136 cxxiilc. MORACE^ (Hutchiiisoii). [Ficus. 



zig-zag ; petiole stout, slightly compressed, IJ-IJ in. long, lJ-2 lin. 

 broad, somewhat ribbed by compression when dry, glabrous ; 

 stipules caducous. Receptacles produced in a pulvinate cluster on 

 the older wood remote from the leaves, perhaps about 5 in a cluster, 

 pedunculate, globose, with a slightly prominent 2 -lipped ostiole, 

 3J lin. in diam., finely and rather sparingly pubescent, brownish- 

 yellow and with dark brown warts when dry ; peduncles | in. long, 

 about f lin. thick, slightly thicker towards the apex, softly pubescent. 

 Basal bracts probably 2, connate, coriaceous, tomentose outside. 

 Ostiolar orifice J lin. long, linear ; bracts all descending into the 

 receptacle, subulate-lanceolate, subacute, glabrous, margins mem- 

 branous. Male and female perianth-segments 3, oblong, obtuse. 

 Stamen solitary ; filament short ; anther ovoid-ellipsoid. Style 

 slender, with an oblong papillose stigma. — Mildbr. & Burret in 

 Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 230. 



Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa : Usambara ; Amboni, Hoists 2897 ! 



55. F. rudens, Hutchinson in Keiv Bulletin, 1915, 322, withfifj. An 

 extensive climber ; stems soft, hollow, resembling cables ((TOS5M;6^7er), 

 up to 60 ft. long ; branchlets twiggy, slender, glabrous. Leaves 

 oblong-elliptic or slightly obovate-elliptic, acutely acuminate (acumen 

 3-5 lin. long), cordate at the base, 1^3 in. long, f-lj in. broad, entire, 

 submembranous, dull and glabrous on both surfaces ; midrib slightly 

 impressed above, slender, fairly prominent below, about \ lin. broad 

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

 nerves 6-7 on each side of the midrib, diverghig from it almost at a 

 right angle, looped near the margin, slender, distinct below ; veins 

 lax and distinct below ; petiole 4-10 lin. long, very slender, glabrous ; 

 stipules deciduous, not seen. Receptacles borne on the stems, pro- 

 duced in fascicles on very short cushion-branchlets, about 6 in each 

 fascicle, pedunculate, ellipsoid or obovoid-ellipsoid, slightly contracted 

 at the base, | in. long, about \ in. in diam., finely warted, extremely 

 minutely puberulous ; peduncle stout, \ in. long, compressed, 1 lin. 

 thick, minutely puberulous. Basal bracts soon falling of!, leaving 

 an oblique narrow rim at the base of the receptacle. Ostiole very 

 small and 2 -lipped, not produced ; bracts all descending into the 

 receptacle, more or less subulate-lanceolate, acute, glabrous. Male 

 flowers pedicellate ; perianth-segments 3, elliptic, subacute. Stamen 

 solitary ; filament fairly stout ; anther ovoid-ellipsoid, obtuse. 

 Female flowers subsessile ; perianth-segments lanceolate ; achene 

 obliquely ellipsoid ; style lateral, shorter than the achene, with a 

 large papillose stigma. Gall flowers numerous, pedicellate. 



Lower Guinea. Angola : eastern slopes of Monte de Lau and Monte Belle, 

 Gossiceiler, 4597 ! 



Closely allied to F. tremula, Warb., from the east coast of Africa, but distin- 

 guished from the latter by the shape of the leaves and the larger figs on stouter 

 peduncles. 



