204 cxxiiic. HORACES (Hutchinson) . [Ficus. 



158. P. depauperata, Sim, For. Fl Fort. E. Afr. 98, t. xc.fig. B. 

 Branchlets twiggy, slender, very minutely pubemlous. Leaves 

 oblanceolate, rounded at the apex, gradually narrowed to the base, 

 1-1 J in. long, 4-7 lin. broad, entire, thinly chart aceous, glabrous and 

 dull on both surfaces ; midrib slightly prominent on both surfaces, 

 not continued quite to the apex of the blade ; lateral nerves about 

 5 on each side of the midrib, visible on the upper surface, very 

 numerous and more or less flabellate below, prominent ; petiole 

 slender, 2-3 lin. long, glabrous ; stipules early deciduous. Receptacles 

 in axillary pairs, pedunculate, globose, 2 lin. in diam., laxly reticulate 

 when dry, glabrous ; peduncle 1-1 J lin. long, slender, softly 

 puberulous. Basal bracts 3, persistent, broadly ovate, rounded 

 at the apex. \ lin. long, coriaceous, minutely puberulous outside. 

 Ostiole depressed, wrinkled outside, 2-lipped ; bracts all descending, 

 the two nearest the ostiole longer than the others, linear, the others 

 subulate, glabrous. Male flowers small, sessile ; perianth-segments 

 reddish, with membranous margins. Anther solitary, subsessile. 

 Female flowers slightly larger than the male ; style scarcely exserted, 

 several stigmas often cohering. 



Nile Land. British East Africa : between Mombasa and Witu, Whytc ! 

 Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa : without precise locality, Holtz, 2513 ! 



Occui-s also in extra-tropical Portuguese East Africa. 



159. P. pseudomangifera, Hutchinson in Kew Bulletin, 1915, 342. 

 A large tree with almost globose crown ; branches reaching down to 

 the ground ; young branchlets coarsely sulcate or angular, softly 

 puberulous. Leaves oblong or oblong-elliptic, shortly and subacutely 

 acuminate, obtuse or slightly rounded at the base, 3-6 in. long, 

 1-2 in. broad, entire, coriaceous, glabrous ; midrib flat above, 

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

 to the apex of the blade ; lateral nerves 8-12 on each side of the 

 midrib, diverging from it at an angle of 45°, slightly arcuate, looped 

 near the margin, distinct on each surface, slightly more prominent 

 below ; tertiary nerves little less prominent than the lateral and 

 following their direction, slightly prominent below, veins rather 

 close and distinct below ; petiole J-1 in. long, about IJ lin. thick, 

 glabrous ; stipules deciduous, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 3 lin. 

 long, appressed-villous on the outside. Receptacles axillary, solitary, 

 pedunculate, subglobose, about 3J lin. in diam., glabrous ; peduncle 

 stout, 1^ lin. long, tomentose. Basal bracts 2, rounded, membra- 

 nous, glabrous. Ostiole 2-lipped, prominent ; bracts all descending 

 vertically into the receptacle, the two nearest the orifice larger and 

 more fleshy than the others, linear-oblong, obtuse, IJ lin long, the 

 others subulate-lanceolate, all glabrous. Male flowers not seen, but 

 no doubt with only one stamen. Female flowers sessile, their styles 

 united. Gall flowers pedicellate. — F. ottonicpfolia, Mildbr. & Burret 

 in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 232, excl. Vogel, 176, not of Miq. 



