Ficus] CXVII. MORACE^. 1009 



PuNGO Andongo. — In primitive forests on the Calemba islands in 

 the river Cuanza, plentiful : fl, and fr. 12 March, 1857 ; also about 

 Lombe and Condo, March 1857, the matrix of Lomnthus comhretoides 

 Engl. (Welw. herb. no. 4852 ; ante, p. 927). No. 6359. 



F. pendula Link, Enum. ii. p. 450 (1822), has been reduced to 

 F. henjamhia L. 



19. F. brevicula Hiern, sp. nov. 



An erect shrub, 4 ft. high ; stems densely hispid with short 

 whitish spreading hairs, simple in the npper half, leafy above ; 

 leaves alternate, obliquely ovate obovate or oblong, irregularly 

 toothed except the basal part or shortly lobed in a more or less 

 ficiform manner, obtuse or somewhat pointed at the apex, obtusely 

 narrowed or rounded at the unequal sub-triplinerved base, thinly 

 and rigidly coriaceous, very roughly scabrous and greyish green 

 above, softly hairy, less or but little rough and yellowish green 

 beneath, 2 to 4 in. long by |^ to 2 in. broad, shortly petiolate ; 

 lateral veins about 4 or 5 on each side in addition to the sub-basal 

 nerves, slender, shortly hairy beneath ; net-veins pellucid; petioles 

 densely hispid, J to i in. long, broad-based ; stipules ovate, obtuse, 

 broad-based, somewhat hairy on the back, about i in. long ; recep- 

 tacles axillary, soHtary, pyri form -globose, pilose, about ^ in. long 

 (those which were examined contained female flowers only) ; basal 

 bracts small, caducous ; peduncle about \ in. long, pilose ; perianth 

 of the female flowers 5- or 6-partite ; style long. 



HuiLLA. — In thickets at the outskirts of forests, near Catumba ; 

 fl. and young fr. end of March 1860. No. 6371. 



20. F. pygmsea Welw. ms. in herb., sp. n. 



A dwarf shrublet, 1 to 2 ft. high, rarely taller; rhizome creep- 

 ing; stems ascending or suberect, pilose or somewhat hispid, 

 branched below, leafy ; leaves alternate, obliquely ovate or some- 

 what oblong, irregularly toothed except the basal part or shortly 

 lobed about the middle, obtusely pointed at the apex, nearly 

 rounded at the unequal and sub-triplinerved base, coriaceous, 

 rigid, rough on both faces, pale yellowish gi-een and somewhat 

 glossy above, hispid and bright yellowish green beneath, 1 to 2 in. 

 long by 4 to 1 in. broad, shortly petiolate ; lateral veins about 

 5 or 6 on each side in addition to the sub-basal nerves, rather 

 slender, in relief and hispid beneath ; petioles densely hispidulous, 

 "iV ^^ k i^- lo^gj broad-based ; stipules ovate, obtuse, broad-based, 

 hairy on the back, about -^^ in. long ; receptacles axillary, solitary, 

 shortly pedunculate, ellipsoidal or somewhat obovoid, scabrid, 

 when quite ripe as large as a small pigeon's egg or small cherry, 

 about |- in. long by |- in. broad, each containing male and female 

 flowers ; basal bracts small, deciduous ; ostiole broad, about i in. 

 in diameter, surrounded with short bracteoles ; male perianth 

 mostly 5-cleft ; stamen usually solitary ; female perianth mostly 

 3-cleft ; style rather long, minutely bifid at the apex. 



HuiLLA. — In bushy pastures near Lopollo and throughout nearly 

 the whole plateau of Huilla, plentiful ; fl. and nearly ripe fr. Feb. and 

 April 1860. No. 6370. 



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