Ficus.] cxxiiic. MORACEiE (Hutchinson). 197 



orbicular, very shortly and obtusely acuminate, decplv cordate at 

 the base, 4-8 in. long, 3-6J in. broad, entire, 9-nerved at the l)ase. 

 basal nerves with several branches on the lower side ; midrib flat 

 above, prominent below. ^-1 li'i- broad at the l)ase, ^^raduallv 

 narrowed and continued to the apex of the blade ; rcmaininf^ lateru! 

 nerves G-7 on each side, distinct above, prominent below. diver«^in^ 

 from the midrib at an angle of about 75", bifurcate J-j in. from the 

 margin, looped, with a semicircular nerve connecting the loo))s ; 

 tertiary nerves rather lax, prominent and zigzag below , veins liglit- 

 coloured and forming a distinct close network below ; petiole IJ- 

 3J in. long, nearly 2 lin. thick at the base, subterete, glabrous ; 

 stipules deciduous, present only at the tips of the young shoots, 

 lanceolate, acuminate, about 4J lin. long, coriaceous, glabro\is. 

 Receptacles probably axillary near the ends of the shoots, pedun- 

 culate, slightly depressed-globose, rounded at both ends, 5-7 lin. 

 in diam., glabrous, ostiole not or only slightly prominent ; peduncle 

 2-3 lin. long, rather stout, very minutely puberulous ; basal bracts 

 connate into an oblique saucer-shaped involucre closely appressed 

 to the receptacle, with undulate or crenulate margin. Ostiolar 

 bracts all facing vertically into the receptacle, of two kinds, the 

 middle two much larger than the others, linear-oblong, obtuse. 2 lin. 

 long. I lin. broad, coriaceous, glabrous, the remainder ovate-lanceo- 

 late, subacutely acuminate, 1-1 J lin. long, reddish with membranous 

 hyaline margins. Male flowers few, near the ostiolar bracts. ])edicel- 

 late ; pedicels stout, f lin. long, red, glabrous ; perianth-segments 3, 

 linear-lanceolate, acute, glabrous, membranous ; stamen 1 ; filament 

 J lin. long ; anther J lin. long. Female flowers subsessile, scattered 

 amongst the gall flowers ; perianth-segments 3. linear, acute, reddish, 

 with membranous hyaline margins ; ovary obliquely ellipsoid, 

 shining ; style shorter than the ovary, with a large 2-lobed stigma. 

 Gall flowers numerous, pedicellate ; pedicel f lin. long, stout ; 

 perianth-segments 4, oblong, obtuse, membranous. — Mildbr. k 

 Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 215. 



Upper Guinea. Northern Nigeria : Katagum district, Didziel, 330 ! 



Nile Land. Nubia : Gebel Daier, Broun, 879 ! Upper Nile : on the Gebol 

 Arrang, between Cedarif and Abu Harras, Schweinfurth, 548 ! rsjanda : 

 Entebbe, Datve, 938 ! 



Dawe's specimen consists of .shoot and leaves only, but it appears to l»o 

 specitically the same as that cjathered by Broun. 



According to Dalziel the vernaonlar name in N. Nigcrin is " IKa " and the 

 fruit is edible. 



148. F. platyphylla, Del. Cent. PI. Meroe, 02. A large tree 

 with smooth light brown bark; branchlets very stout, minutely 

 puberulous. Leaves broadly elliptic or slightly }>andurate. rather 

 deeply cordate at the base, rounded at the apex, 5 J -10 in. long, :\l- 

 8 in. broad, entire, rigidly chartaceous. glabrous above, very minutely 

 puberulous below, 5-9-nerved at the base, remaining lateral nervea 



