Ficus.] CXXIIIc. MORACEZ (Hutchinson). 189 
Holst, 749! 1546! 3295! Engler, 1085! Uhlig, 525! 1506! Albers, 52! 
Volkens, 1823! 1823a! Jager, 184! Boehm, 59! Stuhlmann, 505! 755! 756! 
2173! 2279a! T'rotha, 55! 138! Mildbraed, 51! 52! 53! 60! 467a! 693! 
1959! 1970! 1975! 1978! Busse, 846! Goetze, 622! 882! 1442! British 
Central Africa: Nyasaland ; Karonga, Scott, 87! . 
138. F. brachypoda, Hutchinson in Kew Bulletin, 1915, 339. A 
spreading tree 40-50 ft. high; branchlets shortly:puberulous; inter- 
nodes about 1} in. long. Leaves oblong or oblong-elliptic, caudate- 
acuminate, rounded at the base, 6-8} in. long, 3-4 in. broad, entire, 
rigidly chartaceous or subcoriaceous, 3-nerved at the base; glabrous 
above, softly pubescent beneath, especially on the midrib and lateral 
nerves ; midrib about 1} lin. broad at the base, gradually tapered 
to the apex, flat above, very prominent and rounded below ; lateral 
nerves 10-11 on each side (excluding the basal pair), subopposite, 
diverging from the midrib at an angle of about 45°, bifurcate about 
3 in. from the margin, impressed above, prominent below ; venation 
slightly impressed above, distinct and close below ; petiole 24-3 in. 
long, about 1} lin. thick, longitudinally sulcate, softly pubescent, 
blackish when dry ; stipules caducous, not seen. Receptacles axill ry, 
solitary or geminate, shortly pedunculate, oblong-ellipsoid, slightly 
contracted at the base, about 7 lin. long and $ in. in diam., puberulous; 
peduncle } in. long, very stout, about 2 lin. thick, grooved, almost 
tomentose. Basal bracts connate at the base into an undulate or 
- slightly lobed cup, coriaceous, pubescent outside, glabrous and shining 
within. Ostiole scarcely visible, pore-like; bracts all descending 
into the receptacle, linear-lanceolate, glabrous. Male flowers with a 
solitary stamen. 
Nile Land. Uganda: Buddu, 4000 ft., Dawe, 290! 
The native name in Buddu is Kokauwe. 
139. F. populifolia, Vahl, Symb. i. 82, t. xxii. A large tree ; 
branchlets terete, covered with glabrous yellowish bark. Leaves 
broadly ovate, truncate or rather widely cordate at the base, some- 
times slightly peltate, rounded and mostly somewhat acutely 
acuminate, 24-5 in. long, 1444 in. broad, entire, chartaceous, glabrous 
and dull on both surfaces, yellowish-green when dry, 5-9-nerved 
at the base, remaining lateral nerves about 5~9 on each side, diverging 
from the midrib at an angle of 45°-75°, distinct on both surfaces, 
bifurcate towards the margin ; tertiary nerves very lax and slender ; 
petiole 13-34 in. long, rather slender, glabrous ; stipules deciduous, 
at the time of flowering present only at the apex of the shoot, linear- 
lanceolate, acutely acuminate, 3-1} in. long, about 2 lin. broad, 
subchartaceous, glabrous within, glaucous-puberulous outside. 
Receptacles small, axillary, 2-4 together, often in pairs, pedunculate, 
globose or slightly obovoid-globose, 3-5 lin. in diam., yellowish- 
brown when dry, with a slightly darker but not promment ostiole, 
