Ficus.] cxxiiic. MORACE/E (Hutchiiison). -J 11 



Jahib. xlvi. 260; Th. <fe Hel. Durand, Syll. Fl. Congol. :)()7. /•'. 

 darhandensis, Warb. ex Mildbr. & Burret {dorhandensis) , I.e. iiaiiie 

 only. 



North Central. Eastern Shari : iR'twcon the Bt)ro and Ndi. Cfuutilin , 70h7 ! 



Lower Ouinea. Gaboon: n(>ar Librevillo, KUiim, HiODI Ix)W(r Congo: 

 Kisantu. Gillet, 1034 ! Anj^ola : (iolunj^o Alto ; variouK localiticH. M'e/inW//. 

 CuVM ! «i38«) ! ()4I2 ! <>417 ! C'azengo district, (iosxwriler, ()()7 ! 



South Central. Belgian Congo: Monbuttu ; Munza, Schuuitijuilh, .i.'UH ! 

 North frontier, Scliwdnfarth, 35()4 ! 



169. F. gurichiana, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 130. Spreadin*; 

 habit ; branches sulcate, covered with yellowish glabrous deciducjiis 

 bark. Leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, rounded at the apex, 

 obtuse or rounded and sometimes almost subcordate at the base, 

 1J~4 in. long, J-H- in. broad, entire, chartaceous, with a narrowly 

 cartilaginous margin, finely reticulate and glabrous on both surfaces ; 

 midrib flat above, prominent below, about i lin. broad at the base, 

 bifurcate near the apex ; lateral nerves 9-12 on each side, at an angle 

 of about 70°, slender, looped and branched some distance from the 

 margin, sometimes slightly impressed but more often raised above ; 

 petiole J-| in. long, about f lin. thick, narrowly grooved on the upper 

 surface, glabrous, straw-coloured or reddish when dry ; stipules 

 deciduous. Receptacles solitary or geminate, axillary, pedunculate, 

 subglobose, about 3 lin. in diam., with a gaping slightly prominent 

 ostiole, minutely puberulous ; peduncle 2 lin. long or less, glabrous 

 or minutely puberulous. Basal bracts 2 (or 3 ?) ovate, obtuse, } lin. 

 long, glabrous, deciduous. Ostiolar bracts all pointing straight 

 into the receptacle, the middle two subulate from an ovate base, 

 fleshy, 1 lin. long, the remainder subulate or linear-subulate. J lin. 

 long, membranous. Male flowers with 3 perianth-segments and 

 a solitary stamen. Achene subglobose ; style nearly twice the length 

 of the achene. — Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 246. 



Lower Guinea. Damaraland : Kamelneck, on the Bockberg. Gurich, ;')(» ! 

 Spitzkoppjes, Dinter, 81 ! Okahandya, DinUr, 270 ! Eros. Dinter, 1346 ! Tiras, 

 Range, 473 ! 



Occurs also in Little Naniaqualand. 



170. F. Dekdekena, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 268. A tree, m 

 sometimes epiphytic ; young branchlets glabrous or slightly pubes- 

 cent, leafy towards the apex. Leaves oblanceolate or narrowly 

 oblong-oblanceolate, rarely obovate, rounded or very shortly and 

 obtusely acuminate, narrowed to an obtuse or .subacute base. 2-6^ 

 in. long, J-2 in. broad, entire, rigidly chartaceous. glabrous on Iwth 

 surfaces or very finely verruculose on the u})per ; midrib flat above, 

 rounded and slightly prominent below, about \ lin. broad at the ba.ne. 

 gradually tapered to the apex ; lateral nerves 9-14 on each side of 

 the midrib, diverging at an angle of 45''-75^ slightly raised or a httlr 

 impressed on the upper surface, prominent but very slender below. 



