140 cxxiiic. MORACE^ (Hutchinson). [Ficus. 



venation fine and distinct below ; petiole 1-li in. long, glabrous ; 

 stipules caducous. Receptacles produced in fascicles on the older 

 wood remote from the leaves, pedunculate, seen only in a young state, 

 ellipsoid-obovoid, with a slightly prominent ostiole, glabrous, the 

 largest seen about J in. long ; peduncle 3-4 lin. long, rather stout, 

 minutely puberulous. Basal bracts 2, ovate, obtuse, IJ lin. long, 

 IJ lin. broad, coriaceous, finely puberulous outside. Ostiole slightly 

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

 none visible from the outside, the innermost linear. Male flowers not 

 seen but no doubt with a solitary stamen. 



Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa : Uluguru Mountains ; Mbora, in the 

 north-east, Stnhhaann, 9022 ! Draehenberg near Amani, Zimmermann, 

 2631 ! 



62. F. Dewevrei, Warh. in De Wild, d Durand, Reliq. Dewevr. 

 i. 215 and in Warh. & De Wild. Fie. Fl. Congo, 18. Branches terete, 

 covered with a grey glabrous bark ; young branchlets rather slender, 

 glabrous. Leaves oblong, subacutely caudate-acuminate (acumen 

 in the mature leaves about \ in. long), rounded at the base, 4-5 in. 

 long, IJ-IJ in. broad, entire, thinly chartaceous, closely punctate 

 and glabrous above, minutely puberulous on the midrib and lateral 

 nerves below especially when quite young, dull on both surfaces, 

 finely reticulate below, 3-nerved at the base, remaining lateral nerves 

 about 7 on each side, slender, diverging from the midrib almost at 

 right angles, looped, the loops forming a coarse crenate line about 

 IJ lin. from the margin, distinct on both surfaces, prominent below ; 

 tertiary nerves very lax, fairly distinct below ; veins forming a close 

 network but scarcely prominent below ; petiole |-2 in. long, slender, 

 scarcely f lin. thick, minutely puberulous when young, soon becoming 

 glabrous, black when dry ; stipules caducous, present only at the 

 tips of the shoots, linear-lanceolate, very acute, }-lj in. long, sub- 

 membranous, with wavy thinner margins. Receptacles axillary 

 or arising from the axils of fallen leaves, ellipsoid-globose, f-1 in. 

 long, puberulous or nearly glabrous ; peduncle about J-| in. long. 

 Basal bracts reduced to a very small ring. Ostiole small, scarcely 

 prominent, with linear descending bracteoles only. Male flowers 

 with 1 stamen. Anther thick, obtuse. Female flowers few. — 

 Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 225 ; De Wild, in Bull. Soc. 

 Bot. Belg. lii. 205. F. viridimaculata , De Wild, in Fedde, Repert. 

 xii. 197, and in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. lii. 232. 



South Central. Belgian Congo : Ituri district, Mildbraed, 3237 ! Eala, 

 Pynaert, 939! 1107! Laurent, 121 \ Aruwimi district; Lokandu, Dew^wef 

 1102! 



63. F. umangiensis, De Wild, in Fedde, Repert. xii. 198. 

 Branchlets slender, with grey bark. Leaves oblong-elliptic, rounded 

 or slightly cordate at the base, more or less abruptly and long 

 acuminate, 5-7 in. long, 2-3 in. broad, chartaceous, entire, glabrous ; 



