100 cxxiiic. MORACEiE (Hutchinson) . [Ficus. 



8. F. Sur, Forsk. Fl. ^gypt.-Arab. 180. A tree similar to 

 F. Sycomorus, Linn. ; branchlets twiggy, pubescent. Leaves 

 ovate or ovate-elliptic, acutely acuminate, rounded or subcordate 

 at the base, 3-6 in. long, lJ-3 in. broad, coarsely and undulately 

 dentate with distant teeth, chartaceous, dull and glabrous on both 

 surfaces except on the nerves ; midrib flat above, prominent below, 

 continued to the apex of the blade ; lateral nerves 5-6 on each side 

 of the midrib, diverging from it at an angle of 45° or slightly less, 

 distinct on both surfaces, prominent below, slightly arcuate, looped 

 and becoming much more slender towards the margin, finely 

 puberulous ; tertiary nerves subparallel, slender ; veins forming a 

 close delicate venation on the lower surface ; petiole 1-1 J in. long, 

 rather slender, minutely puberulous ; stipules deciduous or per- 

 sistent for a short time, lanceolate, acute, about -|- in. long, adpressed- 

 tomentose outside, reddish and glabrous within. Keceptacles in 

 racemose panicles leafless or leafy towards the apex, globose or 

 obovoid-globose, with a prominent ostiole, J-| in. in diam., covered 

 with a brown scaly papillose deciduous indumentum ; peduncle 

 \-^ in. long, somewhat slender, with indumentum like that of the 

 receptacle. Basal bracts 3, ovate, obtuse, nearly 1 lin. long, finely 

 puberulous outside. Ostiole large, with several exserted outer 

 bracts ; outer bracts very broadly ovate-rounded, with shortly 

 ciliate margins ; innermost bracts descending, linear-oblong, obtuse, 

 \\ lin. long, with a rather thick middle nerve and membranous 

 margins. Male flowers subsessile or pedicellate ; perianth enveloping 

 the large elliptic obtuse solitary anther. Female flowers sessile ; 

 style slender. Gall flowers pedicellate. — Pers. Syn. PI. ii. 611 ; 

 Koem. & Schult. Syst. i. 517 ; Spreng. Syst. Veg. iii. 784 ; Mildbr. 

 & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 199. F. panifica, Del. in Ann. Sc. 

 Nat. 2me ser. xx. 94 ; Ferr. & Galin. Voy. Abyss. Atlas. Bot., t. xvi. ; 

 A. Kich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 269. Sycomorus panifica, Miq. in Hook. 

 Lond. Journ. Bot. vii. Ill, t. iii. A ; Dietr. Syn. PI. v. 559. Sycomorus 

 Sur, Miq. Afr. Vijge-Boom. 11 ; Dietr. Syn. PL v. 560. 



Nile Land. Eritrea : Halai, Courhon ! Schweinfurth, 178 ! Abyssinia : 

 Mcmsach district, Schim'per, 149 ! Ghaba Valley, StetiAner ! and without 

 precise locality, Schimper, 889 ! 



Vernacular name, Choddo (Schimper, Schweinfurth). 



Occurs also in Arabia. 



The specimens quoted above have been compared with ForskiU's type in the 

 Copenhagen Herbarium. 



9. F. riparia, Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 270. A 

 large tree ; young leafy branchlets glabrous except the terminal 

 buds, reddish-brown or purpHsh when dry. Leaves lanceolate 

 or oblong-lanceolate, shortly and obtusely acuminate, rounded 

 or obtuse at the base, 3-6 in. long, 1-2^ in. broad, entire, thinly 

 chartaceous, glabrous on both surfaces ; midrib flat or slightly 



