124 cxxiiic. MORACE^ (Hiitcliinson). \Ficus, 



glabrifoUa, Warb. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 162. F. lutea, Mildbr. & 

 Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 209, partly, not of Vahl. 



Nile Land. Eritrea : neighbourhood of Acrur, Schweinfurth, 1687 ! 



Mozamb. Distr, German East Africa : Usukuma ; Nyangesi, StuJihnann, 

 4144 ! Lake Victoria : Bussisi, Stuhlmann, 750 ! Mwanza, Stuhlmann, 

 4585! 



37. F. umbellata, Vahl, Enum. PI. ii. 182. A tree 20-25 ft. 

 high {Wehvitsch) ; young branchlets stout, leafy, glabrous, nearly 

 J in. thick just below the apex. Leaves large, ovate-orbicular or 

 nearly orbicular, shortly and obtusely acuminate, truncately rounded 

 at the base or broadly cordate, 4-10 in. long, 2J-8| in. broad, entire, 

 thinly chartaceous, glabrous and dull on both surfaces ; midrib flat 

 above, prominent below, nearly 2 lin. broad at the base below, 

 gradually tapered to the apex ; lateral nerves about 7-9 on each 

 side of the midrib, diverging from it at an angle of a little more than 

 45°, the lowermost pair opposite and with about 4 prominent side 

 nerves on the lower side, the remainder gradually becoming alternate 

 upwards, the uppermost 3-4 pairs bifurcate 1-1| in. from the margin, 

 looped, all distinct on the upper surface, prominent below ; tertiary 

 nerves faint and rather lax below, wavy ; venation delicate and close, 

 distinct below ; petiole IJ-S in. long, about IJ lin. thick, glabrous : 

 stipules deciduous, those surrounding the terminal bud ovate- 

 triangular, subacutely acuminate, coriaceous, minutely ciliate. 

 otherwise glabrous. Receptacles borne in fascicles on the older 

 branches remote from the leaves, very shortly pedunculate, broadly 

 obovoid-globose, with a distinct ostiole, 1-1 J in. long and in diam., 

 minutely puberulous, becoming coarsely wrinkled when dry. Basal 

 bracts 2, suborbicular, J in. broad, rigidly coriaceous, very minutely 

 puberulous. Ostiole 2-lipped, the surrounding part subcircular 

 and slightly elevated ; orifice about 1 lin. broad ; bracts not seen. — 

 Pers. Syn. ii. 608 ; Roem. & Schult. Syst. Yeg. i. 499 ; Spreng. Syst. 

 Veg. iii. 778 ; Schumach. & Thonn. Beskr. Guin. PI. 25 ; Mildbr. & 

 Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 222. F. tuberculosa, Welw. ex Hiern in 

 Cat. Air. PL Welw. i. 999. F. fmgalodisca, Warb. in Warb. & De 

 Wild. Fie. Fl. Congo, 2, t. ii. F. Woermanni, Warb. ex Mildbr. & 

 Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 222, name only. 



Upper Guinea. French Guinea : Los Islands, Pob'guin, 1229! Konakry, 

 Dyhowski, 7 ! Sierra Leone : Old Wallia, Scarcies River Valley, Scott Elliot, 

 4(539! Gold Coast : Sefwhi and Warn districts, ^rmi7agre ! and without precise 

 locality, Thonning ! Togo : Atkapame, Busse, 3532 ! Northern Nigeria : 

 Bida, Lamb, 34 ! Cameroons : without precise locality, Woermann ! 



Lower Guinea. French Congo : by the Alima River, Thollon, 966 ! Belgian 

 Congo : Kimuenza, Gillet, 1747 ! Angola : Golungo Alto, Welwitsch, 6413 ! 



38. F. polita, Vahl, Enum. PL ii. 182. A large tree about 

 50 ft. high ; branchlets somewhat slender, very minutely puberulous 

 when young. Leaves ovate or ovate-oblong, slightly cordate or 

 rounded at the base, caudate-acuminate, 5-6 in. long, 2-4J in. broad, 



