202 CXXIIIc. MORACE# (Hutchinson). [ Ficus. 
elliptic, rounded at the apex, glabrous. Achene rounded, smooth ; 
style slender. 
Mozamb. Distr. South Rhodesia: Salisbury, on stony hills, Engler, 3060! 
Buluwayo, Kolbe, 4140! 
155. F. Burkei, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. iii. 289. A 
tree; young branchlets shortly pubescent or almost tomentose. 
Leaves elliptic or elliptic-oblanceolate, rounded or slightly and 
obtusely pointed at the apex, rounded at or slightly narrowed to an 
obtuse base, 1$-44 in. long, #-2 in. broad, rigidly chartaceous, 
glabrous and dull on both surfaces, sometimes finely pustulate above ; 
lateral nerves 6-8 on each side of the midrib, straight or curved, 
looped within the margin, distinct on both surfaces, more pro- 
minent below; tertiary nerves and veins usually nearly as pro- 
minent as the principal lateral ones, more or less straw-coloured ; 
petiole up to 1 in. long, glabrous; stipules caducous. Receptacles 
axillary, paired or solitary, pedunculate, globose or ovoid-globose, 
4-5 lin. long, brownish-pubescent when dry, sometimes woolly- 
pubescent ; peduncle 1-2} lin. long, shortly pubescent. Basal 
bracts caducous, pubescent. Ostiole pore-like, protruded, with 
the bracts descending vertically into the receptacle, glabrous. Male 
flowers with a membranous glabrous perianth and a single stamen. 
Female flowers sessile; style slender. Gall flowers stalked.— 
Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 262. Ficus Erici-Rosenti, 
R. E. Fries in Wiss. Ergeb. Schwed. Rhod.-Kongo-Exped. i. 15, fig. 1. 
Urostigma Burkei, Miq. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. vi. 555. 
Mozamb. Distr. Rhodesia: Victoria Falls, in the Rain Forest, Fries, 30! 
Monro, 401! Flanagan, 3303! Matopo Hills, Miss Gibbs, 60! Buluwayo, 
Kolbe, 4090! Gazaland: Chikore Forest, Swynnerton, 1001 ! 
Occurs also in the Transvaal. 
156. F. spragueana, Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 253. 
Young branchlets rather stout, shortly tomentose or pubescent. 
Leaves oblong or oblong-elliptic, rounded or shortly and obtusely 
acuminate, rounded at the base, 2-3 in. long, 1-14 in. broad, entire, 
chartaceous, glabrous and dull on both surfaces, somewhat pro- 
minently reticulate below; midrib flat above, prominent below, 
nearly 1 lin. broad at the base, gradually tapered to the apex ; lateral 
nerves 9-13 on each side, with nearly as prominent parallel tertiary 
nerves between, looped about 1 lin. from the margin, distinct above, 
prominent below ; veins forming wavy lines between the nerves, 
nearly invisible above, slightly prominent below; petiole 3-1 i. 
long, rather narrowly channelled above, nearly 3 lin. broad, glabrous ; 
stipules caducous, linear-lanceolate, hairy. Receptacles axillary, 
shortly pedunculate, globose, nearly 4 lin. in diam., densely an 
softly tawny-tomentose ; peduncle up to 2 lin. long, softly tomen- 
tose. Basal bracts 3, small, ovate, pubescent. Ostiole 2-lipped, 
