Ficus.] cxxiiic. MORACE^ (Hutcliinson). 177 



coriaceous, dull and glabrous above, finely pubescent below, pilose 

 on the midrib ; midrib flat above, prominent below, 3 lin. broad at 

 the base, gradually tapered to the apex of the blade ; lateral nerves 

 15-18 on each side of the midrib, diverging from it at an angle of 

 55°, straight, distinct above, prominent below, looped near the 

 margin ; tertiary nerves slender, joined between the lateral ones ; 

 veins finely reticulate ; petiole 2-4 in. long, 2J lin. thick, pilose ; 

 stipules caducous, not seen. Receptacles in axillary pairs, shortly 

 pedunculate, oblong-ellipsoid, minutely puberulous, somet imes slightly 

 warted, 1 J in. long, | in. in diam., rounded or very shortly stipitate at 

 the base ; peduncle 4-6 lin. long, stout, puberulous. Basal bracts 

 caducous, pubescent outside the persistent base. Ostiole very small 

 and pore-like ; bracts all descending into the receptacle. Male flowers 

 with a single stamen. Female flowers sessile. Gall flowers pedicellate. 

 South Central. Belgian Congo : Wcllo district ; Zobia, Lamboray ! 



119. F. Quibeba, Welw. ex Ficalho, PL Uteis, 270. A tree 

 50-80 ft. high with a broad crown, or sometimes climbing around 

 other trees ; trunk straight and usually 4-6-sided as if consisting 

 of 4 to 6 trees grown together {Welivilsch) ; young branchlets soon 

 becoming glabrous, stout. Leaves obovate-elliptic, slightly and 

 very obtusely pointed at the apex, shortly cuneate to an obtuse 

 base, 6-8 in. long, 3-5J in. broad, entire, coriaceous, glabrous and 

 closely reticulate above, at first sparingly and shortly pubescent 

 below, at length glabrous and closely reticulate ; lateral nerves 

 about 6 on each side of the midrib, diverging from it at an angle of 

 50°-70°, distinct above, very prominent below, prominently looped 

 near the margin ; tertiary nerves lax and wavy below ; petiole 1-3 in. 

 long, stout, about If lin. thick, thinly pubescent or glabrous ; 

 stipules caducous, triangular, subcoriaceous, hairy on the back, at 

 length glabrous. Receptacles borne in pairs on the young shoots, 

 closely sessile, depressed-globose, about f in. in diam., strongly 

 warted, thinly adpressed-pilose when mature. Basal bracts rounded, 

 rufous-villous outside. Ostiole small and pore-like ; bracts all 

 descending into the receptacle. Male flowers with a solitary stamen 

 enclosed at first in the membranous perianth. Female perianth- 

 segments lanceolate, acute, glabrous. — Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. 

 i. 1000. F. verrucocarpa, Warb. in Engl. Jahrb. xxx. 294 ; Mildhr. 

 & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 239. F. Akaie, De Wild, in Bull. 

 8oc. Bot. Belg. lii. 198. 



Lower Guinea. Angola : Golungo Alto ; Qurta Mountauus, W tlwiL^cfi, (j3l>9 ! 



South Central. Belgian Congo : Welle district, without collector (in Herb. 

 Brussels). 



Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa : Kiwira-Tal, Croe/zr, 14«»2 ! IVrtu- 

 guese East Africa : M'Yiinbiti, 23 miles from Beira, Johnson, 274 ! 



According to both Welwitsch and .Johnson this tree contains very abundant 

 latex. Welwitsch states that it suppli<s a tough and tirm white wood which 

 is manufactured into bowls and similar domestic articles. 



