Morus.] cxxiiic. MORACE.E (Rendle). 21 



side, ascending ; petiole slender, almost terete, thinly puberulous, 

 to 1 in. long. Flowers monoecious, male and female often on distinct 

 branches. Male inflorescence narrowly oblong, 4-5 lin. long, puberu- 

 lous ; peduncle very slender, 2-3 lin. long ; female inflorescence 

 ellipsoidal to subglobose, 3-4 lin. long ; peduncle very slender, 3 lin. 

 or less. Flowers similar to those of M. nigra, but stigmas 1 J lin. long, 

 slender, densely and shortly hairy, borne on a glabrous style about 

 f lin. long. Syncarp ellipsoidal to subglobose, black when ripe. — 

 Brandis, Forest Fl. 408 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 492 ; Engl. Pfl. 

 Ost-Afr. 160 and Monogr. Morac. Afr. 3. M. alba, var. indica, Bureau 

 in DC. Prodr. xvii. 243. 



Nile Land. British East Africa : route to Klilimanjaro ; 40-60 miles from 

 coast, Johnston ! Volkens, 33 ! Rabai Hills, near Mombassa, Taylor ! 



Mozamb. Distr. Zanzibar : Stuhlmann, 685. German East Africa : 

 Usambara, especially on formerly cultivated areas. Hoist. Portuguese East 

 Africa : Zambesi Delta ; Mavuvu near Mazzaro, cultivated, Kirk ! between 

 Tette and the sea-coast. Kirk ! 



Native in the temperate and sub-tropical Himalayan region ; cultivated in 

 India, China, Japan and East Africa. 



3. M. mesozygia, Stapfin Journ. de Bot. xxii. 99. A small tree ; 

 branchlets a warm reddish-brown, glabrous. Leaves broadly or 

 obovately elliptic, narrowly acuminate, base shallowly cordate, 

 margin crenate-serrate, 2-4 J in. long, li-2f in. wide, membranous, 

 glabrous or sometimes shortly hairy on the nerves on the lower face ; 

 3-nerved, nerves subparallel connected by thin transverse veins, 

 the lateral emitting a series of spreading-ascendent branch nerves ; 

 petiole slender, about J in. long. Male inflorescence unknown. 

 Female inflorescences solitary or two or three together on arrested 

 shoots, globose ; peduncle slender, grey-pubescent, 4-8 lin. long. 

 Sepals orbicular with ciliolate margin, barely 2 lin. long ; stigmas 

 sessile, subulate, densely papillose, up to about 2 J lin. long. Syncarp 

 about \ in. in diam., scarcely succulent ; fruit projecting shortly 

 from the perianth, broader than long, to about 2 J lin. broad. 



Upper Guinea. Senegal, Leprieur ! Ivory Coast : Indenie ; Zaranou, 

 Chevalier, 16267. Gk)ld Coast : Oduamase, Thompson ! Togo : near Lome, 

 Warnecke, 347 ! Southern Nigeria : Western Lagos ; interior, Rowland ! Aye, 

 Dodd, 394 ! 



According to Thompson this tree is cultivated by the Aahantis for its shade ; 

 he regards it as a species introduced from the north. 



2. CHLOROPHORA, Qaudich. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. 

 PI. iii. 363. 



Flowers dioecious. Male : Calyx membranous, divided into 4 

 broad slightly imbricate segments. Stamens 4 ; filaments free, 

 inflexed in the bud. Rudiment of ovary small. Female : Calyx 

 more or less deeply divided ; segments 4, concave, thickened at the 

 apex, imbricate. Ovary enclosed within the calyx, oblique ; ovule 



