106 cxxiiic. MORACE^ (Hutchinson). [Ficus. 



surfaces, especially on the nerves below ; midrib very prominent 

 below, about 2 lin. broad at the base, gradually narrowed to the 

 apex of the blade ; lateral nerves 7-12 on each side of the midrib, 

 diverging from it at a wide angle, looped and branched towards the 

 margin, very prominent below ; tertiary nerves wavy, rather distant, 

 prominent below ; veins forming a fine close network below ; petiole 

 stout, li-2J in. long in the specimens seen, 2 lin. thick, densely 

 setose-pilose ; stipules probably persistent. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia : St. Louis, Brunner. Ivory Coast : between 

 the Potou lagoon and Alepe, Chevalier, 17375 ! 



I have not seen an authentic specimen of this species, the type of which 

 appears to be lost. The above description is based entirely on two leaves 

 collected by Chevalier which I think may belong to F. senegaknsis. 



15. F. pygmaea, Welw. ex Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Wehv. i. 1009. 

 A dwarf shrublet, 1-3 ft. high, rarely taller ; rhizome creeping ; 

 stems ascending or suberect, branched, hispid, leafy. Leaves oblong- 

 ovate, obtuse, rounded or truncate at the base, f-3J in. long, J-l| in. 

 broad, distantly dentate or slightly lobed, rigidly chartaceous, 

 scabrous above, densely and shortly hispid below, light-green when 

 dry ; midrib slightly prominent above, more so below, about J lin. 

 broad at the base, hispid ; lateral nerves 5-6 on each side, sub- 

 distinct above, prominent below, looped very near the margin ; 

 veins lax, fairly distinct below ; petiole 1 lin. long, densely hispid ; 

 stipules deciduous, ovate, obtuse, broad at the base, about yo ^^• 

 long, hairy on the back. Eeceptacles axillary, solitary, ellipsoid 

 or obovoid, contracted at the base into a stipe about J in. long 

 resembling a peduncle, a little over J in. long, scabrid-hispidulous 

 when matm-e ; bracts very rudimentary at the base of the stipe 

 and a few scattered on the receptacle. Ostiolar bracts numerous, 

 the outer slightly ascending and imbricate, closing the mouth of 

 the ostiole, more or less transversely oblong or broadly ovate, 

 membranous, minutely ciliolate, the inner descending, ovate-oblong, 

 rounded at the apex, about IJ lin. long, 1 -nerved, membranous 

 with jagged margins, minutely ciliolate. Male flowers with 5 

 perianth-segments ; stamen usually solitary. Female flowers 

 shortly pedicellate ; perianth-segments linear, acute, membranous, 

 white, glabrous. Achene slightly winged ; style lateral, slender, 

 as long as or slightly longer than the achene ; stigma small, sub- 

 entire. — Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 203. F. brevicula, 

 Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 1009 ; Mildbr. & Burret, I.e. 261. 



Lower Guinea. Angola : Huilla ; in bushy pastures near LopoUo and 

 throughout nearly the whole plateau of Huilla, Welwitsch, 6370 ! near Catumba, 

 Welwitsch, 6371 ! Massalanka, on the Mashonge River, Baiim, 591 ! Cubango ; 

 near Fort Princcza Amelia, Gossweiler, 2391 ! 



Mozamb. Distr. Bechuanaland : Botletle River, Baines ! Seiner (sect. II.), 

 173! 



