174 CXXIIIc. MORACE (Hutchinson). [ Ficus. 
slightly arcuate, looped near the margin, slender, prominent on the 
lower surface; tertiary nerves only a little less distinct than the 
lateral and parallel with them, slightly zig-zag; petiole 34 lin. 
long, nearly 1 lin. thick, densely tomentose ; stipules deciduous, 
large, lanceolate, about 2 in. long, membranous, mostly hairy on the 
outside. Receptacles sessile, produced in pairs from the axils 
of fallen leaves, ovoid-globose, scarcely } in. in diam., densely and 
softly tomentose. Basal bracts small and deciduous. Ostiole 
2-lipped, slightly elevated, glabrescent around the mouth; bracts 
not visible from the outside, all descending into the receptacle, the 
two nearest the orifice a little larger and more fleshy than the others, 
oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, 1} lin. long, the others lanceolate, sub- 
acutely acuminate, membranous. Male flowers with a solitary 
stamen. Female flowers subsessile ; perianth-segments 4-5, oblong- 
elliptic, mucronate, membranous, glabrous. Achene _ ellipsoid, 
smooth; style very slender, with a large stigma which is often 
adherent to that of a neighbouring one.—Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. 
Jahrb. xlvi. 254. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Usafua, near the village of Swira, 
Goetze, 1348 ! 
A very distinct species allied to F. Hochstetteri, A. Rich., but with a distinct 
habit on account of the very short young branchlets with much abbreviated 
internodes, and the short petioles of the leaves which appear to be almost 
verticillate. 
115. F. Hochstetteri, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 267.  Branch- 
lets twiggy, woolly-pubescent when young, the older ones nearly 
glabrous and prominently lenticellate. Leaves oblong, oblong- 
elliptic or oblanceolate, very shortly and obtusely pointed ot 
rounded at the apex, rounded or obtuse at the base, 2-5 in. long, 
3-21 in. broad, entire, thinly chartaceous, pubescent on the midrib 
and lateral nerves above, softly pubescent or tomentose below, 
especially on and towards the midrib ; midrib flat above, prominent 
below, about 3 lin. broad at the base, gradually tapered to the 
apex ; lateral nerves 8-10 on each side of the midrib, diverging from 
it at an angle of 45°-75°, rather slender, distinct on both surfaces, 
looped near the margin, fairly prominent below; tertiary nerves 
lax and following the direction of the lateral ones; venation close 
and distinct below; petiole 4-3} in. long, pubescent or tomentose ; 
stipules deciduous, those surrounding the terminal bud lanceolate, 
pubescent outside. Receptacles axillary, sessile or subsessile, globose 
or ovoid-globose, about 3 lin. in diam., rather densely adpressed- 
pubescent. Basal bracts 3-4, small and soon falling off, ovate 
triangular, obtuse, about 3 lin. long, thinly chartaceous, finely pubes- 
cent outside. Ostiole in the middle of a broad glabrescent portion 
of the receptacle, 2-lipped, not prominent; ostiolar bracts few: 
all descending into the receptacle, the two next the mouth larger 
