Ficus.] cxxiiic. MORACEiE (Hutchinson). 173 



and in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. lii. 210. Urostigvia ruhicundum, Miq. in H<jok. 

 Lond. Joum. Bot. vii. t. xii. fig. B. 



Upper Ooinea. French Guinea : near Sulimania, Scott Elliot, .0375 ! 

 Wallia, on the River Scarcies, Scott Elliot, 4.582 ! Sierra Leone : Talla Hills, 

 Scott Elliot, 4888! near Falaba, Scott Elliot, 5170! Togo: near Sfjkudi, 

 Kersting, 59 ! Yerapana, Kersiing, 524 ! Northern Nigeria : Nujx', Barter, 

 1022 ! Lokoja, Dalziel, 14H ! Abinsi and vicinity, Dalziel, 779 ! Quorra. 

 Vogel, 140 ! Cameroons : between Babundia and Tsebsa, Ledermunn, 3201 ! 

 near Garua, Ledermann, 3429 ! 



Nile Land. Nubia : Mount Erkowit, Schiveinfurth, 234 ! Kritrea : Ken-n ; 

 near Mount Deban, Beccari, 19 ! 40 ! Lalamba River, Schweinjurth, 80<) ! 

 18(X)! Halibaret, Schweinfurth, 180! Galabat, Schweinfurth, 549! 551! 

 Abyssinia : Habab, Hildebrandt, 387 ! Rohlfs d; Stecker ! Kordofan : Kadergli, 

 Broun, 1337! Darfur, Purdy, 57! Sudan: Jebelim, Broun, 1411! Jur ; 

 Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, 1973 ! Wau, Broun, 913 ! 1240 ! Madi, Speke d: 

 Grant, 689 ! Uganda : Unyoro ; above Kibero, Bagshawe, 912 ! 



South Centrah Belgian Congo : near Gumbari, Seret, 592 ! 



113. F. nigropunctata, Warh. ex Mildbr. & Burret in Enql. Jahrb. 

 xlvi. 220, partly. A small tree about 10 ft. high ; branches softly, 

 pubescent. Leaves oblong or oblong-elliptic, shortly and obtusely 

 or subacutely acuminate, slightly cordate at the base, IJ— 1 in. long. 

 1-lf in. broad, entire, chartaceous, slightly pustulate on the upper 

 surface, pubescent on the midrib and lateral nerves below ; midrib 

 prominent below, rounded, about J lin. broad at the base, gradually 

 tapered to the apex of the blade ; lateral nerves 4-6 on each side of 

 the midrib, diverging from it at an angle of 45°, slightly arcuate, 

 looped, nearly invisible above, prominent but slender below, veins 

 lax and inconspicuous ; petiole h-1 in. long, rather slender, pubescent 

 or nearly glabrous ; stipules caducous. Receptacles axillary, sessile, 

 solitary or in pairs, globose, about 3J lin. in diam., finely and rather 

 sparingly puberulous. Basal bracts 2, connate into a persistent 

 pubescent disc at the base. Ostiole small and inconspicuous, 

 2-lipped ; bracts all descending into the receptacle. Male flowers 

 shortly pedicellate ; stamen solitary. Gall flowers pedicellate. — 

 F. puhigera, Warb. ex Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 221. 

 name only. 



Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa : Lindi tlistrict ; Selimau-.Maniba. 

 on the way to Kwa Mbua, Busse, 2801 ! Usaranio ; .Megula, Stuhlnumn, 7119! 

 Bagamoyo, Kirk ! 



114. F. eriocarpa, Warb. in Engl. Jahrb. xxx. 21>4. A tree 

 25-30 ft. high ; branchlets 2-3 lin. thick, strongly sulcate-rugose, 

 reddish-tomentose when young. Leaves elliptic or oblong-elliptic, 

 rounded at both ends or shortly cuneate at the base, 2-2 J in. long, 

 1-1 J in. broad, entire, subcoriaceous, rather densely crisj)ed-puboscent 

 on both surfaces especially towards the midrib ; midrib slightly 

 raised above, prominent below, about 1 lin. broad at the base, 

 gradually tapered to the apex of the blade ; lateral nerves 7-9 on 

 each side of the midrib, diverging from it at an angle of about 75^, 



