Ficus.] cxxiiic. MORACEvE (Hutchinsoii;. 141 



lateral nerves 10-11 on each side of the midrib ; veins distinct below ; 

 petiole 1-lf in. long, about J lin. thick, glabrous ; stipules caducous. 

 Receptacles fasciculate on the older branches, up to 16 in a fascicle, 

 pedunculate, ellipsoid, about J in. long, brown with black s})ots when 

 dry; peduncle ^-f in. long, thickened towards the apex. Basal 

 bracts small, connate at the base into an expanded disc-like body 

 with an irregular margin. Ostiole '2-lipped, with the bracts all 

 descending vertically into the interior of the receptacle. Male 

 flowers with a single stamen. — De Wild, in Bull. Soc. But. Belg. 

 lii. 230. 



South Central. Belgian Congo : Uniangi Island, in tin- River Congo, 

 Laurent ! 



Var. Laurentii, De Wild, in Fedde, I.e., and in Bull. Sec. Bot. Belg. I.e. Lateral 

 nerves slightly more numerous than in the type ; receptaeles about 1 in. long. 

 South Central. Belgian Congo : Eala, Laurent, 1350 ! 



64. F. Scheffleri, Warh. ex Mildhr. rf- Burret in Engl. Jahrb. 

 xlvi. 225. A tree 20-25 ft. high ; branchlets longitudinally sulcate 

 when dry, purplish, very minutely puberulous. Leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, gradually and obtusely acuminate, cuneate at the base. 

 3-5J in. long, 1-2 in. broad, entire, slightly Avarted on the upper 

 surface, glabrous and very finely reticulate with a purplish venation 

 below ; midrib impressed above, prominent below, about J lin. 

 broad at the base, gradually tapered to the apex of the blade, purple 

 when dry ; lateral nerves 10-13 on each side of the midrib, diverging 

 from it at an angle of 45°-60°, distinct above, prominent but slender 

 below, looped well within the margin, the loops forming an intra- 

 marginal deeply crenate nerve about \\ lin. from the margin ; 

 tertiary nerves not prominent ; petiole -J— IJ in. long, blackish- 

 purple when dry, glabrous ; stipules caducous, not seen. Recep- 

 tacles produced in fascicles on the trunk or on the older branches 

 remote from the leaves, pedunculate, oblong-ellipsoid, nearly J in. 

 long, a little over \ in. broad, slightly verrucose and minutely 

 pubescent ; peduncle \ in. long or slightly more, curved, almost 

 glabrous. Basal bracts deciduous, connate at the base. Ostiole 

 very small and inconspicuous, 2-lipped ; bracts all descending into 

 the receptacle, numerous, acute, with narrowly membranous margins. 

 Male flowers with 3^ perianth-segments and a solitary stamen ; 

 anther-connective thickened at the back. Female flowers not seen. 

 Gall flowers pedunculate, numerous. 



Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa : Usambara mountains, north-west 

 of Derema, Scheffler, 215 ! 



65. F. fasciculiflora, Hutchinson in Kew Bulletin, T.)!.'). :V2i. u-itit 

 fi(j. A tree 50-65 ft. high; crown broad; branches bearing the re- 

 ceptacles terete, covered with a grey bark ; young branchlets slender, 

 glabrous, blackish when dry. Leaves obovate or obovate-oblanceolate, 



