Ficus. | CXXIIIc. MORACE (Hutchinson). 199 
chartaceous, pubescent on both surfaces mostly on the midrib and 
lateral nerves; midrib slightly immersed above, very prominent 
and pilose below, 1}-2 lin. broad at the base, gradually tapered to 
the apex of the blade; lateral nerves 8-11 on each side of the 
midrib, diverging from it at an angle of 45°, distinct on both surfaces, 
prominent below, looped near the margin ; tertiary nerves slender, 
much branched, lax, prominent below ; veins inconspicuous and finely 
reticulate below ; petiole 3-2 in. long, pilose; stipules caducous, 
small, glabrous or nearly so. Receptacles axillary towards the base 
of the young shoots, pedunculate, obovoid-globose, 3-1 in. in diam., 
tomentose ; peduncle 4-1 in. long, densely pubescent. Basal bracts 
deciduous, connate at the base into an irregular unilateral persistent 
ring. Ostiole slightly produced, 2-lipped, glabrous, with the bracts 
all descending into the receptacle; they and the flowers in the 
specimen examined not in a fit state for description. 
Mozamb. Distr. Nyasaland: Shire Valley at Katunga, Scott! Portu- 
guese East Africa: Lower Zambesi; opposite Sena, Kirk, 7! Shupanga, 
Kirk, 6! 
150. F. recurvata, De Wild. in Fedde, Repert. xii. 200. A tree ; 
branchlets 3 in. in diam., glabrous. Leaves oblong-elliptic or oblong- 
obovate, very shortly and obtusely acuminate, rounded or slightly 
cordate at the base, 8-9 in. long, 4-5 in. broad, entire, coriaceous, 
glabrous above, pilose on the midrib and lateral nerves below ; 
lateral nerves about 13 on each side of the midrib, diverging from it 
at an angle of 45°, looped near the margin ; petiole about 3} iv. long, 
stout, pilose ; stipules caducous. Receptacles axillary and crowded 
at the ends of the branches, pedunculate, globose, 1 in. in diam., 
warted when dry, otherwise glabrous; peduncle 1-1} in. long, 
fairly stout, recurved, glabrous. Basal bracts caducous, papery, 
connate at the base. Ostiole pore-like; bracts all descending 
into the receptacle, the middle ones larger than the others, glabrous. 
Male flowers pedicellate; stamen solitary. Female flowers sub- 
sessile-—De Wild. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. hi. 224. 
South Central. Belgian Congo: Eala, Lawrent, 804! 
151. F. tettensis, Hutchinson in Kew Bulletin, 1915, 341. Young 
branches divaricate, densely tomentose, with very short internodes. 
Leaves subreniform or transversely oblong-elliptic, cordate at the 
base, 1-14 in. long, 1-2} in. broad, entire or with undulate-crenate 
Margins, rigidly coriaceous, softly tomentose on both surfaces, pro- 
minently 5~7-nerved at the base, remaining lateral nerves about 3 on 
each side of the midrib, diverging from it at an angle of 45°-60", 
distinct on both surfaces, more prominent below, bifurcate some 
distance from the margin; veins finely reticulate beneath the 
indumentum ; petiole 3-3 in. long, terete, }-1 lin. thick, densely 
pubescent ; stipules caducous, those surrounding the terminal bud 
