194 cxxiuc. MORACEiE (Hutchiiisoii). [Ficus. 



annular pubescent rim. Ostiole prominent, small, 2-lippod ; bract!;' 

 few, all pointing into the receptacle, not visible from the outside, 

 glabrous. Male flowers with a short very stout pedicel ; perianth- 

 segments slightly membranous, glabrous. Anther solitary, obtuse. 

 Female flowers sessile : achene subglobose, smooth ; style lateral, 

 slender, a little shorter than the achene. Gall flowers pedicellate. — 

 F. abutilifolia, Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 214, partly, 

 not of Miq 



Upper Oninea. Caiueroons : Lagdo Mountains, Ledtrniann, 4378 ! 



Allied to F. mittuensi-s, Warb., and F. disci Jtra, Warb. ; from the former it 

 may be readily distinguished by the softly tomcntosc young branehlets and 

 under surface of the leaves in which the midrib is eontinuous to the apex of 

 the blade, and from the latter by its hairiness, its more prominent ostiole, and 

 the shape of the bracteate basal involucre. 



144. F. budduensis, Hutchinson in Ken- Bulletin, 1915, 340. A 

 tree 20-30 ft. high; branehlets shortly toDientose when young, at length 

 sparingly pubescent. Leaves ovate or ovate-elliptic, very shghtly 

 cordate at the base, rounded at the apex, about 6 in. long and 4i- in. 

 broad, entire, rigidly coriaceous, puberulous on the midrib above, 

 otherwise glabrous, softly tomentose below ; midrib flat above, 

 prominent below, about 1|- lin. broad at the base, gradually tapered 

 to the apex ; basal nerves 5 ; lateral nerves about 7 on each side 

 of the midrib, the lower opposite, the upper subalternate, diverging 

 from the midrib at an angle of 45°, bifurcate ^— J in. from the margin, 

 very distinct above, ]n"ominent below ; tertiary nerves faint, lax, 

 wavy ; petiole ll-lf in. long, softly and rather densely pubescent ; 

 stipules caducous, not seen. Keceptacles axillary, 2-3 together, 

 pedunculate, globose, about | in. in diam., smooth, finely puberulous ; 

 peduncles 4i lin. long, stout, shortly tomentose. Basal bracts soon 

 falling off, connate at the base, shortly tomentose outside. Ostiole 

 2-lipped, gaping in the dry state, slightly produced ; mouth about 

 1 lin. wide. Bracts numerous, all descending into the receptacle, sub- 

 equal, linear -subulate, acute, IJ lin. long, submembranous, glabrous. 

 Male flowers small, subsessile ; perianth membranous. Stamen 

 solitary ; filament up to | lin. long ; anther subobtuse, J- lin. long. 

 Female flowers subsessile ; perianth-segments subulate-lanceolate, 

 acutely acuminate, membranous, glabrous. Achene oblong, | lin. 

 long, smooth ; style nearly as long as the achene, with a very 

 thick oblong-linear stigma. 



Nile Land. Uganda : Buddu, 3900 ft., Dawe, 234 ! 



Closely allied to F. vasta, Forsk., but with larger tigs on longer peduncles and 

 less cordate leaves. 



145. F. vasta, Forsk. Fl. yEgypt.-Arah. 179. A huge tree; young 

 branehlets stout, softly and densely tomentose. Leaves large, 

 very broadly ovate or ovate-orbicular, mostly rather deeply cordate 



