Ficus.} CXXIIlc. MORACE4 (Hutchinson). 191 
forming a narrow sinus, rounded and sometimes slightly emarginate 
at the apex, 5~6 in. long, 44-53 in. broad, entire, thinly chartaceous, 
dull and glabrous on both surfaces, 9-nerved at the base; midrib 
flat above, fairly prominent below, about 1 lin. broad at the base, 
gradually narrowed to the apex, bifurcate about 3 in. from the top ; 
lateral nerves about 4 on each side, diverging from the midrib at 
an angle of about 45°, bifurcate about 1 in. from the margin, looped, 
flat above, prominent below ; principal tertiary nerves rather lax 
and slender, reticulate ; veins forming a very close network below, 
whitish, slightly impressed above ; petiole 24-3 in. long, about 2 lin. 
thick in the middle, slightly thickened towards the base, glabrous, 
finely grooved when dry ; stipules deciduous, not seen. Receptacles 
pedunculate, in axillary fascicles, 3-4 in a fascicle, stipitate, obovoid 
or ellipsoid, prominently umbonate, 6-7 lin. long, 4-5 lin. in diam.., 
brown and slightly verrucose when dry, glabrous ; peduncle 3-6 lin. 
long, very minutely puberulous; basal bracts reduced to a very 
minute wavy ring. Ostiolar bracts all pointing into the receptacle, 
the upper (within the umbilicus) more or less ovate, very acute, 
the lower linear, subacute, 1 lin. long, membranous, glabrous. Male 
flowers few, near the ostiole, shortly stalked ; perianth-segments 5, 
ovate-orbicular, rounded at the apex, enveloping the solitary 
sessile stamen in bud; anther 4 lin. long. Female flowers sessile, 
Scattered amongst the numerous gall-flowers :_perianth-segments 2, 
membranous, oblong, glabrous ; ovary ovoid-globose, shining ; style 
lateral, with a narrowly oblong stigma. Gall flowers numerous, 
pedicellate, overtopping the females; pedicel 1 lin. long, reddish. 
Scales of the receptacle numerous, subulate-lanceolate, acute, 2 lin. 
long, membranous, red in the middle.—F. abutilifolia, Mildbr. & 
urret m Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 214, partly, not of Miq. 
Nile Land. Mittu: Mvolo, Schweinfurth, 2842! 
Distinguished from F. abutilifolia, Miq., with which it has been associated 
by Mildbraed & Burret, by the feienety prominent umbilicus of the receptacles 
and the bifurcate midrib of the leaves. 
141. F. abutilifolia, Mig. in Ann. Mus. _Lugd.-Bat. ii. 288, 
partly. Branchlets stout, about 4 lin. in diam. near the apex, 
covered with light red bark, longitudinally suleate when dry, minutely 
puberulous. Leaves large, broadly ovate-orbicular, deeply cordate, 
the basal lobes overlapping, very obtusely apiculate, 33-8} in. long, 
in. broad, entire, chartaceous, dull on both surfaces, glabrous 
above, softly tomentose below when young, becoming pubescent 
when mature, 7-9-nerved at the base; midrib nearly flat above, 
Somewhat prominent below, about 1} lin. broad at the base, gradually 
tapered to and reaching the apex of the leaf; lateral pedipeds a’ 
cluding the basal ones) 6-8 on each side, spreading from the midri 
at an angle of 65°, two or three times branched before approaching 
the margin, distinct on both surfaces, slightly more prominent 
