Ficus.] cxxiiic. MORACE.E (Hutchiiison). 101 



raised above, proininent below, about 1 lin. broad at the base, 

 gradually tapered to the apex of the leaf-blade ; lateral nerves 5-7 

 on each side of the midrib, the lowermost pair ascending at a sharp 

 angle and reaching nearly to the middle of the blade, the others 

 diverging at an angle of about 45°, slightly raised above, prominent 

 below, rather slender, gradually fading away near the margin ; 

 tertiary nerves lax and very slender, distinct below ; veins very 

 delicate and indistinct ; petiole 1-lJ in. long, longitudinally sulcate, 

 reddish-brown when dry, glabrous ; stipules deciduous, those en- 

 closing the terminal bud lanceolate, acutely acuminate, J-J in. 

 long, adpressed-pubescent, with glabrous margins. Receptacles 

 borne in panicles mostly on the main-stem, pedunculate, subglobose, 

 rounded or slightly stipitate at the base, about J in. in diam., 

 glabrous ; peduncle 3-4 lin. long, rather slender, finely puberulous. 

 Basal bracts 3, small, broadly ovate, puberulous outside. Ostiole 

 with numerous exserted glabrous bracts ; innermost bracts very 

 numerous, descending into the receptacle, linear, obtuse, 1} lin. 

 long, glabrous. Male flowers sessile, with a membranous perianth 

 enclosing the 2 subsessile anthers. Female flow^ers subsessile ; 

 style rather thick and short, with an oblong stigma. — Sycomortts ? 

 riparia, Miq. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. vii. 114. F. capemis^ 

 Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 195, partly ; not of Thunb. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia : Mandel district, Schimprr, 1585 ! Shireh, Quartiff 

 Dillon d- Petit ! 



10. F. capensis, Thunb. Diss. Fie. 13. A shrub or small cauli- 

 florous tree ; branchlets glabrous or softly pubescent, with pointed 

 more or less villous buds. Leaves ovate or ovate-elliptic, obtuse 

 or shortly acuminate, rounded slightly cordate or shortly cuneate 

 at the base, 2J-9 in. long, H-5 in. broad or sometimes more, usually 

 coarsely repand and obtusely dentate, chartaceous or thinly 

 coriaceous, glabrous or softly pubescent especially on the midrib 

 and lateral nerves ; midrib prominent below, gradually narrowed to 

 the apex of the blade ; lateral nerves usually about 6-7 on each side 

 of the midrib, diverging from the midrib at an angle of about 45', 

 arcuate, gradually fading towards the margin and branched ; veins 

 rather closely reticulate below ; petiole variable, up to 3 in. long, 

 sulcate, glabrous or pubescent ; stipules oblong-lanceolate, acute, 

 villous or nearly glabrous outside, caducous. Receptacles borne in 

 leafless simply branched panicles on the main-stem or when shrubby 

 towards the base of the branches ; panicles up to nearly 1 ft. long, 

 j^'labrous or nearly so ; peduncles J-^ in. long, glabrescent. Recep- 

 tacles obovoid or obovoid-globose, subrounded or stipitate at the 

 base, |-1 in. long, with a usually prominent manimillate ostiole. 

 glabrous. Basal bracts whorled, 3, ovate-triangular, often slightly 

 hairy. Ostiole prominent, with numerous often hairy bracts spread- 

 ing transversely across the orifice. Male flowers subsessile ; perianth 



