Ficus.] CXXIIIc. MORACE (Hutchinson). 173 
and in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. lii. 210. Urostigma rubicundum, Miq. in Hook. 
Lond. Journ. Bot. vii. t. xii. fig. B. 
Upper Guinea. French Guinea: near Sulimania, Scott Elliot, 5375! 
Wallia, on the River Scarcies, Scott Elliot, 4582! Sierra Leone: Talla Hills, 
Scott Elliot, 4888! near Falaba, Scott Elliot, 5170! Togo: near Sokodi, 
Kersting, 59! Yerapana, Kersting, 524! Northern Nigeria: Nupe, Barter, 
1022! Lokoja, Dalziel, 146! Abinsi and vicinity, Dalziel, 779! Quorra, 
Vogel, 140! Cameroons: between Babundia and Tsebsa, Ledermann, 3201! 
near Garua, Ledermann, 3429 ! 
Nile Land. Nubia: Mount Erkowit, Schweinfurth, 234! Eritrea: Keren; 
near Mount Deban, Beccari, 19! 40! Lalamba River, Schweinfurth, 806! 
1800! Halibaret, Schweinfurth, 180! Galabat, Schweinfurth, 549! 551! 
Abyssinia : Habab, Hildebrandt, 387! Rohifs & Stecker! Kordofan: Kadergli, 
Broun, 1337! Darfur, Purdy, 57! Sudan: Jebelim, Broun, 1411! Jur; 
Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, 1973! Wau, Broun, 913! 1240! Madi, Speke & 
Grant, 689 ! Uganda: Unyoro; above Kibero, Bagshawe, 912! 
South Central. Belgian Congo: near Gumbari, Seret, 592! 
113. F. nigropunctata, Warb. ex Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. 
xlvi. 220, partly. A small tree about 10 ft. high ; branches softly 
pubescent. Leaves oblong or oblong-elliptic, shortly and obtusely 
or subacutely acuminate, slightly cordate at the base, 134 in. long, 
1-1} in. broad, entire, chartaceous, slightly pustulate on the upper 
surface, pubescent on the midrib and lateral nerves below ; midrib 
prominent below, rounded, about } lin. broad at the base, gradually 
tapered to the apex of the blade ; lateral nerves 4-6 on each side of 
the midrib, diverging from it at an angle of 45°, slightly arcuate, 
looped, nearly invisible above, prominent but slender below, veins 
lax and inconspicuous ; petiole 3-1 in. long, rather slender, pubescent 
or nearly glabrous ; stipules caducous. Receptacles axillary, sessile, 
Solitary or in pairs, globose, about 34 lin. in diam., finely and rather 
sparingly puberulous. Basal bracts 2, connate into a persistent 
pubescent disc at the base. Ostiole small and inconspicuous, 
2-lipped ; bracts all descending into the receptacle. Male flowers 
shortly pedicellate ; stamen solitary. Gall flowers pedicellate.— 
- pubigera, Warb. ex Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 221, 
name only. 
Mozamb. Di ica: Lindi district ; Seliman-Mamba, 
on the ont Pera se, Fuses, 28011 Usaramo ; Megula, Stuhlmann, 7119 ! 
gamoyo, Kirk! 
114. F. eriocarpa, Warb. in Engl. Jahrb. xxx. 294. A tree 
25-30 ft. high; branchlets 2-3 lin. thick, strongly sulcate-rugose, 
teddish-tomentose when young. Leaves elliptic or oblong-elliptic, 
Tounded at both ends or shortly cuneate at the base, 2-22 in. long, 
1-1} in. broad, entire, subcoriaceous, rather densely crisped-pubescent 
on both surfaces especially towards the midrib; midrib slightly 
Taised above, prominent below, about I lin. broad at the base, 
gradually tapered to the apex of the blade ; lateral nerves 7-9 on 
each side of the midrib, diverging from it at an angle of about 15, 
