168 CXXIIIc. MORACEZ (Hutchinson). [Ficus. 
Ostiole pore-like ; bracts all descending into the receptacle. Male 
flowers shortly pedicellate, with a solitary stamen. Female flowers 
sessile, with a slender style ; achene smooth. Gall flowers numerous, 
pedicellate —Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 269. 
Upper Guinea. Ivory Coast: Dabou, Chevalier, 16211! 
106. F. zuvalensis, Sim, For. Fl. Port. E. Afr. 100, t. xciii. fig. A. 
A large tree; young branchlets stout, about 3 lin. thick 1 in. below 
the apex, whitish-pilose. Leaves ovate or ovate-orbicular, very 
shortly and bluntly pointed at the apex, rather deeply cordate at 
the base, 4-7 in. long, 34-5 in. broad, rigidly coriaceous, glabrous 
and shining on the upper surface, rather densely and softly pubescent 
below; midrib continued to the apex of the blade, about 1} lin. 
broad at the base, pilose ; lateral nerves 8-9 on each side of the midrib, 
diverging from it at a wide angle, prominently forked about 3 in. 
within the margin, distinct on both surfaces, prominent below; 
veins lax below ; petiole 14-2 in. long, about 2 lin. thick, pilose and 
finely warted ; stipules deciduous, 1 in. long and pointed, glabrous. 
Receptacles not seen, but. according to Sim’s figure axillary, sessile, 
ovoid-globose, 1} in. long, 1 in. in diam., with a small pore-like 
ostiole, pubescent. Basal bracts pubescent. 
Mozamb. Distr. Portuguese East Africa: Cusico, Sim, 5515! districts of 
ae Quisico and Inhambane, and occasionally in Gaza and Lorenzo Marques, 
im, 
107. F. Wakefieldii, Hutchinson in Kew Bulletin, 1915, 335, with 
fig. A tree about 35 ft. high; bark bright-brown; young branchlets 
very stout, very densely and roughly villous with yellowish hairs 
when dry. Leaves large, orbicular, cordate and very prominently 
3-nerved at the base, 4-8 in. in diam., undulate-arcuate at the base 
only, membranous or chartaceous, pubescent on both surfaces or only 
on the nerves above, pilose on the nerves and midrib beneath ; 
midrib flat or slightly impressed above, very prominent below, often 
somewhat flexuous and always divided below the apex of the blade; 
each basal nerve with about 5 prominent lateral nerves on its lower 
side (next the margin); remaining lateral nerves 3-4 on each side 
of the midrib, diverging from it at an angle of 45°, very prominent 
below, prominently furcate 3-14 in. from the margin; tertiary 
nerves Zig-zag, prominent and numerous below ; veins finely reticulate 
below ; petiole stout, 2-3 in. long, about 2 lin. thick, pilose ; stipules 
caducous, oblong-ovate, obtuse, 14-2 in. long, about 2 in. broad, 
membranous, light-brown when dry, pilose-pubescent on the exposed 
outer part. Receptacles axillary, sessile, in pairs, globose, about 
5 lin. in diam., densely pilose with weak hairs. Basal bracts small, 
very densely villous. Ostiole slightly protruding, pore-like ; bracts 
all descending vertically into the receptacle, ovate-lanceolate, glab- 
rous. Male flowers subsessile, with a solitary stamen ; anther 
