Ficus. | CXXIIc, MORACEZ (Hutchinson). 179 
in axillary sessile pairs, globose-oblong, dilated at the base on one 
side, about ? in. long, glabrous. Basal bracts 2, connate at the base, 
persistent and becoming leathery, glabrous. Ostiole small, 2-lipped ; 
bracts all descending into the receptacle, not visible from the outside. 
Male and female flowers with 3 lanceolate perianth-segments. 
Stamen solitary; anther oblong, obtuse. Style slender, with an 
oblong stigma.—Warb. in Warb. & De Wild. Fic. Fl. Congo, 9, t. 
xxvi.; Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 238, excl. var. F. 
Holstii, Warb. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 160. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: 2 days’ journey from Fort Hall, Hutchins ! 
South Central. Belgian Congo: Monbuttu ; Munza, Schweinfurth, 3624 ! 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Usambara; Lutindi, Holst, 3305 ! 
Kilimanjaro; Marangu, Volkens, 1253! Portuguese East Africa: Beira, 
Johnson, 57! British Central Africa: N yasaland ; Karonga, Scott,4! Gaza- 
land: near Chirinda, Swynnerton, 435 ! 
This species is remarkable in having shortly spurred receptacles. Volkens, 
1253, from Marangu, Kilimanjaro, referred doubtfully to this species by Mild- 
braed & Burret, may be distinct, but the material is not sufficiently complete 
for description. 
128. F. Vogelii, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. iii. 288. A 
tree ; young branches stout, angular, covered with scaly deciduous 
bark. Leaves mostly crowded towards the ends of the branches, 
oblong-elliptic or elliptic, rounded or slightly cordate at the base, 
very shortly and obtusely acuminate, 44-12 in. long, 13-5 in. broad, 
entire, coriaceous, glabrous and dull on both surfaces or finely 
pubescent below ; midrib flat above, prominent below, about 23 lin. 
broad at the base in the broader leaves, gradually tapered to the 
apex of the blade; lateral nerves 5-7 on each side of the midrib, 
diverging from it at an angle of about 45°, slightly arcuate, looped 
and branched near the margin, distinct on both surfaces but more 
prominent and straw-coloured below; tertiary nerves and veins 
forming a fine straw-coloured reticulation below; petiole 14} in. 
long, 13-2 lin. thick, deeply sulcate, with brown deciduous epidermis ; 
stipules deciduous, those surrounding the terminal bud ovate, } in. 
ong, coriaceous, adpressed silky-tomentose outside. Receptacles 
axillary, sessile, usually in pairs, but sometimes up to 6 together in 
each leaf-axil, subglobose, about } in. in diam., glabrous. Basal 
bracts 2, silky-pubescent with yellowish hairs on the outside. Ostiole 
2-lipped, very slightly prominent ; bracts all descending into the 
Teceptacle, none visible from the outside, somewhat membranous, 
glabrous. Male flowers sessile or subsessile ; perianth-segments 3, 
Ovate, glabrous; stamen solitary; anther-cells slightly diverging 
at the base. Female flowers shortly pedicellate ; style lateral, with 
a thick stigma.—Engl. Pflanzenwelt Afr. i. ii. 683, fig. 581; Mildbr. 
& Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 237; De Wild. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. 
li, 233; Notizbl. kénigl. Bot. Gart. Berlin, v. 63,t.1. F. Dob, 
Warb., and F. albivenia, Warb. ex Mildbr. & Burret, l.c. 237, 238, 
