176 CXXIIIc. MORACEZ (Hutchinson). [ Ficus. 
Martelli Florul. Bogos. 77. F. benghalensis, A. Rich. Tent. Fi. 
Abyss. ii. 265, not of Linn. F. indiana, A. Rich. lc. (error for F. 
indica). F. vasta, Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 216, partly, 
not of Forsk. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: around Adowa, Schimper, 1934! without precise 
locality, Galinier. 
117. F. soldanella, Warb. in Viertelj. Naturforsch Ges. Zirich, 
li. 136. Branchlets stout, subterete, about 43 lin. in diam. near 
the apex, glabrous; leaf-scars oblong-orbicular or horse-shoe- 
shaped, 5-6 lin. long, 3-4 lin. broad; stipular scars very broad. 
Leaves suborbicular, very shortly and obtusely acuminate, deeply 
cordate at the base, 4-63 in. long, 34-64 in. broad, entire, chartaceous 
or subcoriaceous, glabrous and dull on both surfaces, 9-nerved at 
the base; midrib slightly raised above, prominent below, about 
1 lin. broad at the base, gradually narrowed to and finally reaching 
the apex of the blade; lateral nerves (excluding the basal ones) 
4-5 on each side, diverging from the midrib at an angle of 45°, 
prominent on both surfaces, bifurcate }-? in. from the margin; 
tertiary nerves lax and wavy, somewhat prominent below; veins 
close and distinct below; petiole 14-34 in. long, narrowly grooved 
on the upper surface, glabrous; stipules caducous, not seen. Re- 
ceptacles axillary, probably solitary, sessile or nearly so, depressed- 
globose, with a very slightly prominent ostiole, slightly stipitate 
and slightly 7-ribbed at the base, 6-7 lin. in diam., very minutely 
puberulous ; basal bracts 4, ovate, rounded at the apex, about 1 jin. 
long and broad, coriaceous, reddish-brown when dry, glabrous. 
Ostiolar bracts all descending vertically into the receptacle, lanceolate, 
subacute, #-14 lin. long, reddish, with rather narrowly membranous 
margins, glabrous. Male flowers very few near the ostiolar bracts, 
shortly pedicellate ; perianth enclosing the solitary subsessile anther. 
Female flowers sessile, scattered amongst the gall flowers ; perianth- 
segments 4, linear, subacute, about 1 lin. long, hyaline; achene 
ellipsoid ; style lateral, longer than the achene; stigma 2-fid. Gall 
flowers pedicellate ; pedicel stout, 14 lin. long, glabrous; ovary as M 
the female flowers but with a larger subsessile stigma. Scales of the 
receptacle subulate, acute, $ lin. long, with very narrowly membranous 
margins.—F. picta, Sim, For. Fl. Port. E. Afr. 99, t. xciv., fig. B. 
Mozamb. Distr. Portuguese East Africa: Lower Zambesi; Tete, Kirk! 
Miluane, Sim, 6302! Rhodesia: Victoria, Monro, 350! Tropical Transvaal : 
Limpopo Valley, Hutchins, 13! 
Occurs also in extra-tropical Transvaal. 
118. F. zobiensis, De Wild. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. lii. 235. A 
tree ; branchlets very stout, about } in. in diam., pilose-pubescent. 
Leaves large, oblong-obovate, very shortly and obtusely acuminate, 
obtusely rounded at the base, 12-18 in. long, 4-6 in. broad, entire, 
