Ficus.] cxxino. morace/E (Hutchinson). 195 



iit the base, obtuse or rounded at the apex, the smallest about 3 in. 

 long and broad, the largest 14 in. by 10 in., entire, chartaceous, softly 

 ])ubescent or nearly tonientose on both surfaces ; midrib about 

 1} lin. broad at the base, griidually tapered to the apex, flat above, 

 ])rominent below ; princi})al basal nerves about 5 ; lateral nerves 

 G-7 on each side of the midrib, diverging from the midrib at an angle 

 of 45°, the two basal pairs on each side with several side branches, 

 the remainder bifurcate J-1 in. from the margin, slightly raised on the 

 upper surface, prominent below ; tertiary nerves faint and wavy 

 but distinct on both surfaces ; petiole up to 4. J in. long, but probably 

 sometimes much longer, tomentose or densely pubescent ; stipules 

 deciduous, those enclosing the terminal bud obliquely lanceolate, 

 acutely acuminate, IJ-Sj in. long, thinly chartaceous or almost 

 membranous, villous-tomentose outside, glabrous, striate and reddish 

 within. Receptacles axillary, 2-3 together, very shortly peduncu- 

 late, subglobose, about ^ in. in diam., pubescent, with a gaping 

 2-lipped glabrous ostiole ; peduncle 1 lin. long or less, stout, tomen- 

 tose. Basal bracts connate at the base, soon falling away and leaving 

 an orbicular tomentose portion. Ostiole J lin. long, slightly oblique, 

 glabrous. Bracts all descending into the receptacle, the middle 

 two much larger than the others, oblong and rounded at the ai)ex 

 or subulate-lanceolate and acute, 2 lin. long, rather fleshy, glabrous. 

 Male flowers few, pedicellate ; perianth very membranous. Stamen 

 solitary ; filament very short ; anther -| lin. long. Female flowers 

 subsessile ; perianth reaching to and enclosing the lower part of 

 the style ; achene smooth ; style slender, a little longer than the 

 achene, with a thickened stigma. Gall flowers pedicellate, with a 

 short subsessile stigma. Receptacular scales subulate, 1 lin. long, 

 membranous. — Mildbr. & Bm-ret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 216, 

 partly. F. socotrana, Balf. f. in Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinb. xii. 96. F. 

 callahatensis, Warb. in Engl. Jahrb. xxxvi. 210. F. River, Warb. 

 I.e. 211. F. hamrensis, Warb. I.e. 212. 



Nile Land. Nubia : between Suakiii and Berber, at I'hor Hurrassa, 

 ^Schweinfiirth, 223 ! Eritrea : Lalambo, JSchweinfurth, J80(i I valley of the 

 ])egcrra, at Saganciti, lichweinjurth <£• Riva, ]240 ! Abyssinia : Outhan, 

 Schiniper, 1140! Gala bat : on the Chor River, Schnriiijurth, 550 1 557! 

 Somaliland : hills above Upper Sheikh, Lort Phillips ! iSniith Kiver. DonaUlson 

 Smith, 64 ! Jacorsa, Riva, 230 ! Harar, Bobecchi Bricchrlli, 15()-1()2 ! CJalla 

 highlands; near Walengo, Ellcnhcck, 1299a! Nianniiain : Maki)orru Hill, 

 iSckweinfurth, 130 ! 



Var. glabre-scens, H\itchinson. -Malure K'uves glabrous or lu-arly so brlow. 



Nile Land. Eritrea: near (Jinda, iichivtiufiiilh d- Kitxi, 129! 259! 

 Saganeiti, Schweinfurth db Jiiva, 1320 ! Keren, Btccari, 2b2 ! Abyssinia : 

 Adowa, l^chimper, 093 ! 



The species occurs also in Arabia and Socotra. 



146. F. congensis, Emjl. in Enyl. Jahrb. viii. 59. A large tree ; 

 branchlets puberulous, with rather long iuternodea, longitudinally 



