Ficiis.] cxxiiic. MORACE.E (Hutchinsoii). 175 



and more flesh} than the others, oblong, glabrous. Male flowers 

 pedicellate ; perianth-segments 3, oblong, rounded at the apex, 

 reddish, glabrous; stamen solitary; filament short; anther 

 broadly oblong, J lin. long. Female flowers subse.ssile ; perianth 

 similar to that of the male but more acute. Achene rounded, 

 smooth ; style slender, as long as the achene.— Engl. Hochge- 

 birgsfl. Afr. 191. F. pubicosta, Warb. in Warb. & De Wild. Fie. Fl. 

 Congo, 16. F. Schimperi, var. Hochstetteri, Mildbr. & Burret in 

 Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 253. Urostir/ma Hochstetleri, Miq. in Hook. 

 Lond. Journ. Bot. vi. 555, and Afr. Vijge-Boom. 32, t. v. B. 



Nile Land. Eritrea: near Saganeiti, Schweinfurth, 1819, partly I Barasio 

 Valley, Schweinfurth, 2072 ! Abyssinia : Shahagenni district, Sch'imper, 373 ! 



South Central. Belgian Congo : Katalla, Deict'vre, 141 ! Lualaba dis- 

 trict ; iSankuru River, Ledermann, 89 ! 



Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa : Lake Mohasi, Mildbratd, 467 ! 



116. F. Dahro, Del. in Ann. Sci. Nat. 2?/ie ser. xx. 94. A magni- 

 ficent tree (Delile) ; branchlets leafy near the apex, longitudinally 

 wrinkled when dry, pubescent. Leaves broadly ovate, cordate at 

 the base, obtuse at the apex, 2J-6 in. long, 2|— 4| in. broad, entire, 

 rigidly chartaceous, minutely pitted on both surfaces, otherwise 

 glabrous, 9-nerved at the base ; midrib about 1 lin. broad at the 

 base, gradually tapered to the apex, flat or slightly immersed above, 

 prominent below ; lateral nerves 5-7 on each side of the midrib, 

 the lowermost pair with several side-branches, the remainder mostly 

 bifurcate J-f in. from the margin, often slightly impressed above, 

 prominent below ; tertiary nerves w^avy, rather lax, prominent 

 below ; venation very close and distinct on the lower surface ; 

 petiole If-SJ in. long, scaly and pubescent, about IJ lin. thick, 

 closely longitudinally sulcate when dry ; stipules deciduous, those 

 covering the apical bud tomentose in the lower part, glabrous above. 

 Receptacles crowded in axillary pairs near the end of the shoots, 

 subsessile, globose, about 7 lin. in diam., densely tomentose, with 

 a prominent unequally 2-lipped gaping glabrous ostiole. Basal 

 bracts connate at the base, densely yellowish-tomentose outside. 

 Mouth of ostiole IJ lin. wide ; bracts all descending into the 

 receptacle, those near the middle much larger than the others, 

 subulate-lanceolate, subacute, 3 lin. long, thick and fleshy near the 

 mouth of the ostiole, keeled, glabrous, the others slightly smaller 

 and more membranous. Male flowers shortly pedicellate ; perianth- 

 segments 3, membranous. Stamen solitary; filament at length 

 J lin. long; anther J lin. long. Female flowers sessile; perianth 

 very thin and membranous, embracing the lower part of the stylo ; 

 achene ovoid, smooth ; style as long as the achene, with a pro- 

 minently thickened stigma. Gall flowers numerous ; pedicels 

 1^ lin. long ; style much shorter than in the female flower. — Ferret 

 k Galinier, Voy. Abyss, iii. 159; Atlas, bot. t. xv. [F. Dahero]\ 



