

Ficiis.} MOEACE^ (Hutchiuson). 539 



entire, chartaceous, glabrous and dull on both surfaces ; midrib flat 

 above, prominent below, gradually tapered to the apex of the blade ; 

 lateral nerves 8-9 on each side of the midrib, diverging from it at 

 an angle of 45^ or less, looped near the margin, prominent but rather 

 slender below ; tertiar}' nerves only slightly less prominent than the 

 lateral and parallel with them ; petiole comparatively short, ^-1 in. 

 ^^^^g? glabrous j stipules caducous, linear-lanceolate » acuminate, 

 about 2 lin. long, coriaceous, glabrous : receptacles axillary, mostly 

 p in pairs, pedunculate, obovoid-globosej stipitate at the base, about 



2 in, long, with a very large smooth ostiolar prominence, the rest 

 wrinkling when dry like a dried plum ; peduncle 2-3|- lin, long, 

 rather slender, glabrous ; basal bracts early caducous, leaving 

 behind the small persistent unilateral base, glabrous ; ostiole small 

 and pore-like ; bracts few, all descending into the receptacle, 

 glabrous ; male flowers with a solitary stamen ; female flowers 

 sessile, gall ones stalked. F. cohtrnharum, Hochst, Lc, name only. 

 F. VoUcensiiy Warh, in Engl. Jalirh. xx, 167 ; Hicrn in Cat. Afr. PL 

 Weho. i. 1007 ; 3IUdhr, d' Burrct in Engl Jahrb. xlvi. 249 ; Hutchin- 

 son in Prain, Fl Trop. Afr, vi. ii. 208. F. Durlanii, Warh. in 

 Viertelj, Naturforsch. Ges. Zurich, li. 142. F, clirgsocerasus^ Welw, 

 ex Warh. in Engl. Jahrh,x^. 167 ; Hiern in Cat, Afr. PI. Wehv. i. 

 1005. F. BeMelcena, 2Illdbr. d Burref, he. 255, partly, not of A. 

 Blch. F. natalensisj var. peclunctdata, Sim, For, Fl. Port, E. Afr. 

 98, /. xc.Jig. A. 



Eastern Rkgio>' : Natal ; near Durban, A'raifss, 254! 276 ! 2SSI Plant \ Albert 

 Park, BurtUDary in Herb. Wood, 128461 12S471 12S48 ! 12878! Lorenzo 

 Manines, Sim, 5729! 



Widely distributed in Tropical Africa. 



18. F. giiricliiana (Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 130); spreading 

 habit ; branches sulcate, covered with yellowish glabrous deciduous 

 bark ; leaves oblong or oblong lanceolate, rounded at the apex, 

 obtuse or rounded and sometimes almost subcordate at the base, 

 l:J-4 in. Jong, t^-ii in, broad, entire, chartaceous, with a narrowly 

 cartilaginous margin, finely reticulate and glabrous on both sur- 

 faces ; midrib flat above, prominent below, about \ lin. broad at the 

 base, bifurcate near the apex ; lateral nerves 9-12 on each side, at 

 . an angle of about 70^, slender, looped and branched some distance 

 fi'om the margin, sometimes slightly impressed, but more often 

 raised above ; petiole \-% in. long, about | lin, thick, narrowly 

 grooved on the upper surface, glabrous, straw-coloured or reddish 

 when dry ; stipules deciduous j receptacles solitary or geminate, 

 axillary, pedunculate, subglobose, about 3 lin. in diam., with a 

 aping slightly prominent ostiole, minutely puberulous; peduncle 



g 



2 lin. long or less, glabrous or minutely puberulous ; basal bracts : 

 (or 3 ?), ovate, obtuse, | lin. long, glabrous, deciduous ; ostiolar 

 bracts all pointing straight into the receptacle, the middle two 

 subulate from an ovate base, fleshy, 1 lin. long, the remainder 

 subulate or linear-subulate, I lin. long, membranous; male flowers 



