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



subacute and more membranous. Male flowers shortly pedicellate ; 

 perianth enveloping the solitary subsessile anther. Female flowers 

 subsessile ; perianth-segments acutely acuminate, membranous, 

 glabrous. Achene ellipsoid, smooth; style slender, about half as long 

 as the achene ; stigma oblong, thick, as long as the style. Gall 

 flowers pedicellate, with obtuse perianth -segments and almost sessile 

 stigma. Receptacular scales f lin. long, flat, triangular, subacute. — 

 Gibbs in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxvii. 470 ; Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. 

 Jahrb. xlvi. 262. F. Rehniannii, Warb. in Viertelj. Naturforsch. 

 Ges. Ziirich, li. 136. F. Rehmannii, vars. ovatifolia and villosa, 

 Warb. I.e. F. ruhwcensis, Warb. in Engl. Jahrb. xxx. 295. F. 

 montana, Sim, For. Fl. Port. E. Afr. 101, t. xcv. A. F. glumosa, 

 Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 217, partly, not of Delile. F. 

 Engleri, Warb. ex Mildbr. & Burret, I.e. 219, name only. F. Kitaba, 

 De Wild, in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. lii. 215. Syca7norus hirsuta, Sond. 

 in Linnsea, xxiii. 137. 



South Central, Belgian Congo : Kapiri Valley, HomhU, 1299 ! 



Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa : Massai Steppes ; Mnaingo, Jdger, 

 71 ! 72! Tabora, Trotha, 106! 116! Iloma Mountain, at Ubungu on Lake 

 Rukwa, Goetze, 1100! Portuguese East Africa: Lebombo Mountains, Sim, 

 0313 ! Rhodesia : Makalaka country ; on granite kopjies at Pelicosi, Baines ! 

 Unizingwani Valley, Baines ! Matopa Hills, Miss Gibbs, 26 ! Marloth, 3382 ! 

 3407 ! Engkr, 2829 ! Burtt-Davy, 5247 ! Bulawayo, Rand, 398 ! Tropical Trans- 

 vaal : Limpopo Valley, Hvtchins, 15 ! 



Occurs also in Natal and extra-tropical Transvaal. 



According to Rand the tree contains abundant milky juice, which often 

 escapes spontaneously and falls upon the dense dark green foliage below and 

 stains it white, the tree being then recognizable at some distance. 



Sim states that examples of this species are abundant on the dry rocky slopes 

 of the Lebombo range and that they are often the only occupants of the dry 

 solid rocks. 



110. F. Stuhlmannii, Warb. in Engl Jahrb. xx. 161. A tree 

 about 30 ft. high ; stem about 2 ft. in thickness ; branchlets fairly 

 stout, ribbed, pilose with whitish or slightly fuscous hairs especially 

 when young. Leaves oblong, rounded at the apex, cordate at the 

 base, 3-5J in. long, 1J-2| in. broad, entire, rigidly chartaceous or 

 subcoriaceous, thinly pubescent especially near the midrib and with 

 slightly impressed venation on the upper surface, softly tomentose 

 or densely pubescent below ; lateral nerves 4-5 on each side of the 

 midrib, diverging from it at an angle of 45°, nearly straight, looped 

 some distance from the margin, prominent below ; tertiary nerves 

 few, forming with the veins a close prominent venation below ; 

 petiole f-lj in. long, stout, grooved above, otherwise subterete, 

 softly pubescent ; stipules deciduous, those surrounding the terminal 

 bud more or less lanceolate, adpressed -villous outside, glabrescent 

 towards the margin. Receptacles axillary, probably solitary, sessile, 

 globose, J in. in diam. or slightly more, densely tomentose. Basal 

 bracts connate at the base, adpressed- villous outside, glabrous within. 



