Ficus.] OXXIIIc. MORACE2 (Hutchinson). 175 
and more fleshy than the others, oblong, glabrous. Male flowers 
pedicellate ; perianth-segments 3, oblong, rounded at the apex, 
reddish, glabrous; stamen solitary; filament short; anther 
broadly oblong, } lin. long. Female flowers subsessile ; perianth 
similar to that of the male but more acute. Achene rounded, 
smooth ; style slender, as long as the achene——Engl. Hochge- 
birgsfl. Afr. 191. F. pubicosta, Warb. in Warb. & De Wild. Fic. Fl. 
Congo, 16. F. Schimperi, var. Hochstetteri, Mildbr. & Burret in 
Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 253. Urostigma Hochstetteri, Miq. in Hook. 
Lond. Journ. Bot. vi. 555, and Afr. Vijge-Boom. 32, t. v. B. 
Nile Land. Eritrea: near Saganeiti, Schweinfurth, 1819, partly! Barasio 
Valley, Schweinfurth, 2072! Abyssinia : Shahagenni district, Schimper, 373! 
South Central. Belgian Congo: Katalla, Dewévre, 141! Lualaba dis- 
trict; Sankuru River, Ledermann, 89! 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Lake Mohasi, Mildbraed, 467! 
116. F. Dahro, Del. in Ann. Sci. Nat. 2me sér. xx. 94. A magni- 
ficent tree (Delile) ; branchlets leafy near the apex, longitudinally 
wrinkled when dry, pubescent. Leaves broadly ovate, cordate at 
the base, obtuse at the apex, 24-6 in. long, 2442 in. broad, entire, 
rigidly chartaceous, minutely pitted on both surfaces, otherwise 
glabrous, 9-nerved at the base; midrib about 1 lin. broad at the 
base, gradually tapered to the apex, flat or slightly immersed above, 
prominent below; lateral nerves 5-7 on each side of the midrib, 
the lowermost pair with several side-branches, the remainder mostly 
bifurcate 4-3 in. from the margin, often slightly impressed above, 
prominent below; tertiary nerves wavy, rather lax, prominent 
below; venation very close and distinct on the lower surface ; 
petiole 13-34 in. long, scaly and pubescent, about 1} lin. thick, 
closely longitudinally suleate when dry; stipules deciduous, those 
covering the apical bud tomentose in the lower part, glabrous above. 
Receptacles crowded in axillary pairs near the end of the shoots, 
subsessile, globose, about 7 lin. in diam., densely tomentose, with 
4 prominent unequally 2-lipped gaping glabrous ostiole. Basal 
bracts connate at the base, densely yellowish-tomentose outside. 
Mouth of ostiole 1} lin. wide; bracts all descending into the 
receptacle, those near the middle much larger than the others, 
subulate-lanceolate, subacute, 3 lin. long, thick and fleshy near the 
mouth of the ostiole, keeled, glabrous, the others slightly smaller 
and more membranous. Male flowers shortly pedicellate ; perianth- 
Segments 3, membranous. Stamen solitary ; filament at length 
lin. long; anther } lin. long. Female flowers sessile ; perianth 
very thin and membranous, embracing the lower part of the style ; 
achene ovoid, smooth; style as long as the achene, with a pro- 
minently thickened stigma. Gall flowers numerous; pedicels 
13 lin, long ; style much shorter than in the female flower.—Ferret 
& Galinier, Voy. Abyss. iii. 159; Atlas, bot. t. xv. [F. Dahero] ; 
