Ficus.] cxxiiic. MORACEiE (Hutchinson). 189 



Hoht, 749 ! 154«) ! 3295 ! Engler, 1085 ! Uhlig, 525 ! 1506 ! Albers, 52 ! 

 Volkens, 1823 ! 1823a ! Jager, 184 ! Boehm, 59 ! tituhlmann, 505 ! 755 ! 75(> ' 

 2173 ! 2279a ! Trotha, 55 ! 138 ! Mildbraed, 51 ! 52 ! 53 ! 60 ! 467a ! 693 ' 

 1959 ! 1970 ! 1975 ! 1978 ! Basse, 846 ! Ooetze, 622 ! 882 ! 1442 ! Britwh 

 Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Karonga, Scott, 87 I 



138. F. brachypoda, Hutchinson iti Kciv BuUctin. 11)15. 33:>. A 

 spreading tree 40-50 ft. high; branchlets shortly j)ubeiulous ; inter- 

 nodes about \\ in. long. Leaves oblong or oblong-elliptic, caudate- 

 acuminate, rounded at the base, 6-8 J in, long, 3-4 in. broad, entire, 

 rigidly chartaceous or subcoriaceous, 3-nerved at the base ; glabrous 

 above, softly pubescent beneath, especially on the midrib and lateral 

 nerves ; midrib about IJ lin, broad at the base, graduallv tapered 

 to the apex, flat above, very prominent and rounded below ; lateral 

 nerves 10-11 on each side (excluding the basal pair), subopposite, 

 diverging from the midrib at an angle of about 45^, bifurcate about 

 J in. from the margin, impressed above, prominent below ; venation 

 slightly impressed above, distinct and close below ; petiole 2J-3 in. 

 long, about \\ lin. thick, longitudinally sulcate, softly pubescent, 

 blackish when dry ; stipules caducous, not seen. Receptacles axill irv. 

 solitary or geminate, shortly pedunculate, oblong-ellipsoid, slightly 

 contracted at the base, about 7 lin. long and J in. in diam., puberulous ; 

 peduncle \ in. long, very stout, about 2 lin. thick, grooved, almost 

 tomentose. Basal bracts connate at the base into an undulate or 

 slightly lobed cup, coriaceous, pubescent outside, glabrous and shining 

 within. Ostiole scarcely visible, pore-like ; bracts all descending 

 into the receptacle, linear-lanceolate, glabrous. Male flowers with a 

 solitary stamen. 



NUe Land. Uganda : Buddu, 4000 ft., Dawe, 290 ! 

 The native name in Buddu is Kokamce. 



139. F. populifolia, Vahl, Symb. i. 82, t. xxii. A large tree ; 

 branchlets terete, covered with glabrous yellowish bark. Leavers 

 broadly ovate, truncate or rather widely cordate at the base, some- 

 times slightly peltate, rounded and mostly somewhat acutely 

 acuminate, 2|— 5 in. long, 1 h-ih in. broad, entire, chartaceous, glabrous 

 and dull on both surfaces, yellowish-green when dry, 5-9-nerved 

 at the base, remaining lateral nerves about 5-9 on each side, diverging 

 from the midrib at an angle of 45°-75°, distinct on both surfaces, 

 bifurcate towards the margin ; tertiary nerves very lax and slender ; 

 petiole IJ-Si in. long, rather slender, glabrous ; sti})ulcs decitluous, 

 at the time of flowering present only at the apex of the shoot, linear- 

 lanceolate, acutely acuminate, J-ll iii- l*^'^©- about 2 lin. broad, 

 subchartaceous, glabrous within, glaucous-puberulous outside. 

 Receptacles small, axillary. 2-4 together, often in pairs, pedunculate, 

 globose or slightly obovoid-globose, 3-5 lin. in diam., yellowish- 

 brown when dry, with a slightly darker but not prominent ostiole, 



