96 cxxnic. HORACES (Hutcliinson). [Ficus, 



surfaces or minutely puberulous below, sometimes slightly scabrous, 

 palmately nerved at the base ; midrib prominent below, continued 

 to the apex of the blade ; principal pair of basal nerves ascending 

 to above the middle of the leaf -blade, with 8-10 lateral nerves on 

 their lower sides ; remaining lateral nerves about 3 on each side 

 of the midrib, diverging from it at an angle of about 40°, distinct 

 on both surfaces, prominent below, bifurcate near the margin ; 

 tertiary nerves very slender, wavy between the lateral ones ; 

 veins Very delicate and close; petiole relatively short, f-l| in. 

 long, at first finely papillose and pilose, at length glabrous ; stipules 

 deciduous, those surrounding the terminal bud lanceolate, villous. 

 Receptacles in leafless panicles produced on the main branches or 

 on the stem, obovoid or obovoid-globose, sometimes stipitate at the 

 base,about 1 in.in diam., with a conspicuous ostiole, softly tomentose. 

 Basal bracts 2, opposite, ovate, subcoriaceous, pubescent outside. 

 Ostiole with numerous exserted suberect bracts ; outer bracts ovate- 

 triangular, subacute, coriaceous, finely puberulous or glabrescent 

 outside, inner ones spreading horizontally across the ostiole, the 

 innermost longer and descending into the receptacle, glabrous. Male 

 flowers sessile near the ostiole ; perianth membranous, covering the 

 1-3 stamens ; anther-cells free at the base. Female flowers shortly 

 pedicellate ; style quite lateral, reddish, with an oblong yellow 

 stigma.— Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. iii. 282 ; Oliv. in Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. xxix. 149, t. 99 ; Engl. Pflanzenwelt Afr. i. i. 46, 

 fig. 38 ; Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 191, fig. 1, B. F. 

 Sycomorus vera, Forsk. Fl. ^Egypt.-Arab. 180. F. Chanas, Forsk. 

 I.e. 219. F. integrifolia, Sim, For. Fl. Port. E. Afr. 101, t. Ixxxix. 

 F. flavidobarha, Warb., F. pallidoharha, Warb., F. ukamhensis , 

 Warb., and F. hlepharophora, Warb., ex Mildbr. & Burret 

 in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 192, names only. Sycomorus antiquorum, 

 Gasp. Ricerch. Caprif. Fie. 86 ; Miq. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. 

 vii. 109 and Afr. Vijge-Boom. 10, t. 1, fig. A ; Kotschy, Plantse 

 Binderianse, 4. Sycomorus rigida, Miq. in Hook. Lond. Journ. 

 Bot. vii. 110 and Afr. Vijge-Boom. 10. t. 1, fig. B ; Kotschy, Plantse 

 Binderianae, 4. 



Nile Land. Nubia : near Suakin, Schiveinfurth, 540 ! near Erkauit, 

 Schweinfurth, 337 ! El Mecherif, Schweinfurth, 611 ! Eritrea : Ginda, Schwein- 

 furth, 166 ! Geleb, Schweinfurth, 1506 ! near Keren, Schweinfurth, 992 ! Beccari, 

 72 ! Abyssinia : Serraba, 6000 ft., Schimper, 1128 ! Worrhey, Schimper, 877 ! 

 Jelajeranne, Schimper, 1834 ! Somaliland, Riva, 881 ! Ahl Mountains, Hilde- 

 hrandt, 1463 ! Sudan : Khartoum, Petherick ! near Dinka, Binder ; Shendi 

 District, Speke ds Grant ! Sennar, Kotschy, 227 ! Blue Nile, near Sennar, 

 Muriel, 17 ! Kordofan, Pfund, 398 ! Uganda : Unyoro, Daw^, 114- ! Kibero, 

 Lake Albert, Bagshawe, 907 ! Acholi Country, Dawe, 868 ! British East 

 Africa : Ukamba; Mkuyuni, Scott Elliot, 6371 ! 6752 ! lk3ingSL,Hildebrandt, 2679 ! 



Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa : Quare River, Volkens, 2049 ! between 

 Simba and Kwagogo, Engler, 1678 ! Dar-es-Salaara, Stuhhnami ! Mugarura, in 

 Lake Kivu, Mildbraed, 1106! Portuguese East Africa: alluvial plains, Sim, 

 6145! British Central Africa: Nyasaland ; Upper Shire River, Scott Elliot, 



