Ficus.] cxxiiic. MORACEiE (Hutchinsoii). 179 



in axillary sessile pairs, globose-oblong, dilated at the base on one 

 side, about | in. long, glabrous. Basal bracts 2, connate at the base, 

 persistent and becoming leathery, glabrous. Ostiole small, 2-lipped ; 

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

 Male and female flowers with 3 lanceolate perianth-segments. 

 Stamen solitary ; anther oblong, obtuse. Style slender, with an 

 oblong stigma. — Warb. in Warb. & De Wild. Fie. Fl. Congo. 9, t. 

 xxvi. ; Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 238, excl. var. F. 

 Holstii, Warb. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 160. 



Nile Land. British East Africa : 2 days' journey from Fort Hall, IJutchin-t ! 



South Central. Bolgian Congo : Monbuttu ; Munza, Schweinfurth, 3624 ! 



Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa : Usambara ; Lutindi, Hoist, 3305 ! 

 Kilimanjaro ; Marangu, Volkens, 1253 ! Portuguese East Africa : Beira, 

 Johnson, 57 ! British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Karonga, Scott, 4 ! (Ja/.a- 

 land : near Chirinda, Sivynnerton, 435 ! 



This species is remarkable in having shortly spurred receptacles. Volkens, 

 1253, from Marangu, Kilimanjaro, referred doubtfully to this species by .Mild- 

 braed & Burret, may be distinct, but the material is not sufficiently cornplttc 

 for description. 



123. F. Vogelii. Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. iii. 288. A 

 tree ; young branches stout, angular, covered with scaly deciduous 

 bark. Leaves mostly crowded towards the ends of the branches, 

 oblong-elliptic or elliptic, rounded or slightly cordate at the base, 

 very shortly and obtusely acuminate, 4J-12 in. long, lf-5 in. broad, 

 entire, coriaceous, glabrous and dull on both surfaces or finely 

 pubescent below ; midrib flat above, prominent below, about 2^ lin. 

 broad at the base in the broader leaves, gradually tapered to the 

 apex of the blade ; lateral nerves 5-7 on each side of the midrib, 

 diverging from it at an angle of about 45°, slightly arcuate, looped 

 and branched near the margin, distinct on both surfaces but more 

 prominent and straw-coloured below ; tertiary nerves and veins 

 forming a fine straw-coloured reticulation below ; petiole 1-4^ in. 

 long, 1 J-2 lin. thick, deeply sulcate, with brown deciduous epidermis ; 

 stipules deciduous, those surrounding the terminal bud ovate, J in. 

 long, coriaceous, adpressed silky-tomectose outside. Receptacles 

 axillary, sessile, usually in pairs, but sometimes up to 6 together in 

 each leaf-axil, subglobose, about J in. in diam., glabrous. Basiil 

 bracts 2, silky-pubescent with yellowish hairs on the outside. Ostiole 

 2-lipped, very slightly prominent ; bracts all descending into the 

 receptacle, none visible from the outside, somewhat membranous, 

 glabrous. Male flowers sessile or subsessile ; perianth-segments 3. 

 ovate, glabrous ; stamen solitary ; anther-cells slightly diverging 

 at the base. Female flowers shortly pedicellate ; style lateral, with 

 a thick stigma.— Engl. Pflanzenweft Afr. i. ii. 683, fig. 581 ; Mildbr. 

 & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 237; De Wild, in Bull. Soc. Bot. Brig. 

 Iii. 233; Notizbl. konigl. Bot. Gait. Berlin, v. 63. t. 1. F. Dob, 

 Warb., and F. albivenia, Warb. ex Mildbr. «fe Burret, I.e. 237, 238, 



