Ficus.] cxxiiic. MORACE<« (Hutchinson). 137 



56. F. tremula, Warb. in Ewjl. Jahrh. xx. 171. A sliady tree 

 30 ft. high ; young branchlets short and slender, glabrous, covered 

 with smooth light coloured bark ; three-year-old shoots bearing the 

 figs. Leaves oblong or oblong-elliptic, gradually and obtusely 

 acuminate, rounded or subtruncate at the base, lJ-3 in. long, |-1 J in. 

 broad, entire, membranous, glabrous on both surfaces, finely reticu- 

 late below ; midrib slightly prominent below, narrow ; lateral nerves 

 6-7 on each side of the midrib, diverging from it at an angle of about 

 65°, very slender, distinct on both surfaces, slightly raised below, 

 looped near the margin ; petiole J-I2 ^^- long, very slender, glabrous ; 

 stipules deciduous, not seen. Receptacles fasciculate on the older 

 parts of the branches, pedunculate, ellipsoid or slightly obovoid, 

 about J in. long, wrinkled when dry, glabrous ; peduncle rather 

 slender, J-1 in. long, thickened towards the top, glabrous. Basal 

 bracts 3, soon falling oi!, ovate, obtuse, | lin. long, submembranous, 

 glabrous. Ostiole not prominent, very minute, 2-lipped ; bracts 

 numerous, all descending into the receptacle, subulate-lanceolate. 

 Male flowers pedicellate ; perianth-segments membranous, obtuse. 

 Stamen solitary ; filament rather slender ; anther eUipsoid. Female 

 flowers subsessile, with a small perianth ; achene broadly ovoid, 

 shining ; style lateral, slender, nearly as long as the achene, with an 

 oblong stigma. Gall flowers pedicellate, with a short stvle and very 

 thick stigma.— Warb. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 162, t. x. figs. F-K ; 

 Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 229. F. pulvinata, Warb. 

 m Engl. Jahrb. xx. 169. 



Mozamb. Distr. Zanzibar, tSiakhnanH, coll. 1. IJO ! French Island, Kirk, 

 18 ! German East Africa : Baganioyo, iStuJdmann, 274 ! Usaranio : Vikindu, 

 Stuldmann, ClOO I Portuguese East Africa : Beira, Johnson, .58 ! 



57. F. Pynaerti, De Wild, in Fedde, Repcrt. xii. 197. Branchlets 

 fairly stout, lenticellate. Leaves oblong-elliptic, rather broadly 

 acuminate (acumen about i in. long), rounded at the base, 3-5 

 in. long, li-2J in. broad, entire, chartaceous, dull and glabrous 

 on both surfaces ; midrib flat above, prominent below, about 

 1 lin. broad at the base, gradually tapered to the apex of the blade ; 

 lateral nerves about 8 on each side of the midrib, spreading at a 

 wide angle, looped near the margin, prominent below ; tertiary 

 nerves about half as conspicuous as the lateral ones and parallel 

 to them; veins finely reticulate; petiole l.J-2 in. long, .scarcely 

 1 lin. thick, with a broad shallow groove on the upper surface, 

 glabrous ; stipules early caducous, lanceolate, about 3 lin. long, 

 glabrous. Receptacles borne in fascicles on the older branches 

 remote from the leaves, pedunculate, oblong-ellipsoid, stipitate 

 at the base, \ in. long, very minutely puberulous ; stipe \\ lin. long ; 

 peduncle 4 lin. long, minutely puberulous. Basal bracts very small 

 and deciduous, connate at the base. Ostiole small and inconspicuous. 

 2-lipped; bracts all descending into the receptacle, lanceolate, 



