174 cxxiiic. MORACEiE (Hutchinson) . [Ficus. 



slightly arcuate, looped near the margin, slender, prominent on the 

 lower surface ; tertiary nerves only a little less distinct than the 

 lateral and parallel with them, slightly zig-zag ; petiole 3-4 lin. 

 long, nearly 1 lin. thick, densely tomentose ; stipules deciduous, 

 large, lanceolate, about 2 in. long, membranous, mostly hairy on the 

 outside. Receptacles sessile, produced in pairs from the axils 

 of fallen leaves, ovoid-globose, scarcely J in. in diam., densely and 

 softly tomentose. Basal bracts small and deciduous. Ostiole 

 2 -lipped, slightly elevated, glabrescent around the mouth ; bracts 

 not visible from the outside, all descending into the receptacle, the 

 two nearest the orifice a little larger and more fleshy than the others, 

 oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, IJ lin. long, the others lanceolate, sub- 

 acutely acuminate, membranous. Male flowers with a solitary 

 stamen. Female flowers subsessile ; perianth-segments 4-5, oblong- 

 elliptic, mucronate, membranous, glabrous. Achene ellipsoid, 

 smooth ; style very slender, with a large stigma which is often 

 adherent to that of a neighbouring one. — Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. 

 Jahrb. xlvi. 254. 



Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa : Usafua, near the village of Swira, 

 Goetze, 1348 ! 



A very distinct species allied to F. Hochstetteri, A. Rich., but with a distinct 

 habit on account of the very short young branchlets with much abbreviated 

 internodes, and the short petioles of the leaves which appear to be almost 

 verticillate. 



115. F. Hochstetteri, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 267. Branch- 

 lets twiggy, woolly-pubescent when young, the older ones nearly 

 glabrous and prominently lenticellate. Leaves oblong, oblong- 

 elliptic or oblanceolate, very shortly and obtusely pointed or 

 rounded at the apex, rounded or obtuse at the base, 2-5 in. long, 

 |-2J in. broad, entire, thinly chartaceous, pubescent on the midrib 

 and lateral nerves above, softly pubescent or tomentose below, 

 especially on and towards the midrib ; midrib flat above, prominent 

 below, about | lin. broad at the base, gradually tapered to the 

 apex ; lateral nerves 8-10 on each side of the midrib, diverging from 

 it at an angle of 45°-75°, rather slender, distinct on both surfaces, 

 looped near the margin, fairly prominent below ; tertiary nerves 

 lax and following the direction of the lateral ones ; venation close 

 and distinct below : petiole J-| in. long, pubescent or tomentose ; 

 stipules deciduous, those surrounding the terminal bud lanceolate, 

 pubescent outside. Receptacles axillary, sessile or subsessile, globose 

 or ovoid-globose, about 3 lin. in diam., rather densely adpressed- 

 pubescent. Basal bracts 3^, small and soon falling off, ovate- 

 triangular, obtuse, about | lin. long, thinly chartaceous, finely pubes- 

 cent outside. Ostiole in the middle of a broad glabrescent portion 

 of the receptacle, 2 -lipped, not prominent ; ostiolar bracts few, 

 all descending into the receptacle, the two next the mouth larger 



