Ficus.] MORACE.E (Hutchinson). 531 



Cap, ed. ScJiiilL 33 ; Drege, Zicei Pfl, Docamente, 97, 147, 148; 

 Mildbr. d' Barret In Engl JaJirL xlvi. 207 ; HatcUnson in Prain, Fl 

 Trap, Afr. vi. ii. ]19. Urostigma Tliunhergu, Miq. in Hoolc. Land, 

 Journ, Bot, vi. 556. Ficus glaucophjUa, Desf. TahL 209, and Cat 

 Plant Hort Paris, ed. 3, 346. F. tristis, Kunth et Bouche, Ind, Sem. 

 Ilort BeroL 1846, 19. F, atrovirem, Hort Berol ex Mildhr. & 

 Barret^ Z.c, name only. F. cordata, var, Marlothii^ Warh. in ScTiinz^ 

 Viertelj. Natur/orsch/ Ges. Zurich, \l 138. 



South Afeica : without precise locality, Bregc, 4588 ! Tkoiti ! Zeijher, 1551 ! 



Coast Region : Vanrhynsdorp Div. ; HeerenTogement, Thunherg ; between 

 Ebenezer and the Gift Berg, Drege, a ! Attis, Pillans, 5480 ! foot of western slopes 

 of Gift Berg, Pearson, 5391 !'5392 ! 'Clanwilliam Div. ; between Clanwilliam and 

 Boscli Kloof, Drege, 9566 ; near Brakfontein, Ecklon tSc Zeijher ! Worcester Div. ; 

 pass between Hex Kiverand Outspan of Nov. 26, Pearson^ 5264 ! TcAlee Mountaius, 

 Pearson^ 6144 ! 



"Western Region : Great jSTamaqualand ; bed of Akam River, Pearson^ 4725 ! 

 Bushrnanland ; below summit of ridge west of Aggenys, Pearson, 2033 ! Orange 

 River, between Abbasis and Ramans Drift, Pearson, 3103 ! Aus, Pearson, 4712 I 

 Great Karaaberg ; Waterfall, Alt Ravine, Pearson, 8079 ! Narudas Sud, Pearson, 

 8136 ! 8162 ! 8547 ! Little Namaqnaland ; between Nababeep and Modderfontein, 

 Polus^ 9452 ! hills near Ookiep, Bolus, 9453 ! Orange River, SchlecMer, 11471 ! 

 Koets, Pearson, 5729 ! base of Battel Poort Mountains, Pearson, 2891 1 Plattklip, 

 Pearson, 3300 ! 3390 ! 3875 ! Eenriet, Pearson, 3695 ! Kopjes South of Kamabies, 

 Pearson, 3959 ; tributary of Hantams River, Pearson, 48911 



Kalahari Region : Griqualand West ; Griquatown, Burckell, 1SS9! Eechuana- 



land ; near the sources of Kuruman River, Burchcll, 2487/3 ! ** Zululand/' Gerrard, 

 1185! . . / 



Occurs also in Tropical South- West Africa, above Brakwater pools, Pearson, 



6, F. capreEefolia (Del. in Ann. Sci. Xat. 2me. ser. xx. 94) ; 

 branchlets subterete, villous with whiti;^li hairs when young, at 

 length becoming pubescent ; leaves often opposite or subopposite, 

 lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or subtruncate at the base, 

 acute or trifid at the apex, otherwise entire, 1^-4 in. long, i-lj in. 

 broadj thinly and rigidly chartaceo us, scabrous with minute tubercles 

 on both surfaces ; lateral uerves 5-6 on each side of the midrib, dis- 

 tinct ou both surfaces, prominent below, arcuate, indistinctly looped 

 near the margin; venation rather faint; petiole short, 1^-4 lin. 

 long, pubescent or almost villous, with a pair of stipules at the base 

 of each ; stipules persistent, lanceolate, subacute, ^ in. long, keeled 

 on the back, jBnely puberulous on the outside, shortly ciliate, brown 

 "when dry ; receptacles axillary, solitary, pedunculate, subglobose, 

 contracted at the base, |:-|- in. in diam., scabrid-hispidulous, with- 

 out a definite whorl of bracts at the base; peduncle ^-^ in. long, 

 scabrid-hispidulous, bearing 3-4 scattered ovate obtuse coriaceous 

 puberulous bracts about f lin. long ; ostiole broad and gaping, with 

 numerous imbricate bracts visible from the outside; outer ostiolar 

 bracts broadly triangular, obtuse, finely puberulous on the outside, 

 minutely ciliate, the lower ones all descending into the receptacle, 

 oblong-lauceolate, obtuse, about 1^ in. long, translucent, glabrous ; 

 male flowers numerous, long- pedicellate ; pedicel stout, minutely 

 puberulous ; perianth-segments 4-5, unequal and some connate in 



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