126 CXXIIIc. MORACEZ (Hutchinson). [ Ficus. 
39. F. Fischeri, Warb. ex Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 
227. <A tree up to 50 ft. high; branchlets thick, terete, glabrous. 
Leaves ovate, slightly attenuated to the apex, slightly and rather 
widely cordate or rounded at the base, 4—7 in. long, 23-43 in. broad, 
entire, thinly chartaceous, glabrous and dull on both surfaces or 
slightly shining above; midrib slightly raised above, prominent 
below, about 1} lin. broad at the base, gradually tapered to the apex 
of the blade ; lateral nerves numerous, about 16 on each side of the’ 
midrib, several radiating from the base of the midrib, the others 
diverging from it at an angle of 55°, nearly straight, prominently 
looped near the margin, very slender and slightly prominent on both 
surfaces ; tertiary nerves laxly reticulate, distinct on both surfaces ; 
veins very fine and scarcely visible ; petiole 13-3 in. long, widened 
towards the base, glabrous ; stipules early deciduous. Receptacles 
fasciculate on the stem (or perhaps the main branches), pedunculate, _ 
broadly ellipsoid-globose, truncate at both ends, with a sunken beak- 
like ostiole, 3-3 in. long, 3 in. in diam., slightly wrinkled and deep 
straw-coloured when dry, glabrous ; peduncle about } in. long, about 
3 lin. thick, thickened towards the apex, glabrous. Basal bracts early 
deciduous, their bases connate and expanded into a glabrous plate- 
like disc closely adpressed to the receptacle. Ostiole 2-lipped; 
bracts all descending into the receptacle. Receptacular wall firm, 
14-1 lin. thick. Male flowers shortly pedicellate ; stamen solitary. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Kagehi, Fischer, 545! Tabora, 
Trotha, 56! Uduhe, near Tabora, Siegel, 1597! and without precise locality, 
Trotha, 195! Rhodesia: 100 miles north of the Victoria Falls, Kesteven! 
near Livingstone, Seiner, 16! Motata, Jalla! 
A remarkably distinct species, distinguished among the Fasciculate by the 
large ovate leaves, numerous lateral nerves, and pedunculate fasciculate re- 
ceptacles on the old wood. Mildbraed and Burret (l.c.) were in doubt as to 
whether the receptacles were pedunculate; Lord Kesteven’s specimen has 
two, well preserved, with peduncles nearly } in. long. 
40. F. brachylepis, Welw. ex Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 1011. 
A tall or moderate-sized tree, glabrous throughout, very copiously 
milky, with wide spreading head; branches spreading ; branchlets 
dark-coloured in the dried state, sometimes subverticillate by the 
proximity of the nodes, leafy towards the apex. Leaves oblong, 
shortly and gradually obtusely acuminate, rounded or truncate at 
the base, 4-7 in. long, 13-3} in. broad, entire, thinly chartaceous, 
dull on both surfaces, 7-nerved at the base; midrib flat above, 
prominent beneath, about 1 lin. broad at the base, gradually tapered 
to the apex ; lateral nerves (excluding the basal ones) 8-10 on each 
side, spreading from the midrib at an angle of 45°-56°, distinct 02 
both surfaces, slender, branched and indistinctly looped near the 
margin, but forming only a very indistinct intramarginal line; 
tertiary nerves slender, very slightly prominent on both sides ; vel 
very slender, fairly distinct on both surfaces ; petiole 3-3} in. long, 
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