Ficus.] cxxiiic. MORACE^ (Hutchinsoii). 103 



Dewevre, 164! West side of I^ikc Albert Kdwani. MiUbmul, \\)7i\ 

 Fort Bcni, Mildbracd, 2385! .Monhuttu : .Munza, Schuxiufnrth, 342t) ! 

 3455 ! 



Mozamb. Distr. Zanzibar, SlnJiInidini, 71)7 ! (JiTiuan Kast Africa : 

 Usambara. Efigler, 904a ! Sibili, HoU, 4(59 ! 2302 ! 23G7 ! Kwai. Albei\^, 

 151 ! 365 ! Ulugum iMountains, Goctzc, 21H ! Kibatn, Ihi.s.sr, 31 10 ! Hvikoba. 

 Mildbraed, 202 \ Muganira Island, J//W/<m^r/, 1 103 ! Rovuina Hiv.-r, A'»rJl- ! 

 Portuguese East Africa : Lusite Valley, Jo1inso)i, 1(55 ! Rhotlcsia : .Matoppi.s, 

 Enghr, 2861a ! Bulawayo, Rand, 399! 



Occurs also in South Africa and the Cape \'erde Islands. 



11. F. Vallis-Choudae, Del. in Ann. Sci. Nat. 2me ser. x\. 04. 

 A large tree ; young branchlets glabrous. Leaves scattered, 

 broadly ovate, rounded or slightly cordate at the base, obtuse at 

 the apex, 4-8 in. long, 3-7 in. broad, very coarsely and obtusely 

 repand-dentate in the upper half or rarely subent ire, thinly chartaceous 

 or almost membranous, dull and glabrous on both surfaces or rarely 

 shortly pubescent below ; midrib flat above, prominent below, 

 gradually tapered to the apex of the blade, with three principal 

 nerves at the base ; lateral nerves opposite or subopposite, the 

 lowermost pair ascending to above the middle of the lamina, with 

 prominent side nerves on the side next the margin ; tertiary nerves 

 subparallel, arcuate between the lateral nerves ; veins slender 

 and distinct below ; petiole 1J-2J in. long, glabrous or nearly so ; 

 stipules deciduous, linear-lanceolate, obtuse, ^f in. long, glabrous 

 or slightly puberulous outside. Receptacles axillary, solitary, 

 pedunculate, pear-shaped or subglobose, about If in. in diam. 

 when ripe, minutely puberulous ; peduncle J to nearly \ in. long, 

 stout and woody, glabrous. Basal bracts small and soon falling 

 oi¥. Ostiole large and slightly produced ; bracts numerous, the 

 outer exserted and ascending, coriaceous, ovate-triangular, glabrous, 

 the innermost descending vertically into the receptacle, linear, 

 obtuse, 1-nerved, \ in. long, with membranous margins, glabrous. 

 Male flowers sessile ; perianth membranous, enclosing the 2 stamens 

 and a rudimentary pistil ; anthers large, acutely apiculate. Female 

 flowers subsessile ; style slender, with a large stigma. Gall flowers 

 pedicellate.— Ferr. & Galin. Voy. Abyss. Atlas, Bot. t. i ; Warb. 

 in Warb. & De Wild. Fie. Fl. Congo, 26, t. xxiii. ; Mildbr. & Burret 

 in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 194. Sycomorus schitnpcriam. Miq. in Hook. 

 Lond. Journ. Bot. vii. 112 and in Afr. Vijgo-Boom. 12, t. ii. A. F. 

 Schiveinfurthii, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. iii. 1:9;'), name 

 only, descr. in Verhandl. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wicn, xviii. iySij. F. 

 Kannenhercjii, Warb. and F. grandicarpa, Warb. ox Mildbr. & Burret 

 I.e. 195, names only. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone: Berria, Siotl Kllinf. 4!>S0 ! Muyabuya. 

 Svotl Elliot, 4289! French (Juinea : Midtlle Niger; Hannnako. Cluniloi, 

 246 ! Togo : .Misahohe, 7ia«>mi;<?/, 467 ! Bisniarckburg. Jiudnrr. 732 ! Sokodr, 

 Schrdder, 29! Kersting, 34! Losso, Keiatiinj, 351! Northern Nigm.k : 



