204 CXXIIIc. MORACE (Hutchinson). { Ficus, 
158. F. depauperata, Sim, For. Fl. Port. E. Afr. 98, t. xc. fig. B. 
Branchlets twiggy, slender, very minutely puberulous. Leaves 
oblanceolate, rounded at the apex, gradually narrowed to the base, 
1-14 in. long, 4-7 lin. broad, entire, thinly chartaceous, glabrous and 
dull on both surfaces ; midrib slightly prominent on both surfaces, 
not continued quite te the apex of the blade; lateral nerves about 
5 on each side of the midrib, visible on the upper surface, very 
numerous and more or less flabellate below, prominent ; petiole 
slender, 2-3 lin. long, glabrous ; stipules early deciduous. Receptacles 
in axillary pairs, pedunculate, globose, 2 lin. in diam., laxly reticulate 
when dry, glabrous; peduncle 1-1} lin. long, slender, softly 
puberulous. Basal bracts 3, persistent, broadly ovate, rounded 
at the apex, 4 lin. long, coriaceous, minutely puberulous outside. | 
Ostiole depressed, wrinkled outside, 2-lipped ; bracts all descending, 
the two nearest the ostiole longer than the others, linear, the others 
subulate, glabrous. Male flowers small, sessile ; perianth-segments 
reddish, with membranous margins. Anther solitary, subsessile. 
Female flowers slightly larger than the male; style scarcely exserted, 
several stigmas often cohering. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: between Mombasa and Witu, Whyte! 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: without precise locality, Holtz, 2513 ! 
Occurs also in extra-tropical Portuguese East Africa. 
159. F. pseudomangifera, Hutchinson in Kew Bulletin, 1915, 342. 
A large tree with almost globose crown ; branches reaching down to 
the ground; young branchlets coarsely sulcate or angular, softly 
puberulous. Leaves oblong or oblong-elliptic, shortly and subacutely 
acuminate, obtuse or slightly rounded at the base, 3-6 in. long, 
1-2 in. broad, entire, coriaceous, glabrous; midrib flat above, 
prominent below, about 1 lin. broad at the base, gradually tapered 
to the apex of the blade; lateral nerves 8-12 on each side of the 
midrib, diverging from it at an angle of 45°, slightly arcuate, looped 
near the margin, distinct on each surface, slightly more prominent 
below ; tertiary nerves little less prominent than the lateral and 
following their direction, slightly prominent below, veins rather 
close and distinct below ; petiole }-1 in. Jong, about 1} lin. thick, 
glabrous ; stipules deciduous, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 3 hn. 
long, appressed-villous on the outside. Receptacles axillary, solitary; 
pedunculate, subglobose, about 3} lin. in diam., glabrous ; peduncle 
stout, 1} lin. long, tomentose. Basal bracts 2, rounded, membra- 
nous, glabrous. Ostiole 2-lipped, prominent ; bracts all descending 
vertically into the receptacle, the two nearest the orifice larger a0 
more fleshy than the others, linear-oblong, obtuse, 1} lin. long, the 
others subulate-lanceolate, all glabrous. Male flowers not seen, but 
no doubt with only one stamen. Female flowers sessile, their styles 
united. Gall flowers pedicellate—F. ottoniefolia, Mildbr. & Burret 
in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 232, excl. Vogel, 176, not of Miq. 
