Ficus.] CXXIIIc. MORACE& (Hutchinson). Ii7 
coriaceous, dull and glabrous above, finely pubescent below, pilose 
on the midrib ; midrib flat above, prominent below, 3 lin. broad at 
the base, gradually tapered to the apex of the blade ; lateral nerves 
15-18 on each side of the midrib, diverging from it at an angle of 
55°, straight, distinct above, prominent below, looped near the 
margin ; tertiary nerves slender, joined between the lateral ones ; 
veins finely reticulate ; petiole 2-4 in. long, 24 lin. thick, pilose ; 
stipules caducous, not seen. Receptacles in axillary pairs, shortly 
pedunculate, oblong-ellipsoid, minutely puberulous, sometimes slightly 
warted, 14 in. long, ? in. in diam., rounded or very shortly stipitate at 
the base; peduncle 4-6 lin. long, stout, puberulous. Basal bracts 
caducous, pubescent outside the persistent base. Ostiole very small 
and pore-like ; bracts all descending into the receptacle. Male flowers 
witha single stamen. Female flowers sessile. Gall flowers pedicellate. 
South Central. Belgian Congo: Welle district; Zobia, Lamboray ! 
119. F. Quibeba, Welw. ex Ficalho, Pl. Uteis, 270. A tree 
50-80 ft. high with a broad crown, or sometimes climbing around 
other trees; trunk straight and usually 4-6-sided as if consisting 
of 4 to 6 trees grown together (Welwitsch); young branchlets soon 
becoming glabrous, stout. Leaves obovate-elliptic, slightly and 
very obtusely pointed at the apex, shortly cuneate to an obtuse 
base, 6-8 in. long, 3-54 in. broad, entire, coriaceous, glabrous and 
closely reticulate above, at first sparingly and shortly pubescent 
below, at length glabrous and closely reticulate; lateral nerves 
about 6 on each side of the midrib, diverging from it at an angle of 
°~10°, distinct above, very prominent below, prominently looped 
hear the margin ; tertiary nerves lax and wavy below ; petiole 1-3 in. 
long, stout, about 13 lin. thick, thinly pubescent or glabrous ; 
stipules caducous, triangular, subcoriaceous, hairy on the back, at 
length glabrous. Receptacles borne in pairs on the young shoots, 
closely sessile, depressed-globose, about 3 in. in diam., strongly 
warted, thinly adpressed-pilose when mature. Basal bracts rounded, 
tufous-villous outside. Ostiole small and _pore-like ; bracts all 
descending into the receptacle. Male flowers with a solitary stamen 
enclosed at first in the membranous perianth. Female perianth- 
Segments lanceolate, acute, glabrous.—Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. 
1.1000. F. verrucocarpa, Warb. in Engl. Jahrb. xxx. 294; Mildbr. 
& Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 239. F. Akaie, De Wild. in Bull. 
Soc. Bot. Belg. lii. 198. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Golungo Alto ; Queta Mountains, Welwitsch, 6399 ! 
South Central. Belgian Congo: : Welle district, without collector (in Herb. 
Tussels), 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Kiwira-Tal, Goetze, have ! Portu- 
guese East Africa: M’Yimbiti, 23 miles from Beira, Johnson, 274 ! - 
“gn to both Welwitsch and Johnson this tree contains very abundant 
latex. We witsch states that it supplies a tough and firm white wood which 
'S manufactured into bowls and similar domestic articles. 
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