176 cxxiiic. MORACEiE (Hutchinsoii). [Ficus. 



Martelli Florul. Bogos. 77. F. henghalensis, A. Kich. Tent. Fl. 

 Abyss, ii. 265, not of Linn. F. indiana, A. Rich. I.e. (error for F. 

 indica). F. vasia, Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 216, partly, 

 not of Forsk. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia : around Adowa, SchAmper, 1934 ! without precise 

 locality, Galinier. 



117. F. soldanella, Warh. in VierteJj. Naturforsch Ges. Zurich. 

 li. 136. Branchlets stout, subterete, about 4J lin. in diam. near 

 the apex, glabrous ; leaf -scars oblong-orbicular or horse-shoe- 

 shaped, 5-6 lin. long, 3-4 lin. broad ; stipular scars very broad. 

 Leaves suborbicular, very shortly and obtusely acuminate, deeply 

 cordate at the base, 4-6 J in. long, 3|-6J in. broad, entire, chartaceous 

 or subcoriaceous, glabrous and dull on both surfaces, 9 -nerved at 

 the base ; m-idrib slightly raised above, prominent below, about 

 1 lin. broad at the base, gradually narrowed to and finally reaching 

 the apex of the blade ; lateral nerves (excluding the basal ones) 

 4-5 on each side, diverging from the midrib at an angle of 45°, 

 prominent on both surfaces, bifurcate J-f in. from the margin ; 

 tertiary nerves lax and wavy, somewhat prominent below ; veins 

 close and distinct below ; petiole IJ-SJ in. long, narrowly grooved 

 on the upper surface, glabrous ; stipules caducous, not seen. Re- 

 ceptacles axillary, probably solitary, sessile or nearly so, depressed- 

 globose, with a very slightly prominent ostiole, slightly stipitate 

 and slightly 7-ribbed at the base, 6-7 lin. in diam., very minutely 

 puberulous ; basal bracts 4, ovate, rounded at the apex, about 1 lin. 

 long and broad, coriaceous, reddish-brown when dry, glabrous. 

 Ostiolar bracts all descending vertically into the receptacle, lanceolate, 

 subacute, |-1| lin. long, reddish, with rather narrowly membranous 

 margins, glabrous. Male flowers very few near the ostiolar bracts, 

 shortly pedicellate ; perianth enclosing the solitary subsessile anther. 

 Female flowers sessile, scattered amongst the gall flowers ; perianth- 

 segments 4, linear, subacute, about 1 lin. long, hyaline ; achene 

 ellipsoid ; style lateral, longer than the achene; stigma 2 -fid. Gall 

 flowers pedicellate; pedicel stout, \\ lin. long, glabrous; ovary as in 

 the female flowers but with a larger subsessile stigma. Scales of the 

 receptacle subulate, acute, | lin. long, with very narrowly membranous 

 margins.— i^. 'picta, Sim, For. Fl. Port. E. Afi'. 99, t. xciv., fig. B. 



Mozamb. Distr. Portuguese East Africa : Lower Zambesi ; Tete. Kirk ! 

 Miluane, Sim., 6302 ! Rhodesia : Victoria, Monro, 350 ! Tropical Transvaal : 

 Limpopo Valley, Hutchins, 13 ! 



Occurs also in extra-tropical Transvaal. 



118. F. zobiaensis, De Wild, in Bull Soc. Bot. Belg. Hi. 235. A 

 tree ; branchlets very stout, about | in. in diam., pilose-pubescent. 

 Leaves large, oblong-obovate, very shortly and obtusely acuminate, 

 obtusely rounded at the base, 12-18 in. long, 4-6 in. broad, entire, 



