160 cxxiiic. HORACES (Hutchinson). [Ficus. 



Mildbr. & Biirret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi, 247, partly, as to Mildbraed 

 2416. 



South Central. Belgian Congo : near Nala, Seret, 801 ! Inyolo, Laurent, 

 1000 ! Dvunia Valley, Gillet d- Gentil, 2804 ! Kwa Muera, near Fort Beni, 

 MlUbraed] 2410 ! 



93. F. craterostoma, Warh. ex Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. 

 xlvi. 247, parthj. A shrub or small tree ; branchlets slender, glabrous. 

 Leaves obovate or triangular-obovate, truncate at the apex, shortly 

 cuneate at the base, more or less rounded in the upper half, lJ-2^ in. 

 long, |-1J in. broad, entire, thinly coriaceous, glabrous ; midrib 

 prominent and straw-coloured below, divided about J in. below the 

 apex ; lateral nerves about 7 on each side of the midrib, diverging 

 from it at an angle of 45°, distinct on both surfaces, rather slender 

 but prominent below, veins prominent ; petiole J-| in. long, smooth : 

 stipules persistent or subpersistent. Receptacles axillary, sessile, 

 subglobose, about 4 lin. in diam., glabrous. Basal bracts puberulous 

 outside. Ostiole large and gaping, smooth ; bracts few, all descend- 

 ing into the receptacle, glabrous. Male flowers with a solitary stanjen. 



Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa : Uluguru Mountains ; Ruvu River, 

 ^Stufdmann, 8995 ! East Usambara ; near Amani, Engler, 741 ! West Usam- 

 bara ; Wugiri, Uhlig, 1510 ! 



94. F. rubropunctata, De Wild, in Fedde, Repert. xii. 199. 

 Epiphyte ; branchlets slightly angular, glabrous. Leaves triangular- 

 obovate, rounded-truncate at the apex, cuneate at the base, 3-4J in. 

 long, li-2J in. broad, entire, coriaceous, glabrous ; midrib nearly 

 equally prominent on both surfaces, divided about | in. below the 

 apex of the blade ; lateral nerves about 8 on each side of the midrib, 

 diverging at an angle of about 45°, slightly recurved, looped near the 

 margin, nearly equally prominent on both surfaces but slightly more 

 so below ; veins lax and prominent below ; petiole J-1 in. long, 

 smooth ; stipules caducous or subpersistent. Receptacles as in 

 F. pilosula but about ^ in. in diam. or slightly more and quite 

 glabrous.— De Wild, in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. lii. 226. 



South Central, l^elgian Congo : Eala, Laurent, 763 ! 



95. F. eriobotryoides, Kunth & Bouche, Ind. Sem. Hort. Berol. 

 1846, 14. A tree 20-30 ft. high or sometimes of huge size, with 

 the leaves crowded at the ends of the branchlets ; young branchlets 

 very thick, shaggy-villous with yellowish hairs. Leaves elongate- 

 oblanceolate, shortly and obtusely acuminate, narrowed to an obtuse 

 base, 5J-11 in. long, 2-4 in. broad, rigidly chart aceous, entire, glabrous 

 above, the same below but when young shaggy on the midrib with 

 long yellow hairs, which eventually fall away ; midrib flat or slightly 

 impressed above, very prominent below, about 2 lin. broad at the base, 

 gradually tapered to the apex ; lateral nerves 10-16 on each side of 



