140 CXXIIIc, MORACEZ (Hutchinson). [Ficus. 
venation fine and distinct below; petiole 1-1} in. long, glabrous ; 
stipules caducous. Receptacles produced in fascicles on the older 
wood remote from the leaves, pedunculate, seen only in a young state, 
ellipsoid-obovoid, with a slightly prominent ostiole, glabrous, the 
largest seen about 4 in. long; peduncle 3-4 lin. long, rather stout, 
minutely puberulous. Basal bracts 2, ovate, obtuse, 14 lin. long, 
1} lin. broad, coriaceous, finely puberulous outside. Ostiole slightly 
protruded, 2-lipped; bracts all descending into the receptacle, 
none visible from the outside, the innermost linear. Male flowers not 
seen but no doubt with a solitary stamen. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Uluguru Mountains ; Mbora, in the 
mee Stuhlmann, 9022! Drachenberg near Amani, Zimmermann, 
62. F. Dewevrei, Warb. in De Wild. & Durand, Relig. Dewevr. 
1.215 and in Warb. & De Wild. Fic. Fl. Congo, 18. Branches terete, 
covered with a grey glabrous bark ; young branchlets rather slender, 
glabrous. Leaves oblong, subacutely caudate-acuminate (acumen 
in the mature leaves about 4 in. long), rounded at the base, 4-5 in. 
long, 14-1? in. broad, entire, thinly chartaceous, closely punctate 
and glabrous above, minutely puberulous on the midrib and lateral 
nerves below especially when quite young, dull on both surfaces, 
finely reticulate below, 3-nerved at the base, remaining lateral nerves 
about 7 on each side, slender, diverging from the midrib almost at 
right angles, looped, the loops forming a coarse crenate line about 
1} lin. from the margin, distinct on both surfaces, prominent below ; 
tertiary nerves very lax, fairly distinct below ; veins forming a close 
network but scarcely prominent below ; petiole 3-2 in. long, slender, 
scarcely ? lin. thick, minutely puberulous when young, soon becoming 
glabrous, black when dry ; stipules caducous, present only at the 
tips of the shoots, linear-lanceolate, very acute, 3-1} in. long, sub- 
membranous, with wavy thinner margins. Receptacles axillary 
or arising from the axils of fallen leaves, ellipsoid-globose, #-1 1m. 
long, puberulous or nearly glabrous; peduncle about }—} in. long. 
Basal bracts reduced to a very small ring. Ostiole small, scarcely 
prominent, with linear descending bracteoles only. Male flowers 
with 1 stamen. Anther thick, obtuse. Female flowers few.— 
Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 225; De Wild. in Bull. Soc. 
Bot. Belg. lii. 205. F. viridimaculata, De Wild. in Fedde, Repert. 
xii. 197, and in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. lii. 232. | 
South Central. Belgian Congo: Ituri district, Mildbraed, 3237! Lala, 
tends 939! 1107! Laurent, 727! Aruwimi district; Lokandu, Dewévre, 
63. F. umangiensis, De Wild. in Fedde, Repert. xii. / 198. 
Branchlets slender, with grey bark. Leaves oblong-elliptic, rounded 
or slightly cordate at the base, more or less abruptly and long 
acuminate, 5~7 in. long, 2-3 in. broad, chartaceous, entire, glaorous ; 
