172 cxxiiic. MORACEiE (Hutchinson). [Ficus, 



2-6 in. long, J-3 in. broad, entire, rigidly chartaceous or coriaceous, 

 pubescent above and tomentose below when quite young, soon 

 becoming glabrous above but permanently shortly pubescent below 

 especially on the midrib and lateral nerves, 5-7-nerved at the base ; 

 midrib flat above, prominent below, about f lin. broad at the base, 

 gradually tapered to the apex ; lateral nerves 6-7 on each side of 

 the midrib, diverging at an angle of about 75°, slender, raised on 

 the lower surface, bifurcate towards the margin ; tertiary nerves 

 wavy, rather lax ; venation distinct and rather close below ; petiole 

 1-2J in. long, softly tomentose, at length nearly glabrous ; stipules 

 caducous. Receptacles axillary, in pairs, sessile or subsessile, 

 globose, 3-4 lin. in diam., finely pubescent or glabrous. Basal 

 bracts small and caducous, the persistent connate base more or less 

 orbicular, long-pilose or glabrous outside. Ostiole small but pro- 

 minent, pore-like, glabrous ; bracts all descending into the receptacle, 

 linear-lanceolate, acute, glabrous. Male flowers subsessile ; perianth- 

 segments ovate-lanceolate, subacute, glabrous. Stamen solitary ; 

 anther subsessile, J lin. long. Female flowers sessile ; perianth- 

 segments triangular-ovate, long-tailed-acuminate, glabrous. Achene 

 ellipsoid-globose, shining. Gall flowers pedicellate, numerous. — 

 Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 217. Ficus barbata, Warb. in 

 Engl. Jahrb. xx. 168 ; Hiern m Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 1007. F. 

 andongensis, Welw. ex Welw. & Curr. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvi. 

 284, name only ; Warb. I.e. F. humilis, Warb. I.e. F. durandiana, 

 Warb., F. diensis, Warb., and F. nigerica, Warb. ex Mildbr. & 

 Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 218-220, names only. F. glumosa, 

 var. lanuginosa, Martelli, Florul. Bogos. 76. Urostigma glumosum, 

 Miq. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. iv. 552. U . fazokelense, Miq. I.e. 



Upper Guinea. Senegal, Lecard, 73 ! French Guinea : Upper Niger, at 

 Diaragoncla, Chevalier, 475 ! Middle Niger, Chevalier, 168 ! Sierra Leone : 

 Mount Gonkwi, Talla Hills, Scott Elliot, 4882 ! Northern Nigeria : Nupe, 

 Barter, 1033! 1101! Sokoto, Dalziel, 396! Yola, Dalziel, 147! Katagum 

 district, Dalziel, 357 ! Cameroons : between Dandje and Duk, Ledermann, 

 3655 ! Sidderi Mountain, on the River Benue, Ledermann, 4799 ! Garua, 

 Ledernmnti, 3351 ! 4931 ! Kokumi Mountains, Ledermann, 4755 ! Labare, 

 Ledermann, 2253 ! Dodo, Ledermann, 2849 ! 



Nile Land. Eritrea : near Keren, Schweinfurth, 806 ! Steudner ! Beccari, 

 2 ! 17 ! Galabat : Matamma region, Schiveinfurth, 552 ! 553 ! Abyssinia : 

 Tacazze River, Schimper, 696 ! Sennar : Gebel Juli, Hartmann ! Fazokl, 

 Kotschy, 469 ! 495 ! Kordofan, Kotschy, 215 ! Bongo : Gubbitu, near 

 Kulongo, Schweinfurth, 2208 ! Bahr-el-Ghazal, Brmin, 1049 ! Jebel Daier, 

 Broun, 885 ! 



Lower Guinea. Lower Congo : Krebedji, Chevalier, 5434 ! Angola : 

 Pungo Andongo ; Pedra de Cazella, Welwitsch, 6361 ! Mossamedcs ; Bero 

 River, Welwitsch, 6380 ! 



South Central. Belgian Congo : Niamniam ; Makporni, Schweinfurth, 136 ! 



Var. glaberrima, Martelli, Florul. Bogos. 76. Leaves quite glabrous below 

 when mature. — F ruhicunda, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. iii. 289. F. 

 glumosa, var. intermedia, Martelli, I.e. F. eriohlasta, Warb., F. brachylepioides, 

 Warb.. and F. sokodensis, Warb. ex Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 

 220, names only. F. gombariensis, De Wild, in Fedde, Repert. xii. 199 



