Ficus. | CXXIIIc. MORACEZ (Hutchinson). 169 
ellipsoid, obtuse.—F. vasta, Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 216, 
partly,‘not of Forsk. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Nyika country, Wakefield, 34! South 
Eastern Kenya, Battiscombe, 859 ! 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Muansa district; Sonjo Sale, 
Merker, 430! neighbourhood of Sale Rorehoto, Uhlig, 254! Ukerewe Island, 
in Lake Victoria, Conrads, 405! 
108. F. glumosoides, Hutchinson in Kew Bulletin, 1915, 336. A 
tree up to 20 ft. high ; branchlets rather slender, villous when young. 
Leaves orbicular, rounded or very slightly cordate at the base, 
2-3 in. in diam., entire, coriaceous. slightly pubescent on the midrib 
and lateral nerves above, densely and softly pubescent below, with 
longer hairs on the midrib and lateral nerves, prominently 5-nerved 
at the base, remaining lateral nerves about 4 on each side of the 
midrib, diverging from it at an angle of 45°, bifurcate about } in. from 
the margin, slender, prominent below ; veins finely reticulate below ; 
petiole 1-1} in. long, 1 lin. thick, thinly pilose ; stipules caducous, 
me seen. Receptacles axillary, sessile and otherwise as in F’. glumosa, 
el. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: near native villages in the interior of Noro 
Redondo, Gossweiler, 4450 ! 
109. F. Sonderi, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. iii. 295. A 
tree 20-30 ft. high, with a milky juice; branchlets twiggy, very 
Shaggy-villous with tawny hairs when young, at length shortly 
pubescent. Leaves ovate-orbicular or suborbicular, rounded at the 
apex, slightly cordate at the base, 2-4 in. long, 13-3} in. broad, 
entire, rigidly coriaceous, long-pilose or hirsute on both surfaces 
chiefly on the midrib and lateral nerves, about 5-nerved at the base ; 
midrib ? lin. broad at the base, gradually tapered to the apex, flat 
above, prominent and very hairy below; lateral nerves 4-5 on each 
side of the midrib (excluding the basal nerves), diverging at an angle 
of about 45°, arcuate, looped near the margin, distinct on both 
surfaces, prominent below; tertiary nerves much-branched, wavy, 
scarcely visible above, prominent below; petiole }-1 in. long, 
densely hirsute-pilose ; stipules persistent during the flowering 
Period, ovate-triangular, acutely acuminate, about } in. long and 
2 in. broad, reddish when dry, thinly chartaceous, villous outside, 
glabrous and striate within. Receptacles crowded at the ends of 
the young branchlets, axillary, geminate, sessile, subglobose, slightly 
umbonate, nearly 4 in. in diam., villous. Basal bracts 2, suborbicular, 
about 3 lin. broad, membranous, villous with yellowish hairs outside, 
glabrous within. Ostiole 2-lipped, slightly projecting and a little 
gaping when dry, about 1 lin. broad. Bracts all descending into 
the rec eptacle, the middle two a little larger than the others, oblong- 
anceolate, obtuse, 1} lin. long, rather fleshy, glabrous, the others 
