Ficus.] cxxiiic. MORACE.E (Hutchiiison). 169 



ellipsoid, obtuse. — F. vasta, Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahib. xlvi. 21 G, 

 partly, not of Forsk. 



Nile Land. British East Africa: Nyika country, Wakeficl/l, 34! South 

 Eastern Kenya, Battiscomhe, 859 ! 



Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa : Muansa district ; Sonjo SaU-, 

 Merker, 430 ! neighbourhood of Sale Rorehoto, Uhlig, 254 ! Ukerewr Island, 

 in Lake Victoria, Conrads, 405 ! 



108. F. glumosoides, Hutchinson in Kew Bulletin, 1915, 33tj. A 

 tree up to 20 ft. high ; branchlets rather slender, villous when young. 

 Leaves orbicular, rounded or very slightly cordate at the base, 

 2-3 in. in diam., entire, coriaceous, slightly pubescent on the midrib 

 and lateral nerves above, densely and softly pubescent below, with 

 longer hairs on the midrib and lateral nerves, prominently 5-nerved 

 at the base, remaining lateral nerves about 4 on each side of the 

 midrib, diverging from it at an angle of 45°, bifurcate about { in. from 

 the margin, slender, prominent below ; veins finely reticulate below ; 

 petiole 1-lJ in. long, 1 lin. thick, thinly pilose; stipules caducous, 

 not seen. Receptacles axillary, sessile and otherwise as in F. glumosa, 

 Del. 



Lower Guinea. Angola : near native villages in the interior of Noro 

 Redondo, Gossiveiler, 4450 ! 



109. F. Sonderi, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. iii. 295. A 

 tree 20-30 ft. high, with a milky juice; branchlets twiggy, very 

 shaggy-villous with tawny hairs when young, at length shortly 

 pubescent. Leaves ovate-orbicular or suborbicular, rounded at the 

 apex, slightly cordate at the base, 2-4 in. long, 1J-3J in. broad, 

 entire, rigidly coriaceous, long-pilose or hirsute on both surfaces 

 chiefly on the midrib and lateral nerves, about 5-nerved at the base ; 

 midrib | lin. broad at the base, gradually tapered to the apex, flat 

 above, prominent and very hairy below ; lateral nerves 4-5 on each 

 side of the" midrib (excluding the basal nerves), diverging at an angle 

 of about 45°, arcuate, looped near the margin, distinct on both 

 surfaces, prominent below ; tertiary nerves much-branched, wavy, 

 scarcely visible above, prominent below ; petiole J-1 in. k)ng, 

 densely hirsute-pilose ; stipules persistent durin*]!; the flowering 

 period, ovate-triangular, acutely acuminate, about J in. long and 

 J in. broad, reddish when dry, thinly chartaceous, villous outside, 

 glabrous and striate within. Receptacles crowded at the ends of 

 the young branchlets, axillary, geminate, sessile, subglobose, slightly 

 umbonate, nearly J in. in diam., villous. Basal bracts 2, .suborbicular, 

 about 3 lin. broad, membranous, villous with yellowish hairs outside, 

 glabrous within. Ostiole 2-lipped, slightly projecting and a little 

 gaping when dry, about 1 lin. broad. Bracts all descending into 

 the receptacle, the middle two a little larger than the others, oblong- 

 lanceolate, obtuse, IJ- lin. long, rather fleshy, glabrous, the others 



