120 cxxiiic. MORACEiE (Hutcliinson). [Ficus. 



times near the margin, slightly curved, arising from the midrib at an 

 angle of about 40° ; veins distinct on both surfaces, prominent below, 

 rather close ; petiole J-IJ in. long, about 1 lin. thick at the base, 

 softly puberulous ; stipules lanceolate, J in. long, shortly tomentose, 

 deciduous. Keceptacles axillary, solitary, pedunculate, subglobose, 

 about ^ in. in diam. or slightly more, puberulous ; peduncle about 

 3 lin. long, softly shortly tomentose ; basal bracts 3, ovate, obtuse. 

 |-1 lin. long, shortly pubescent outside. Ostiole not prominent, with 

 about three to five free imbricate bracts visible from the outside ; 

 upper bracts imbricate, spreading horizontally across the ostiole, sub- 

 orbicular, submembranous, the lower descending, lanceolate, obtuse, 

 l-lj lin. long, with membranous margins. Male flowers several 

 near the ostiolar bracts, shortly pedicellate ; perianth enclosing 

 the solitary sessile obtuse anther. Female flowers with perianth 

 similar to the male; style with 2-fid filiform stigmas. — F. hembicicarpa, 

 Warb. ex Mildbr. & Burret, I.e., name only, not of K. Schum. & 

 Lauterb. 



Upper Guinea. Senegal: Koukan, Chevalier, 502! Ndonte T'vigna, 

 Chevalier, 2053 ! Ziguinehor, on the Casamanze River, Chevalier, 2051 ! 

 Sierra Leone : Farana ; by the River Niger, Scott Elliot, 5330a ! 535] ! Togo : 

 Loso, Kerstimj, 032 ! Atkapane, Doering, 303 ! Kirikiri, Kerstiny, 77 ! 

 Sokode, Kerstituj, 24 ! 



Nile Land. Uganda : Madi and Bari, Dawe, 881 ! 



Var. (?) nitida, Hutchinson. Leaves shining and quite smooth on the 

 upper surface. 



Upper Guinea. Senegal : opposite the Cape Verde Islands, Perrottet ! 



North Central. Central Shari : district of the Sarras Goundi, Chevalier, 

 8598 ! 



Var. nitida may represent a distinct species, but in the absence of receptacles 

 it seems better for the present to treat it as a variety. 



32. F. Zenkeri, Warb. ex Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 

 204, fifj. 2. A tree about 60 ft. high ; branchlets numerous, slender, 

 longitudinally sulcate and dark pmple when dry, glabrous. Leaves 

 oblong-elliptic or elliptic, subacutely acuminate, broadly obtuse or 

 slightly obtuse at the base, sometimes slightly oblique, 2|-4 in. long, 

 1-1 1 in. broad, entire, thinly chartaceous, prominently reticulate on 

 both surfaces, sometimes slightly shining above, glabrous above, 

 minutely verruculose below ; midrib prominent on both surfaces, 

 nearly | lin. broad at the base ; lateral nerves 7-8 on each side of 

 the midrib, more prominent below than above, looped near the 

 margin ; veins rather close, distinct and somewhat prominent on 

 both surfaces ; petiole about J in. long, slightly puberulous or nearly 

 glabrous ; stipules caducous, lanceolate, about If lin. long, 

 glabrescent. Receptacles axillary, solitary, pedunculate, subglobose, 

 about 4 lin. in diam., light green and laxly reticulate when dry, 

 smooth ; peduncle l|-2 lin. long, minutely puberulous or nearly 

 glabrous ; basal bracts 3, broadly ovate, rounded at the apex, sub- 

 membranous, convex below, glabrous except the minutely puberulous 



