122 cxxiiic. MORACE.5: (Hutchinson). [Ficus, 



North Central. Shari : Kaga Kindi, Chevalier, 7204 ! Corbol, Chevalier, 9259 ! 



Nile Land. Eritrea : below Geleb, Schweinfurth, 1419 ! Lalamba, Schwein- 

 fiirth, 1802 ! Galabat : by the River Gendua, Schweinfurth, 555 ! Abyssinia: 

 Jelajeranne, Schimper, 1771 ! near Amba Sea, Schimper, 875 ! Abba Lerruke, 

 Schimper, 1098 ! and without precise locality, Schimper, 943 ! Sudan : Tumat 

 River ; Kamamil, Prince Paul Wilhelm von W'drtemberg ! near Fasokl, Kotschy, 

 485 ! Somaliland : Maid, Hildehrandt, 1461 ! Jur : Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth^ 

 1484 ! 1993 ! British East Africa : Ukamba ; Kitui, Hildebrandt, 2683 ! 

 Uganda : Madi, Speke <fc Grant, 752 ! 



Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa : Mugarura Island, Lake Kivu, 

 Mildbraed, 1105! Usambara ; Mbalu district, Engler, 1493! Kwei, Albers, 

 35 ! Mlalo, Hoist, 412 ! Massai Steppe, Uhlig, 1012 ! Portuguese East 

 Africa : Boruma, Menyharth, 110 ! near Arenga, Sim, 5653 ! Lebombo Moun- 

 tains, Sim, 6305 ! Rhodesia : Victoria Falls, Allen, 182 ! Livingstone, 

 Rogers, 7455 ! 7464 ! Victoria, Monro, 349 ! 390 ! 757 ! Matoppo HiUs, 

 Miss Gihhs, 285! Engler, 2915a! 2956! Umtali, Engler, 3153! Tropical 

 Transvaal : Limpopo valley, Hxdchins, 17 ! 



Occurs also in South Africa. 



Ficus lutea, Vahl, with which the above specimens have hitherto mostly been 

 identified, is probably quite a different species and most likely one of the 

 Bibracteatce, as the ostiole is described as having a bifid umbo at the apex. 



34. F. katagumica, Hutchinson in Keiv Bulletin, 1915. 317, 

 with fig. A shady tree ; branchlets leafy, softly tomentose, sulcata. 

 Leaves ovate-oblong or oblong-eUiptic, slightly cordate or rounded 

 at the base, rounded at the apex, 2J-4 in. long, li-2J in. broad, 

 entire, rigidly subcoriaceous, glabrous and somewhat glaucous on 

 both surfaces ; midrib prominent on both surfaces but more 

 so below, about 1 lin. broad at the base, gradually tapered to, 

 but branched and fading away below the apex of the blade ; 

 lateral nerves 5-6 on each side of the midrib, diverging from it 

 at an angle of about 60°, prominently bifurcate a considerable 

 distance from the margin, distinct on both surfaces, rather slender 

 and straw-coloured ; veins more prominent above than below, 

 forming a fairly close reticulation ; petiole f-1 in. long, tomentose 

 towards the base, straw-coloured ; stipules caducous, coriaceous, 

 tomentose. Receptacles axillary, solitary or in pairs, pedunculate, 

 globose or slightly obovoid-globose, 5 lin. in diam., permanently 

 densely white-tomentose ; peduncle 2-3 lin. long, | lin. thick, 

 densely and softly tomentose. Basal bracts 3, more or less ovate, 

 obtuse, subpersistent, pubescent towards the base. Ostiole slightly 

 prominent, with 3 or 4 imbricate glabrescent bracts visible from the 

 outside, the inner bracts spreading horizontally across the orifice. 

 Male flowers subsessile, with acute perianth-segments and solitary 

 stamen ; filament short ; anther broader than long. Female flowers 

 with perianth similar to the male. Gall flowers pedicellate. 



Upper Guinea. Northern Nigeria : Katagum district, Dalziel, 305 ! 



35. F. kawuri, Hutchinson in Keiv Bulletin, 1915, 319; A large 

 tree ; branchlets leafy, softly and densely tomentose. Leaves oblong 



