Ficus. | CXXIIc. MORACE (Hutchinson). 209 
reputed to yield the best bark-cloth of Uganda, sold amongst the natives at R2 
per piece, 
Sim (l.c.) figures the receptacles of his var. pedunculata as hairy, but on his 
type specimen (5729) they are quite glabrous. 
166. F. Kirkii, Hutchinson in Kew Bulletin, 1915, 343. <A tree 
about 25 ft. high; branchlets somewhat angular when young, glabrous. 
Leaves obovate-oblanceolate or elliptic-obovate, very shortly and 
obtusely acuminate, narrowed to the base, 34-6 in. long, 14-3} in. 
broad, entire, coriaceous, glabrous and dull on both surfaces ; midrib 
flat above, prominent below, about 1} lin. broad at the base, gradually 
tapered to the apex of the leaf-blade ; lateral nerves 8-10 on each 
side of the midrib, most of them diverging from it at an angle of 
10°-80°, scarcely visible above, prominent and straw-coloured below, 
prominently looped near the margin, the loops forming a prominent 
intramarginal nerve below ; tertiary nerves very lax and few, slender, 
subparallel to the lateral ; veins forming a close delicate network 
below ;_ petiole 3+? in. long, about 1} lin. thick, glabrous; stipules 
deciduous. Receptacles axillary, pedunculate, ovoid, with a very 
prominent protruding ostiole, 3-3 in. in diam., sometimes slightly 
warted, minutely pubescent or glabrous; peduncle 2-3} lin. long, 
puberulous. Basal bracts small, connate at the base, soon falling 
away. Qstiole 2-lipped, gaping; bracts all descending into the 
teceptacle, the pair nearest the ostiole more fleshy and larger than 
the others, linear, obtuse, 3 lin. long, 2 lin. broad, the remainder 
subulate-linear, acutely acuminate. Male flowers long-pedicellate ; 
pedicel 1 lin. long ; perianth-segments 3, elliptic, subacute. Stamen 
solitary ; filament 3 lin. long, subterete ; anther } lin. long, with a 
thick connective. Female flowers subsessile ; style slender, longer 
than the achene. Gall flowers pedicellate, numerous. 
Mozamb. Distr. Zanzibar, Kirk! Sacleux, 2020! 
167. F. excentrica, Warb. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 168. Branchlets 
Covered with greyish or straw-coloured bark, glabrous except at 
the base of the petiole. Leaves obovate or obovate-elliptic, very 
shortly and obtusely acuminate, more or less cuneate at the base, 
in. long, 1-2} in. broad, entire, chartaceous, dull and glabrous 
on both surfaces, often paler below ; midrib flat above, prominent 
low, gradually tapered to the apex or nearly to the apex of the 
leaf-blade ; lateral nerves about 8 on each side of the midrib, diverg- 
ing from it at an angle of 65°-75°, distinct on the lower surface, 
Prominently looped near the margin; tertiary nerves and veins 
laxly reticulate below; petiole comparatively short, }-{ in. long, 
with a ring of short hairs around the base; stipules caducous. 
eceptacles in axillary pairs or solitary, pedunculate, subglobose, 
about 5 lin. in diam., wrinkling when dry, glabrous ; peduncle 3-4 
lin. long, slender, glabrous. Basal bracts caducous, leaving a fairly 
FL. TROP. AFR. VI. SECT. II. P 
