Ficus.] cxxiiic. MORACEiE (Hutchiuson). 93 



Receptacles \ in. l(jng or much 

 less, rarely prominently 

 urabonate ; vemition of 

 leaves not or hardly straw- 

 coloured below : 

 Petioles and peduncles slender 

 or the latter very short : 

 Leaves obovate or t)blong- 

 elliptic, usually less 

 than half as long as 

 broad ... ... ... 1G7. F. excentrica. 



Leaves oblong or oblon^- 



oblanceolate, usualty 



well over three times 



as long as broad : 



Leaves membranous, 



with very numerous 



delicate and close 



lateral nerves ... 1G8. F. persicifolia. 

 Leaves chartaceous, with 

 few and appreci- 

 ably distant lateral 

 nerves : 

 Leaves rounded at the 

 apex; petiole com- 

 paratively short 1G9. F. gurichiana. 

 Leaves shortly pointed; 

 petiole compara- 

 tively long ... 170. F. Dekdekena. 

 Petioles and peduncles 

 stout, the latter 3-5 

 lin. long : 

 Leaves elongate -oblan- 

 ceolate, acuminate, 

 with distant side- 



nerves 111. F. Mildbrcedii. 



Leaves obovate, with 



close side-nerves ... 172. F. hurretiana. 

 Leaves linear-lanceolate, i in. 



broad or less 173. F. neriijolia. 



Lateral nerves about 25 on each side 

 of the midrib, very close to- 

 gether ... ... ... ... 174. i^. clasiicoides. 



I. F. palmata, Forsk. Fl. ^gyp.-Arah. 179. A bush or small tree : 

 branches and branchlets purplish when dry, finely puberulous or 

 nearly glabrous, rarely softly tomentose. Leaves variable, the 

 undivided ones ovate, acutely acuminate, when divided then more 

 or less ov;ite-orbicular in outline, truncate or rounded at the base, 

 rarely slightly cordate, ;3-lobed to near the middle in the upper half, 

 with sometimes two obscure side-lobes at the base, 2^1-8 in. long, 

 IJ— 5 in. broad, subobtuscly dentate, thinly chartaceous, scabrous 

 on both surfaces, 5-7-nerved at the base, remaining lateral nerves 

 5-7 on each side, diverging from the niidril) at an angle of about 45^^, 

 branched near the margin ; tertiary nerves subparallel, rather lax, 

 prominent below ; petiole usually J-L^ in. long, rarely up to 1 in. 



