108 cxxiiic. MORACEvE (Hutchinson). [Ficus, 



Mtemere, Goetze, 62 ! Rovuma River, 26 miles from the mouth, Kirk ! Portu- 

 guese East Africa : near Sena, Kirk ! near Moramballa, Kirk ! Magenja da 

 Costa, on the Mucabella River, Sim, 6237 ! Nyasaland : island in the Shire 

 River, Scott ! Rhodesia : island above Victoria Falls, Kolhe, 3163 ! 



Var. ovatifolia, Hutchinson. Leaves ovate or ovate-elliptic, entire or slightly 

 3-lobed, 1^-2 in. broad. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia : banks of the Gambia, Heudelot, 3501 ! 



17. F. acutifolia, Hutchinson in Kew Bulletin, 1915, 317. Branch- 

 lets slender, leafy, purplish when dry, finely and rather sparingly 

 hispid when young. Leaves linear-lanceolate, gradually obtusely 

 acuminate, rounded or obtuse at the base, 3J-4J in. long, |— IJ in. 

 broad, entire, thinly chartaceous, moderately scabrous on both 

 surfaces ; midrib prominent on both surfaces, narrow above, broader 

 below, about ^' lin. broad at the base, gradually tapered to the 

 apex of the leaf-blade ; lateral nerves 9-10 on each side of the 

 midrib, diverging from it at an angle of 75-90°, distinct on both 

 surfaces, prominent below, straight or nearly so up to near the 

 margin, and then continued parallel to the margin and joined with 

 the next nerve ; tertiary nerves very lax and reticulate, prominent 

 below ; veins very faint below ; petiole comparatively short, 2-3 

 lin. long, slightly setulose-pubescent ; stipules caducous, linear- 

 lanceolate, subacute, IJ lin. long, coriaceous, glabrous or nearly so. 

 Receptacles axillary, solitary, pedunculate, subglobose, about J in. 

 in diam., shortly setulose ; peduncle about 4 lin. long, slender, 

 setulose, with 2-3 small scattered bracts. Ostiole fairly prominent, 

 with several bracts visible from the outside, the inner bracts spreading 

 horizontally across the orifice. Male flowers long-pedicellate ; 

 pedicel glabrous ; perianth-segments lanceolate, subacute, mem- 

 branous, glabrous ; stamen solitary ; anther obtuse. Female 

 flowers shortly pedicellate ; achene smooth ; style slender. Gall 

 flowers pedicellate. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Bipinde, Zenker, 1709 ! 



Chevalier, no. 12228, from Kollangui, in French Guinea, seems to be this 

 species, but there are no receptacles on the specimen at Kew. 



Resembles F. caprecefolia, Del., but among other differences the leaves are 

 relatively longer and more acuminate, and the lateral nerves spread more nearly 

 at right angles. 



18. F. pendula, Welw. ex Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, 

 xli. 486, name only (pendulus) ; Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 1008, 

 description. Shrubby ; branches very long, sarmentose, climbing 

 high and far, pendulous ; younger fruiting branchlets nodding, ashy, 

 turning purplish in a dried state, more or less hispid with rust- 

 coloured hairs ; internodes up to 3J in. long. Leaves obliquely 

 ovate-oblong, acutely and subcaudately acuminate, rounded to a 

 shortly cuneate unequal-sided base, 3-6 in. long, 1-2J in. broad, 

 thinly chartaceous or membranous, rather distantly denticulate, 



