172 CXXIIIc. MORACE2 (Hutchinson). [ Ficus. 
2-6 in. long, 3-3 in. broad, entire, rigidly chartaceous or coriaceous, 
pubescent above and tomentose below when quite young, soon 
becoming glabrous above but permanently shortly pubescent below 
especially on the midrib and lateral nerves, 5—7-nerved at the base ; 
midrib flat above, prominent below, about } lin. broad at the base, 
gradually tapered to the apex; lateral nerves 6-7 on each side of 
the midrib, diverging at an angle of about 75°, slender, raised on 
the lower surface, bifurcate towards the margin; tertiary nerves 
wavy, rather lax ; venation distinct and rather close below ; petiole 
1-23 in. long, softly tomentose, at length nearly glabrous ; stipules 
caducous. Receptacles axillary, in pairs, sessile or subsessile, 
globose, 3-4 lin. in diam., finely pubescent or glabrous. Basal 
bracts small and caducous, the persistent connate base more or less 
orbicular, long-pilose or glabrous outside. Ostiole small but pro- 
minent, pore-like, glabrous ; bracts all descending into the receptacle, 
linear-lanceolate, acute, glabrous. Male flowers subsessile ; perianth- 
segments ovate-lanceolate, subacute, glabrous. Stamen solitary ; 
anther subsessile, } lin. long. Female flowers sessile; perianth- 
segments triangular-ovate, long-tailed-acuminate, glabrous. Achene 
ellipsoid-globose, shining. Gall flowers pedicellate, numerous.— 
Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 217. Ficus barbata, Warb. m 
Engl. Jahrb. xx. 168; Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 1007. F. 
andongensis, Welw. ex Welw. & Curr. in Trans. Linn. Soc. XXvl. 
284, name only ; Warb.l.c. F. humilis, Warb. lc. F. durandiana, 
Warb., F. diensis, Warb., and F. nigerica, Warb. ex Mildbr. & 
Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 218-220, names only. FF. glwmosd, 
var. lanuginosa, Martelli, Florul. Bogos. 76. Urostigma glumosum, 
Mig. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. iv. 552. U. fazokelense, Miq. Le. 
Upper Guinea. Senegal, Lecard, 73! French Guinea: Upper Niger; at 
Diaragonela, Chevalier, 475! Middle Niger, Chevalier, 168! Sierra Leone: 
Mount Gonkwi, Talla Hills, Scott Elliot, 4882! Northern Nigeria: Nupe, 
Barter, 1033! 1101! Sokoto, Dalziel, 396! Yola, Dalziel, 147! Katagum 
district, Dalziel, 357! Cameroons: between Dandje and Duk, Ledermann, 
3655! Sidderi Mountain, on the River Benue, Ledermann, 4799! Garua, 
Ledermann, 3351! 4931! Kokumi Mountains, Ledermann, 4755! Labare, 
Ledermann, 2253! Dodo, Ledermann, 2849 ! . 
Nile Land. Eritrea: near Keren, Schweinfurth, 806! Steudner ! Beccatt, 
2! 17! Galabat: Matamma region, Schweinfurth, 552! 553! Abyssinia 
Tacazze River, Schimper, 696! Sennar: Gebel Juli, Hartmann! Fazokl, 
Kotschy, 469! 495! Kordofan, Kotschy,- 215! Bongo: Gubbitu, nest 
Kulongo, Schweinfurth, 2208! Bahr-el-Ghazal, Broun, 1049! Jebel Daiet, 
Broun, 885! ; 
Lower Guinea. Lower Congo: Krebedji, Chevalier, 5434! Angola: 
Pungo Andongo; Pedra de Cazella, Welwitsch, 6361! Mossamedes; Bet 
River, Welwitsch, 6380 ! ' 
South Central. Belgian Congo: Niamniam; Makporru, Schweinfurth, 136! 
Var. glaberrima, Martelli, Florul. Bogos. 76. Leaves quite glabrous < 
when mature.—F rubicunda, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. iii. 289- 7° 
glumosa, var. intermedia, Martelli, lc. F. erioblasta, Waxb., F. brachylepioide’s 
Warb., and F. sokodensis, Warb. ex Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xv 
220, names only. F. gombariensis, De Wild. in Fedde, Repert. x". 1 
