200 CXXIIIc. MORACEZ (Hutchinson). | Ficus. 
broadly ovate, } in. long, the outer whitish-pilose. Receptacles 
all detached in the solitary specimen examined but probably borne 
in the axils of fallen leaves just below the young annual shoots, 
pedunculate, slightly depressed-globose, just over 3 in. in diam., 
densely and softly pilose-tomentose with whitish hairs; peduncle 
3-5 lin. long, about 3 lin. thick, densely whitish-pubescent. Basal 
bracts deciduous, membranous towards the margin, leaving\a 
pubescent disc-like body closely appressed to the receptacle. Ostiole 
small and inconspicuous ; bracts few, all pointing into the receptacle. 
Male flowers shortly pedicellate : perianth-segments ovate-lanceolate, 
subacute, glabrous. Stamen solitary; filament short and stout ; 
anther ovoid. Female flowers subsessile; achene ovoid, with 
rather slender style and large stigma. Gall flowers pedicellate. 
Mozamb. Distr. Portuguese East Africa: Lower Zambesi; Tete, Kirk! 
152. F. Ruspolii, Warb. in Engl. Jahrb. xxxvi. 211. Branches 
terete, sparingly whitish-pilose when young, 1} lin. thick. Leaves 
linear-oblong-lanceolate, gradually and obtusely acuminate, rounded 
at the base, 2}4 in. long, 3-1} in. broad, entire, chartaceous, light 
brown when dry, dull on both surfaces, glabrous or very slightly 
pubescent towards the base of the midrib above, rather densely 
pilose with reddish spreading hairs on the midrib below, otherwise 
very minutely and sparingly pubescent or nearly glabrous ;_ midrib 
flat or very shallowly impressed above, prominent below, slightly 
narrowed towards and finally reaching the apex of the blade ; lateral 
nerves 9-10 on each side of the midrib, diverging from it at an angle 
of about 75°, looped, the loops forming a coarsely crenate intra- 
marginal nerve 4-1 lin. from the margin; veins fairly close and 
prominent below ; petiole 2-3 in. long, 4 lin. thick, reddish pubescent ; 
stipules deciduous, linear. Receptacles axillary, in pairs, peduncu- 
late, globose, scarcely 2 lin. in diam., minutely pubescent ; peduncle 
1} mm. long, puberulous. Basal bracts 2, connate at the base, 
puberulous on the outside. Ostiole minute and not prominent ; 
bracts not visible from the outside, all descending into the receptacle, 
oblong, with membranous margins, glabrous. Male flowers not seen. 
Female sessile: perianth-segments obovate-oblanceolate, obtuse, 
reddish, with membranous margins. Achene (young) ellipsoid, 
smooth ; style shorter than the achene, with a thick stigma.— 
Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 261. 
Nile Land. Somaliland: G i ; Ci : li 
Oe ae n alla Highlands; Ciaffa, Boran Uata, Ruspo 
Remarkably distinct on account of the narrowly oblong-lanceolate leaves 
and extremely small receptacles. 
153. F. cyphocarpa, Mildbr. in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 261. A large 
epiphytic shrub; branchlets slender, glabrous or sparingly and 
