Fimis.'] cxxiiic. MORACE^ (Hutchinson). 199 



chartaceous, pubescent on both surfaces mostly on the midril) and 

 lateral nerves ; midrib slightly immersed above, very prominent 

 and pilose below, lJ-2 lin. broad at the base, graduallv taj)ered to 

 the apex of the blade ; lateral nerves 8-11 on each side of the 

 midrib, diverging from it at an angle of 45'^, distinct on both surfaces, 

 prominent below, looped near the margin ; tertiary nerves slender, 

 much branched, lax, prominent below ; veins inconspicuous and finelv 

 reticulate below ; petiole |-2 in. long, pilose ; stipules caducous, 

 small, glabrous or nearly so. Receptacles axillary towards the base 

 of the young shoots, pedunculate, obovoid-globose, J-1 in. in diam.. 

 tomentose ; peduncle J— 1 in. long, densely pubescent. Basal bracts 

 deciduous, connate at the base into an irregular unilateral persistent 

 ring. Ostiole slightly produced, 2-lipped, glabrous, with the bracts 

 all descending into the receptacle ; they and the flowcis in the 

 specimen examined not in a fit state for description. 



Mozamb. Distr. Nyasahnd : Shire Valley at Katunga, Sroll \ Porta - 

 gnrsi- East Africa: Lower Zambesi; opposite Sena, KirL\l\ ShiipanuM, 

 Kirh, (» ! 



150. F. recurvata, De Wild, m Fedde, Repert. xii. 200. A tree ; 

 branchlets f in. in diam., glabrous. Leaves oblong-elliptic or oblong- 

 obovate, very shortly and obtusely acuminate, rounded or slightly 

 cordate at the base, 8-9 in. long, 4-5 in. broad, entire, coriaceous, 

 glabrous above, pilose on the midrib and lateral nerves below ; 

 lateral nerves about 13 on each side of the midrib, diverging from ii 

 at an angle of 45°, looped near the margin ; petiole about 3J in. long, 

 stout, pilose ; stipules caducous. Receptacles axillary and crowded 

 at the ends of the branches, pedunculate, globose, 1 in. in diam.. 

 warted when dry, otherwise glabrous ; peduncle 1-1 J in. long, 

 fairly stout, recurved, glabrous. Basal bracts caducous, papery, 

 connate at the base. Ostiole pore-like ; bracts all descending 

 into the receptacle, the middle ones larger than the others, glabrous. 

 Male flowers pedicellate ; stamen solitarv. Female floweis sub- 

 sessile.— De Wild, in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. lii. 224. 



South Central. Belgian Congo : Eala, TMurrnI, 804 ! 



151. F. tettensis, Huichwson in Kew Bulletin, 1915, 341. Young 

 branches divaricate, densely tomentose, with very short internodes. 

 Leaves subreniform or transversely oblong-elliptic, cordate at the 

 base, 1-1 J in. long, 1-2| in. broad, entire or with undulate-crenato 

 margins, rigidly coriaceous, softly tomentose on both surfaces, pro- 

 minently 5-7-nerved at the base, remaining lateral nerves about 3 on 

 each side of the midrib, diverging from it at an angle of 45''-60'', 

 distinct on both surfaces, more prominent below, bifurcate some 

 distance from the margin; veins finely reticulate beneath the 

 indumentum ; petiole \~i i^^- lo"g' terete, J-1 lin. thick, den.sely 

 pubescent ; stipules caducous, those surrounding the terminal bud 



