136 OXXIIIc. MORACEZ (Hutchinson). | Ficus, 
zig-zag ; petiole stout, slightly compressed, 1}~1} in. long, 13-2 lin. 
broad, somewhat ribbed by compression when dry, glabrous ; 
stipules caducous. Receptacles produced in a pulvinate cluster on 
the older wood remote from the leaves, perhaps about 5 in a cluster, 
pedunculate, globose, with a slightly prominent 2-lipped ostiole, 
34 lin. in diam., finely and rather sparingly pubescent, brownish- 
yellow and with dark brown warts when dry ; peduncles 3 in. long, 
about 2 lin. thick, slightly thicker towards the apex, softly pubescent. 
Basal bracts probably 2, connate, coriaceous, tomentose outside. 
Ostiolar orifice 4 lin. long, linear; bracts all descending into the 
receptacle, subulate-lanceolate, subacute, glabrous, margins mem- 
branous. Male and female perianth-segments 3, oblong, obtuse. 
Stamen solitary; filament short; anther ovoid-ellipsoid. Style 
slender, with an oblong papillose stigma.—Mildbr. & Burret im 
Engl. Jabrb. xlvi. 230. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Usambara ; Amboni, Holst, 2897 ! 
55. F. rudens, Hutchinson in Kew Bulletin, 1915, 322, with fig. An 
extensive climber ; stems soft, hollow, resembling cables (Gossweiler), 
up to 60 ft. long; branchlets twiggy, slender, glabrous. Leaves 
oblong-elliptic or slightly obovate-elliptic, acutely acuminate (acumen 
3-5 lin. long), cordate at the base, 14-3 in. long, #-14 in. broad, entire, 
submembranous, dull and glabrous on both surfaces ; midrib slightly 
impressed above, slender, fairly prominent below, about } lin. broad 
at the base, gradually tapered to the apex of the blade; lateral 
nerves 6-7 on each side of the midrib, diverging from it almost at a 
right angle, looped near the margin, slender, distinct below; veils 
lax and distinct below ; petiole 4—10 lin. long, very slender, glabrous ; 
stipules deciduous, not seen. Receptacles borne on the stems, pro- 
duced in fascicles on very short cushion-branchlets, about 6 in eac 
fascicle, pedunculate, ellipsoid or obovoid-ellipsoid, slightly contracted 
at the base, in. long, about } in. in diam., finely warted, extremely 
minutely puberulous ; peduncle stout, 4 in. long, compressed, 1 iin. 
thick, minutely puberulous. Basal bracts soon falling off, leaving 
an oblique narrow rim at the base of the receptacle. Ostiole very 
small and 2-lipped, not produced ; bracts all descending into the 
receptacle, more or less subulate-lanceolate, acute, glabrous. Male 
flowers pedicellate ; perianth-segments 3, elliptic, subacute. Stamen 
solitary; filament fairly stout; anther ovoid-ellipsoid, obtuse. 
Female flowers subsessile ;. perianth-segments lanceolate; achene 
obliquely ellipsoid ; style lateral, shorter than the achene, with @ 
large papillose stigma. Gall flowers numerous, pedicellate. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: eastern sl if d Monte Bello, 
Gossweiler, 4597 ! g slopes of Monte de Lau an 
Closely allied to F. tremula, Warb., from the east coast of Africa, but distin- 
guished from the latter by the shape of the leaves and the larger figs on stoute? 
peduncles. 
