. Eritrea: neighbourhood of Acrur, Schweinfurth, 1687! 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Usukuma; Nyangesi, Stuhlmann, 
4144! Lake Victoria: Bussisi, Stuhlmann, 750! Mwanza, Stuhlmann, 
4585 ! 
37. F. umbellata, Vahl, Enum. Pl. ii. 182. A tree 20-25 ft. 
high (Welwitsch) ; young branchlets stout, leafy, glabrous, nearly 
4 in. thick just below the apex. Leaves large, ovate-orbicular or 
nearly orbicular, shortly and obtusely acuminate, truncately rounded 
at the base or broadly cordate, 4-10 in. long, 23-8} in. broad, entire, 
thinly chartaceous, glabrous and dull on both surfaces ; midrib flat 
above, prominent below, nearly 2 lin. broad at the base below, 
gradually tapered to the apex; lateral nerves about 7-9 on each 
. side of the midrib, diverging from it at an angle of a little more than 
45°, the lowermost pair opposite and with about 4 prominent side 
nerves on the lower side, the remainder gradually becoming alternate 
upwards, the uppermost 3-4 pairs bifurcate 1-1} in. from the margin, 
looped, all distinct on the upper surface, prominent below ; tertiary 
nerves faint and rather lax below, wavy ; venation delicate and close, 
distinct below ; petiole 14-3 in. long, about 1} lin. thick, glabrous ; 
stipules deciduous, those surrounding the terminal bud ovate- 
triangular, subacutely acuminate, coriaceous, minutely ciliate, 
otherwise glabrous. Receptacles borne in fascicles on the older 
branches remote from the leaves, very shortly pedunculate, broadly 
obovoid-globose, with a distinct ostiole, 1-14 in. long and in diam., 
minutely puberulous, becoming coarsely wrinkled when dry. Basal 
bracts 2, suborbicular, } in. broad, rigidly coriaceous, very minutely 
puberulous. Ostiole 2-lipped, the surrounding part subcircular 
_ and slightly elevated ; orifice about 1 lin. broad ; bracts not see.— 
Pers. Syn. ii. 608 ; Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg. i. 499 ; Spreng. Syst. 
Veg. iii. 778; Schumach. & Thonn. Beskr. Guin. Pl. 25; Mildbr. & 
Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 222. F. tuberculosa, Welw. ex Hiern m 
Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 999. F. megalodisca, Warb. in Warb. & De 
Wild. Fic. Fl. Congo, 2, t. ii. F. Woermanni, Warb. ex Mildbr. & 
Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 222, name only. 
Upper Guinea. French Guinea: Los Islands, Pobéguin, 1229! Konakry, 
Dybowski,’7! Sierra Leone: Old Wallia, Scarcies River Valley, Scott Elliot, 
4639! Gold Coast : Sefwhi and Wam districts, Armitage! and without precise 
locality, Thonning! Togo: Atkapame, Busse, 3532! Northern Nigeria‘ 
Bida, Lamb, 34! Cameroons: without precise locality, Woermann ! 
Lower Guinea. French Congo: by the Alima River, Thollon, 966! Belgian 
Congo: Kimuenza, Gillet, 1747! Angola: Golungo Alto, Welwitsch, 6413! 
38. F. polita, Vahl, Enum. Pl. ii. 182. A large tree about 
50 ft. high ; branchlets somewhat slender, very minutely puberulous 
when young. Leaves ovate or ovate-oblong, slightly cordate 
rounded at the base, caudate-acuminate, 3-6 in. long, 2-43 in. broad, 
