Ficus.] MORACE.E (Hutchinson). 53 



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of the blade; lateral nerves about 7 on 'each side of the midrib, 

 diverging from it at an angle of about 45"^, slender, prominent on 

 both surfaces, bifurcate about |-| in. from the margin ; lowermost 

 pair and the pair above opposite, the others alternate or subalter- 

 nate ; veins very close and slender, forming a delicate reticulation 

 below ; petiole slender, up to 4:| in. long, finely sulcate, very minutely 

 puberulous ; stipules early deciduous^ lanceolate-acuminate, 5 lin. 

 longj subcoriaceous, glabrous ; receptacles arranged in fascicles on 

 thick woody outgrowths fi"om the old wood, pedunculate, sub- 

 globose, about liin. in diam. when dry, wrinkled like a dried plum, 

 labrous or very minutely and sparingly pubescent ; peduncle ^— | 

 in. long, 1 lin. thick, glabrous ; basal bracts 3, broadly triangular; 

 ostiole slightly impressed, with the bracts all descending into the 

 receptacle ; male flowers with 3-4 lanceolate perianth-segments and 

 a solitary stamen ; female flowers with 3 ovate-lanceolate obtuse 

 perianth-segments ; style long and slender with a short slightly 

 oblique stigma, Pers, S)jn, ii. 608 ; Roem. rt Schdf. Si/st. i. 499 ; 

 Syreng. Syst, Veg, iii. 778 ; MUdhr. d Bnvret in Engl, Jahrh. xlvi. 2'22; 

 JBufcJiinson in Prain, FL Trop, Af)\ vi. ii. 124. Urostigma folitum^ 

 Miq, in Rooh Lond, Jonrn. Bof. vi. 553. Ftcus syringifolia, Warh. in 

 Engl. Jahrh. xx. 170, not F, syringeefolia of Kuntlt it Boaclie. F- 

 pseffdo-elastiea, Welw, ex Hiern in Cat, Afr. PL Welw. i. 996. F, 

 niamniamensis, Warb. in Warh, & Be Wild. Fie. Fh Congo^ 14, f. xx. 

 F, umhrosa, Sim, For, FL Port. E, Afr. t. Ixxxviii. excL fig. of 



receptacles. F. haromhiensls, F. stenosiphon, F, syringoldeSy F paclnj- 

 sarca, Warh, ex Mildhr, d' Barret, Ix. 222-223, naraes only, 



Eastetix Region: Natal ; Durban, 3Ii^s Franls in Ilerh. Wood^ 12875 I Burtt- 

 Davy, 10^18 ! and without precise locality, Kelt, 999 ! 



Widely spread in Tropical Africa. 



9* F. soldanella ("Warb. in Schinz, Yiertelj. Xaturforsch. Ges. 

 Zurich, Ii. 136); a much-branched more or less globose bush; 



branchlets stout, subterete, about 4i lin. in diam. near the apex, 

 glabrous ; leaf-scars oblong-orbicular or horse-shoe-shaped, 5-6 lin. 

 long, 3-4 lin. broad; stipular scars very broad; leaves suborbicular, 

 very shortly and obtusely acuminate, deeply cordate at the base, 

 4-6^ in. long, 3?j-6| in. broad, entire, chartaceous or subcoriaceous, 

 glabrous and dilll on both surfaces or sparingly pubescent below, 

 9-nerved at the base; midiib slightly raised above, prominent 

 below, about 1 lin. broad at the base, gradually nai rowed to and 

 finally reaching the apex of the blade ; lateral nerves (excluding 

 the basal ones) 4-5 on each side, diverging from the midrib at an 

 angle of 45'', prominent on both surfaces, bifurcate J-f in. from the 

 tnargin ; tertiary nerves lax and wavy, somewhat prominent below ; 

 veins close and distinct below; petiole 1|-3| in. long, narrowly 

 grooved on the upper surface, glabrous; stipules caducous, not 

 seen; receptacles axillary, probably solitary, sessile or nearly so, 

 depressed, globose, with a very slightly prominent ostiole, slightly 

 stipitate and slightly 7-ribbed at the base, 6-7 lin. in diam., very 



