~ 
Ficus.] CXXIlIc. MORACEA (Hutchinson), 195 
at the base, obtuse or rounded at the apex, the smallest about 3 in. 
long and broad, the largest 14 in. by 10 in., entire, chartaceous, softly 
pubescent or nearly tomentose on both surfaces; midrib about 
1} lin. broad at the base, gradually tapered to the apex, flat above, 
prominent below ; principal basal nerves about 5; lateral nerves 
6~7 on each side of the midrib, diverging from the midrib at an angle 
of 45°, the two basal pairs on each side with several side branches, 
the remainder bifurcate 3-1 in. from the margin, slightly raised on the 
upper surface, prominent below; tertiary nerves faint and wavy 
but distinct on both surfaces ; petiole up to 44 in. long, but probably 
sometimes much longer, tomentose or densely pubescent ; stipules 
deciduous, those enclosing the terminal bud obliquely lanceolate, 
acutely acuminate, 14-3} in. long, thinly chartaceous or almost 
membranous, villous-tomentose outside, glabrous, striate and reddish 
within. Receptacles axillary, 2-3 together, very shortly peduncu- 
late; subglobose, about } in. in diam., pubescent, with a gaping 
2-lipped glabrous ostiole ; peduncle 1 lin. long or less, stout, tomen- 
tose. Basal bracts connate at the base, soon falling away and leaving 
an orbicular tomentose portion. Ostiole ? lin. long, slightly oblique, 
glabrous. Bracts all descending into the receptacle, the middle 
two much larger than the others, oblong and rounded at the apex 
or subulate-lanceolate and acute, 2 lin. long, rather fleshy, glabrous. 
Male flowers few, pedicellate ; perianth very membranous. Stamen 
solitary,; filament very short ; anther } lin. long. Female flowers 
subsessile; perianth reaching to and enclosing the lower part of 
the style; achene smooth; style slender, a little longer than the 
achene, with a thickened stigma. Gall flowers pedicellate, with a 
short subsessile stigma. Receptacular scales subulate, 1 lin. long, 
membranous.—Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 216, 
partly. F. socotrana, Balf. f. in Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinb. xi. 96. F. 
callabatensis, Warb. in Engl. Jahrb. xxxvi. 210. F. Rive, Warb. 
le. 211. F. hararensis, Warb. l.c. 212. 
i ia : akin and Berber, at Chor Harrassa, 
Schweinfnake 231 Keitren + Talambo, Schweinfurth, 1806! valley of the 
erra, at Saganciti, Schweinfurth & Riva, 1240! Abyssinia & Outhan, 
Schimper, 1140! Galabat: on the Chor River, Schweinfurth, 556! 557! 
Somaliland : hills above Upper Sheikh, Lort Phillips! Smith River, Donaldson 
Smith, 64! Jacorsa, Riva, 230! Harar, Robeccht Bricchetti, 156-162! Galla 
highlands; near Walengo, Hllenbeck, 1299a! Niamniam: Makporru Hill, 
Schweinfurth, 136! 
Var. glabrescens, Hutchinson. Mature leaves glabrous or nearly pub 4 
i ; ir Ginda, Schweinfurth & Riva, 129! 259! 
dh gy Pear! hc tebe: 1320! Keren, Beccari, 282! Abyssinia : 
Adowa, Schimper, 693 ! 
- The species occurs also in Arabia and Socotra. 
146. F. congensis, Lngl. in Engl. Jahrb. vii. 59. A large tree ; 
branchlets es STE with rather long internodes, longitudinally 
