Ficus.] cxxiiic. MORACE^ (Hutchinson). 95 



acuminate, rounded or slightly cordate at the base, 4-8 in. long, 

 l-J-5 in. broad, rather coarsely undulate-dentate, thinly chartaceous 

 or almost membranous, glabrous above except for a few hairs some- 

 times on the midrib, long-pilose with rust-coloured hairs chiefly on 

 the midrib and lateral nerves beneath ; midrib slightly raised above, 

 prominent below, scarcely j lin. broad at the base; lateral nerves 

 6-7 on each side of the midrib, the basal pair opposite, the others 

 subopposite to alternate, diverging from the midrib at an angle of 

 45°, slightly arcuate, looped close to the margin, distinct above, 

 prominent below ; tertiary nerves subparallel, 2-3 lin. apart, linking 

 the lateral nerves at right angles, prominent below ; veins rather close 

 but rather indistinct below ; petiole |-2| in. long, at first pubescent, 

 at length glabrous or nearly so ; stipules subpersistent, lanceolate or 

 ovate-lanceolate, acutely acuminate, about \ in. long,submembranous, 

 glabrous. Receptacles paniculate, mostly at the base of the trunk 

 {Vogel) ; panicles long and slender, leafless, up to 2 ft. long ; lateral 

 branches up to 2|- in. long, glabrous or slightly pubescent. Recep- 

 tacles somewhat obovoid, a little more than i in. in diam., setose- 

 pilose with yellowish hairs. Basal bracts 2, slightly connate at the 

 base, ovate, about If lin. long and broad, pilose. Ostiole prominent ; 

 bracts spreading horizontally across the ostiole, rounded, membranous, 

 glabrous, the innermost ones descending into the receptacle, linear. 

 Male flowers sessile, near the ostiole ; perianth-segments unequal, 

 membranous, enclosing the pair of stamens like a cloak. Female 

 flowers subsessile with long slender styles. Gall flowers pedicellate. — 

 Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 193. F. stellulata, Warb. 

 in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 152. Sycomorus vogeliana, Miq. Afr. Vijge- 

 Boom. 13 and in Hook. Niger Fi. 522. 



Upper Guinea. Ivory C\)ast : between Kassignc and Attoou, Chevalier, 

 17087 ! Southern Nigeria : River Niger, Vogel ! Oban, TaWot, 89 ! Cameroons; 

 AmbasBay, Mann, 702! Jiipinde, Zenker, 1704! Baronibi, Preuss, 550! Victoria, 

 Prcuss, 1323 ! Neu Tegel, Winkler, 194 ! near Dipika, Xe//er//Mi««, 442 ! Batanga, 

 Dinklage, 381 ! Fernando Po : San Carlos, Mildbraedy G794 ! Bokoko, MtUl- 

 braed, 09B7 ! and without precise locality, Vogel, 179 ! 



Lower Guinea. Spanish Guinea : on the Abea River and near Urll< burg, 

 Tessmann, 11 ! 392 ! 



Var. latifolia, Hutchinson. Leaves rounded-elliptie, about 9 in. long and 

 U in. broad. 



Upper Guinea. Southern Nigeria : near Lagos, Bowland, 18 ! 



One of Vogel's sheets in the Kew Herbarium is marked " St. N'incent, Cape 

 Verde," but this is probably an error, as the specimen seems to W part uf his 

 179 from the Fernando Po. 



3. F. Sycomorus, Linn. Sp. PL ed. i. 1059. A large tree with 

 spreading crown ; young branchlets with a circle of long slender 

 hairs just below each node, otherwise glabrous or nearly so. Leaves 

 suborbicular or ovate-orbicular, rounded or obtuse at the apex, 

 cordate or rounded at the base, 2-5 in. long, lJ-3^ in. broad, sub- 

 entire or slightly undulately toothed, dull and glabrous on both 



