Ficus.] cxxiiic. MORACE.E (Hutchinsoii). 131 



of figs. Leaves oblong or lanceolate-oblong, obtuse at both ends, 

 3J-5J in. long, li-2J in. broad, entire, firmly chartaceous, finely 

 verrucose above, otherwise dull and glabrous on both surfaces ; 

 midrib slightly impressed above, prominent below, about 1 lin. broad 

 at the base, gradually tapered to the apex of the blade ; lateral 

 nerves 8-9 on each side of the midrib, the lowermost ])air ()])posite 

 and sharply ascending, the others diverging from the midrib at a 

 wide angle and mostly arcuate, slender, prominent below, looped close 

 to the margin ; tertiary nerves very lax and branched, distinct below ; 

 veins closely reticulate and distinct on the lower surface ; petiole 

 1J-2J in. long, glabrous ; stipules deciduous. Receptacles borne 

 in clusters on the old main branches, globose, |-1 in. in diam., green 

 when fresh, minutely puberulous, wrinkled like a plum when dry, 

 with a basal stipe 1| lin. long. Basal bracts not seen. Ostiole 

 2-lipped, with no bracts visible from the outside, all descendmg 

 into the receptacle. Male flowers with a solitary stamen. — Mildbr. 

 & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 223. F. Lanqenhurgii, Warb. in Engl. 

 Jahrb. xxx. 293. F. delagoensis. Sim, For. Fl. Port. E. Afr. 99, t. xcii. 

 F. lihertiana, Warb. ex Mildbr. & Burret, I.e., name only 



Mozamb. Distr. Zanzibar, StuhlmanJi, 793 ! Sacleux, 2021 ! German 

 East Africa : Dar-es-Salaam, Stuhhnann ! Langenburg, at Lake Xyasa, 

 Goetze, 859 ! 



In the Berlin Herbarium there is a photograph of a tree of this species showing 

 large spreading main branches with a multitude of figs arranged in clusters, 

 none of which appear to be borne on the younger branches or on the young 

 shoots. 



Occurs also in extratropical Portuguese East Africa. 



48. F. Demeusei, Warb. in Warb. d^ De Wild. Fie. Fl. Con(jo,20. t. xiv. 

 fgs. 5-6. Branchlets glabrous, grey or brownish-grey, fairly slender. 

 Leaves rather elongate-oblanceolate, shortly and rather abruptly 

 obtusely acuminate, narrowed to an obtuse base, 3J-6 in. long, 1 J-2 

 in. broad, entire, membranous, dull and glabrous on both surfaces ; 

 midrib flat and more or less straw-coloured above, prominent 

 below, |-1 lin. broad at the base, gradually tapered to the apex of 

 the blade ; lateral nerves 14-17 on each side of the midrib, diverging 

 from it at a very wide angle, slender, looped near the margin, distinct 

 on both surfaces, prominent below ; tertiary nerves (jnly sligiitly 

 less prominent than the lateral ones and following their direction, 

 distinct below ; veins fairly lax and distinct below ; j)eti(>le slender, 

 5-| in. long, glabrous ; stipules caducous, lanceolate, acuminate. 

 Receptacles not seen, but no doubt borne in fascicles on the main 

 stem or branches remote from the leaves. — Th. & Hel. Durand. Svll. 

 Fl. Congol. 505 ; Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 229. 



South Central. Belgian Congo ; without preci.se locality. Ikwfiisr. 410 ! 

 According to a sketch on the type sjx'cimen the receptacles are jx-dunculate. 



