114 cxxiiic. MORACEiE (Hutchinson). [Ficus. 



to the margin, distinct above, prominent below ; tertiary nerves 

 wavy, lax and rather prominent below ; petiole 1-1 1 in. long, rather 

 densely pilose ; stipules caducous, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, 

 3^-4^ lin. long, becoming coriaceous, pilose outside, glabrous and 

 shining within. Receptacles not known but probably produced 

 on the older wood. — Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 203, 

 partly. 



South Central. Belgian Congo : Monbuttu ; Kibali River, Sdnft'uijnrth, 

 3614 ! 



24 F. sciarophylla, Warh. in Warh. & Dc Wild. Fie. Fl. Congo, 

 31. t. xiii. A shrub about 8 ft. high ; young leafy branchlets long- 

 pilose or almost villous. Leaves elliptic or oblong-elliptic in outline, 

 pinnatifid or pinnatilobed or sometimes 3-lobed in the upper third 

 and the lower portion coarsely repand-dentate, rounded or slightly 

 cordate at the base, apex and lobes subcaudately acuminate 6-12 in. 

 long, 4-7 in. broad including the lobes, membranous, densely 

 whitish-villous on both surfaces when quite young and just released 

 from the bud, pilose on both surfaces when mature, on the lowei' 

 surface especially on the midrib and lateral nerves, about 9-nerve(l 

 at the base ; lateral nerves about 11 on each side of the midrib, 

 diverging from the midrib at an angle of 70°, nearly straight, mostly 

 extended to the apices of the lobes or teeth, distinct on both surfaces, 

 prominent below ; tertiary nerves subparallel, slightly wavy, slender, 

 2-2^ lin. apart, distinct on both surfaces ; petiole 1-2 in. long, but 

 probably often much longer, rather stout, sulcate when dry, long- 

 pilose ; stipules deciduous, oblong-lanceolate, long and acutely 

 acuminate, j-lj in. long, about 3 lin. broad, submembranous, glabrous 

 on both surfaces. Receptacles not known but probably produced 

 on the older wood. — F. variifolia, Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. 

 xlvi. 203, partly, not of Warb. 



Nile Land. Niamniam : by the River Hoo, Schweinfurth, 3H72 ! Uganda: 

 North-west Ankole, 4000 ft., Dawe, 471 ! Buclongo Forest, F'jffe, 207 ! 



25. F. verruculosa, lFar6. 171 Engl. Jahrb. xx. 166. A moderate- 

 sized tree, 15-25 ft. high or more, or when occurring in swampy 

 ground often a small shrub with straight unbranched stem ; young 

 branches glabrous or puberulous. Leaves lanceolate or lanceolate- 

 elliptic, obtuse at both ends, 2^-6 in. long, 1-2J in. broad, entire, 

 chartaceous or subcoriaceous, mostly shining on the upper surface, 

 finely pustulate and sometimes very slightly rough to the touch 

 below ; midrib prominent on both surfaces, broader below, gi'adually 

 tapered to the apex of the leaf-blade ; lateral nerves 10-16 on each 

 side of the midrib, diverging from it at an angle of 70-80°, mostly 

 more prominent above than below, rather slender, looped near the 

 margin ; tertiary nerves and veins forming a fairly distinct delicate 

 venation below ; petiole 4-7 lin. long, fairly stout, glabrous ; stipules 



