Ficus.] cxxiiic. MORACE.E (Hutcliinson). 125 



entire, membranous or subchartaceous, glabrous and dull on both 

 surfaces, 5-nerved at the base ; midrib flat on the upper surface, 

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

 the apex of the blade ; lateral nerves about 7 on each side of the 

 midrib, diverging from it at an angle of about 45°, slender, prominent 

 on both surfaces, bifurcate about i-J in. from the margin ; lowermost 

 pair and the pair above opposite, the others alternate or subalternate ; 

 veins very close and slender, forming a delicate reticulation below ; 

 petiole slender, up to 4| in. long, finely sulcate, very minutely 

 puberulous ; stipules early deciduous, lanceolate-acuminate, 5 lin. 

 long, subcoriaceous, glabrous. Receptacles arranged in fascicles 

 on thick woody outgrowths fiom the old wood, pedunculate, sub- 

 globose, about 1| in. in diam. when dry, wrinkling like a dried plum, 

 glabrous or very minutely and sparingly pubescent ; peduncle 

 ^-f in. long, 1 lin. thick, glabrous. Basal bracts 3, broadly triangular. 

 Ostiole slightly impressed, with the bracts all descending into the 

 receptacle. Male flowers with 3-4 lanceolate perianth-segments 

 and a solitarj^ stamen. Female flowers with 3 ovate-lanceolate 

 obtuse perianth-segments ; style long and slender with a short 

 slightly oblique stigma. — Pers. Syn. ii. 608 ; Roem. & Schult. Syst. 

 i. 499 ; Spreng. Syst. Veg. iii. 778 ; Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. 

 xlvi. 222. Urostigma politum, Miq. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. vi. 

 553. F. sxjringifolia, Warb. in Engl. Jahi'b. xx. 170, not F. syrimjcc- 

 folia of Kunth & Bouche. F. 'pseudo-elastica, Wehv. ex Hiern in Cat. 

 Afr. PL Welw. i. 996. F. niamniamensis, Warb. in Warb. & De Wild. 

 Fie. Congo, 14, t. xx. F. umbrosa, Sim, For. Fl. Port. E. Afr. t. 

 Ixxxviii. excl. fig. of receptacles. F. haromhiensis , F. stenosiphon, 

 F. syringoides, F. pachysarca, Warb. ex Mildbr. & Burret, I.e. 

 222-223, names only. 



Upper Guinea. Senegal : by the River Casamanze, Chcxxilier, 2662 ! Iton, 

 Chevalier, 2663 ! without locality, Isert. French Guinea : lx)8 Islands, Pob''. 

 guin, 1233 ! Konakry, Dyhowski, 6 ! Ivory Coast : Basin of the Cavally River 

 at Beriby, Chevalier, i^OOOS ! Gold Coast : Krepi Plains, Johnson, 549 ! 551 ! 

 Togo : Ndsolo, Baumann, 561 ! Kcte Kratschi, Zech, 4 ! Northern Nigeria : 

 Zungeru, Dalziel, 568 ! Katagum district, Dalziel, 321 ! Southern Nigeria : 

 Owerri district, Sherriff \ Cameroons : Baronibi, Preuss, 409 1 Victoria 

 botanic garden, Winkler, 428 ! Neu-Tegel, Winkler, 207 ! 



North Central. Central Shari : Koulfe, Chevalier, 8784 bis ! 8832 ! 9002 ! 



Nile Land. Mittu : near Mvolo, Schweinjurth, 2826 ! Nianmiam : by tlie 

 Linduku River, Schweinjurth, 3134 ! 



Lower Guinea. Angola : Golungo Alto ; near the River Cuango, Wdtvitsch, 

 6344! Chella Mountains, Welwitsch, (Vim \ Sange, Wclwii.sch, 6396, ()397 ! 



South Central. Belgian Congo : south bank of the Kassai, Luja, 212 ! 



Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa : without localit^^ Stufihnanu ! 

 Portuguese East Africa : Magenja da Costa, Sitn, 5549 ! 



Var. 2^ersiicarpa, Hutchinson. Receptacles shortly stipitate, 2J in. in diani., 

 S]X)ttcd. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Molundu district ; between Lokomo, Buiulia 

 and Bangc, Mildbraed, 4421 ! 



Sims ligure of his F. umbrosa shows the n'ceptaclcs sessile and stipitate, 

 but in his type specimen they are long-pedunculate and rounded at the base. 



