Ficus.] CXXIIlc. MORACE# (Hutchinson). 197 
orbicular, very shortly and obtusely acuminate, deeply cordate at 
the base, 4-8 in. long, 3-6} in. broad, entire, 9-nerved at the base, 
basal nerves with several branches on the lower side; midrib flat 
above, prominent below, 3-1 lin. broad at the base, gradually 
narrowed and continued to the apex of the blade ; remaining lateral 
nerves 6-7 on each side, distinct above, prominent below, diverging 
from the midrib at an angle of about 75°, bifurcate 4-3 in. from the 
margin, looped, with a semicircular nerve connecting the loops ; 
tertiary nerves rather lax, prominent and zigzag below ; veins light- 
coloured and forming a distinct close network below ; petiole 13- 
3$ in. long, nearly 2 lin. thick at the base, subterete, glabrous ; 
stipules deciduous, present only at the tips of the young shoots, 
lanceolate, acuminate, about 43 lin. long, coriaceous, glabrous. 
Receptacles probably axillary near the ends of the shoots, pedun- 
culate, slightly depressed-globose, rounded at both ends, 5-7 lin. 
in diam., glabrous, ostiole not or only slightly prominent ; peduncle 
2-3 lin. long, rather stout, very minutely puberulous ; basal bracts 
connate into an oblique saucer-shaped involucre closely appressed 
to the receptacle, with undulate or crenulate margin. Ostiolar 
bracts all facing vertically into the receptacle, of two kinds, the 
middle two much larger than the others, linear-oblong, obtuse, 2 lin. 
long, # lin. broad, coriaceous, glabrous, the remainder ovate-lanceo- 
late, subacutely acuminate, 1-1} lin. long, reddish with membranous 
hyaline margins. Male flowers few, near the ostiolar bracts, pedicel- 
late ; pedicels stout, $ lin. long, red, glabrous ; perianth-segments 3, 
linear-lanceolate, acute, glabrous, membranous ; stamen 1 ; filament 
3 lin. long; anther } lin. long. Female flowers subsessile, scattered 
amongst the gall flowers ; perianth-segments 3, linear, acute, reddish, 
with membranous hyaline margins ; ovary obliquely ellipsoid, 
shining ; style shorter than the ovary, with a large 2-lobed stigma. 
Gall flowers numerous, pedicellate; pedicel ? lin. long, stout ; 
perianth-segments 4, oblong, obtuse, membranous.—Mildbr. & 
Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 215. 
i igeria : tagum district, Dalziel, 330 ! 
sll guy decay ely ot Some 879! Upper Nile: on the Gebel 
, between Gedarif and Abu Harras, Schweinfurth, 548! Uganda: 
Entebbe, Dawe, 938 ! 
Dawe’s specimen consists of shoot and leaves only, but it appears to be 
Specifically the same as that gathered by Broun. 
According to Dalziel the vernacular name in N. Nigeria is ‘“ Wa” and the 
fruit is edible. 
148. F. platyphylla, Del. Cent. Pl. Méroé, 62. A large tree 
with smooth light brown bark ; branchlets very stout, minutely 
puberulous. Leaves broadly elliptic or slightly pandurate, rather 
deeply cordate at the base, rounded at the apex, 54-10 in. long, 3}- 
8 in. broad, entire, rigidly chartaceous, glabrous above, very minutely 
puberulous below, 5-9-nerved at the base, remaining lateral nerves 
