202 cxxiiic. HORACES (Hutchinson). [Ficus. 



elliptic, rounded at the apex, glabrous. Achene rounded, smooth ; 

 style slender. 



Mozamb, Distr. South Rhodesia : Salisbury, on stony hills, Engler, 30G0 ! 

 Buluwayo, Kolhe, 4J40 ! 



155. F. Burkei, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bof. Lugd.-Bat. iii. 289. A 

 tree ; young branchlets shortly pubescent or almost tomentose. 

 Leaves elliptic or elliptic-oblanceolate, rounded or slightly and 

 obtusely pointed at the apex, rounded at or slightly narrowed to an 

 obtuse base, 1^-4^ in. long, J-2 in. broad, rigidly chartaceous, 

 glabrous and dull on both surfaces, sometimes finely pustulate above ; 

 lateral nerves 6-8 on each side of the midrib, straight or curved, 

 looped within the margin, distinct on both surfaces, more pro- 

 minent below; tertiary nerves and veins usually nearly as pro- 

 minent as the principal lateral ones, more or less straw-coloured ; 

 petiole up to IJ in. long, glabrous ; stipules caducous. Receptacles 

 axillary, paired or solitary, pedunculate, globose or ovoid-globose, 

 4-5 lin. long, brownish-pubescent when dry, sometimes woolly- 

 pubescent ; peduncle 1-2 J lin. long, shortly pubescent. Basal 

 bracts caducous, pubescent. Ostiole pore-Uke, protruded, with 

 the bracts descending vertically into the receptacle, glabrous. Male 

 flowers with a membranous glabrous perianth and a single stamen. 

 Female flowers sessile ; style slender. Gall flowers stalked. — 

 Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 262. Ficus Erici-Rosenii, 

 R. E. Fries in Wiss. Ergeb. Schwed. Rhod.-Kongo-Exped. i. 15, fig. 1. 

 Urostif/ma Burkei, Miq. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. vi. 555. 



Mozamb. Distr. Rhodesia: Victoria Falls, ^ in the Rain Forest. F>?>.<?, 30 ! 

 Monro, 401 ! Flanagan, 3303 ! Matopo Hills, Miss Gihbs, GO ! Buluwayo, 

 Kolhe, 4090 ! Gazaland : Chikorc Forest, Swynnerton, 1001 ! 



Occurs also in the Transvaal. 



156. F. spragueana, Mildhr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrh. xlvi. 253. 

 Young branchlets rather stout, shortly tomentose or pubescent. 

 Leaves oblong or oblong-elliptic, rounded or shortly and obtusely 

 acuminate, rounded at the base, 2-3 in. long, 1-lJ in. broad, entire, 

 chartaceous, glabrous and dull on both surfaces, somewhat pro- 

 minently reticulate below ; midrib flat above, prominent below, 

 nearly 1 lin. broad at the base, gradually tapered to the apex ; lateral 

 nerves 9-13 on each side, with nearly as prominent parallel tertiary 

 nerves between, looped about 1 lin. from the margin, distinct above, 

 prominent below ; veins forming wavy lines between the nerves, 

 nearly invisible above, slightly prominent below ; petiole |-1 in. 

 long, rather narrowly channelled above, nearly ^f lin. broad, glabrous ; 

 stipules caducous, linear-lanceolate, hairy. Receptacles axillary, 

 shortly ])edunculate, globose, nearly 4 lin. in diam., densely and 

 softly tawny-tomentose ; peduncle up to 2 lin. long, softly tomen- 

 tose. Basal bracts 3, small, ovate, pubescent. Ostiole 2-lipped, 



