Ficus.] cxxiiic. MORACEi^ (Hutchinsoii). 191 



forming a narrow sinus, rounded and sometimes slightly emarginate 

 at the apex, 5-6 in. long, 4|-5| in. broad, entire, thinly chartaceous, 

 dull and glabrous on both surfaces, 9-nerved at the base ; midrib 

 flat above, fairly prominent below, about 1 lin. broad at the base, 

 gradually narrowed to the apex, bifurcate about J in. from the top ; 

 lateral nerves about 4 on each side, diverging from the midrib at 

 an angle of about 45°, bifurcate about 1 in. from the margin, looped, 

 flat above, prominent below ; principal tertiary nerves rather lax 

 and slender, reticulate ; veins forming a very close network below, 

 whitish, slightly impressed above ; petiole 2|-3 in. long, about 2 lin. 

 thick in the middle, slightly thickened towards the base, glabrous, 

 finely grooved when dry ; stipules deciduous, not seen. Rece})tacles 

 pedunculate, in axillary fascicles, 3-4 in a fascicle, stipitate, obovoid 

 or ellipsoid, prominently umbonate, 6-7 lin. long, 4-5 lin. in diam., 

 brown and slightly verrucose when dry, glabrous ; peduncle 3-6 lin. 

 long, very minutely puberulous ; basal bracts reduced to a very 

 minute wavy ring. Ostiolar bracts all pointing into the receptacle, 

 the upper (within the umbilicus) more or less ovate, very acute, 

 the lower linear, subacute, 1 lin. long, membranous, glabrous. Male 

 flowers few, near the ostiole, shortly stalked ; perianth-segments 5, 

 ovate-orbicular, rounded at the apex, enveloping the solitary 

 sessile stamen in bud ; anther J lin. long. Female flowers sessile, 

 scattered amongst the numerous gall-flowers : perianth-segments 2, 

 membranous, oblong, glabrous ; ovary ovoid-globose, shining ; style 

 lateral, with a narrowly oblong stigma. Gall flowers numerous, 

 pedicellate, overtopping the females; pedicel 1 lin. long, reddish. 

 Scales of the receptacle numerous, subulate-lanceolate, acute. J lin. 

 long, membranous, red in the middle. — F. ahutilifolia, Mildbr. & 

 Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 214, partly, not of Miq. 



Nile Land. Mittu : Mvolo, Schweinfurth, 2842 ! 



Distinguished from F. ahutilifolia, Miq., with which it has boon associated 

 by Mildbraed & Burret, by the strikingly prominent umbilicus of the roceptaclos 

 and the bifurcate midrib of the leaves. 



141. F. ahutilifolia, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. iii. 288, 

 partly. Branchlets stout, about 4 lin. in diam. near the apex, 

 covered with light red bark, longitudinally sulcate when dry. minutely 

 puberulous. Leaves large, broadly ovate-orbicular, deeply cordate, 

 the basal lobes overlapping, very obtusely apiculate, 3i-8^ in. long, 

 3-8 in. broad, entire, chartaceous. dull on both surfaces, glabrous 

 above, softly tomentose below when young, beconmig pubescent 

 when mature, 7-9-nerved at the base ; midrib nearly flat above, 

 somewhat prominent below, about 1 J lin. broad at the base, gradually 

 tapered to and reaching the apex of the leaf; lateral nerves (ex- 

 cluding the basal ones) 6-8 on each side, spreading from the midrib 

 at an angle of 65°, two or three times branched before aj)proaching 

 the margin, distinct on both surfaces, slightly more prominent 



