168 cxxiiic. MORACEiE (Hutchinson). [Ficus. 



Ostiole pore-like ; bracts all descending into the receptacle. Male 

 flowers shortly pedicellate, with a solitary stamen. Female flowers 

 sessile, with a slender style ; achene smooth. Gall flowers numerous, 

 pedicellate.— Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 269. 

 XTpper Guinea. Ivory Coast : Dabou, Chevalier, 10211 ! 



106. F. zuvalensis, Sim, For. Fl. Port. E. Afr. 100, t. xciii. fi(j. A. 

 A large tree ; young branchlets stout, about 3 lin. thick 1 in. below 

 the apex, whitish-pilose. Leaves ovate or ovate-orbicular, very 

 shortly and bluntly pointed at the apex, rather deeply cordate at 

 the base, 4-7 in. long, 3|-5 in. broad, rigidly coriaceous, glabrous 

 and shining on the upper surface, rather densely and softly pubescent 

 below ; midrib continued to the apex of the blade, about 1 J lin. 

 broad at the base, pilose ; lateral nerves 8-9 on each side of the midrib, 

 diverging from it at a wide angle, prominently forked about J in. 

 within the margin, distinct on both surfaces, prominent below ; 

 veins lax below ; petiole I5-2 in. long, about 2 lin. thick, pilose and 

 finely warted ; stipules deciduous, 1 in. long and pointed, glabrous. 

 Receptacles not seen, but according to Sim's figure axillary, sessile, 

 ovoid-globose, IJ in. long, 1 in. in diam., with a small pore-like 

 ostiole, pubescent. Basal bracts pubescent. 



Mozamb. Distr. Portuguese East Africa : Cusico, Sim, 5515 1 districts of 

 Zuvala, Quisico and Inhambane, and occasionally in Gaza and Lorenzo Marques, 

 Sirn. 



107. F. Wakefieldii, Hutchinson in Keiv Bulletin, 1915, 335, icitli 

 fig. A tree about 35 ft. high ; bark bright -brown ; young branchlets 

 very stout, very densely and roughly villous with yellowish hairs 

 when dry. Leaves large, orbicular, cordate and very prominently 

 3-nerved at the base, 4-8 in. in diam., undulate-arcuate at the base 

 only, membranous or chartaceous, pubescent on both surfaces or only 

 on the nerves above, pilose on the nerves and midrib beneath ; 

 midrib flat or slightly impressed above, very prominent below, often 

 somewhat flexuous and always divided below the apex of the blade ; 

 each basal nerve with about 5 prominent lateral nerves on its lower 

 side (next the margin) ; remaining lateral nerves 3-4 on each side 

 of the midrib, diverging from it at an angle of 45°, very prominent 

 below, prominently furcate j— IJ in. from the margin ; tertiary 

 nerves zig-zag, prominent and numerous below ; veins finely reticulate 

 below , petiole stout, 2-3 in. long, about 2 lin. thick, pilose ; stipules 

 caducous, oblong-ovate, obtuse, lJ-2 in. long, about | in. broad, 

 membranous, light -brown when dry, pilose-pubescent on the exposed 

 outer part. Receptacles axillary, sessile, in pairs, globose, about 

 5 lin. in diam., densely pilose with weak hairs. Basal bracts small, 

 very densely villous. Ostiole slightly protruding, pore-like ; bracts 

 all descending vertically into the receptacle, ovate-lanceolate, glab- 

 rous. Male flowers subsessile, with a solitary stamen ; anther 



