224 cxxiiic. MORACE^ (Hutcliiiison). [Antiaris. 



the teeth, setose-scabrid ou the upper surface, setose-pilose below ; 

 leaves of the young flowering shoots obovate-elliptic, unequal-sided 

 and rounded or slightly cordate at the base, 2-5 in. long, 1 J -3J iu. 

 broad, entire, with a reciu'ved cartilaginous margin, rigidly chart aceous 

 or subcoriaceous, scabrous above, shortly scabrid-pubescent below ; 

 lateral nerves 6-11 on each side of the midrib, diverging from it at an 

 angle of 45°-70°, straight or slightly arcuate, very prominent below ; 

 veins deeply and densely reticulate below, very prominent ; petiole 

 2-4 lin. long, shortly rusty-tomentose ; stipules caducous, broadly 

 ovate ; subacute, about 1 J lin. long, 1| lin. broad, coriaceous, 

 shoitly tomentose outside. Flowers dioecious or submoncecious. 

 Male receptacles pedunculate, flattened, 3-4 lin. in diam. ; peduncle 

 slender, slightly thickened towards the apex, -|-J in. long, finely 

 tomentose. , Female flowers shortly pedicellate. Style 2-lobed ; 

 lobes subfiliform, about 1|- lin. long, puberulous. Fruit drupaceous, 

 shortly stalked, ellipsoid, a little over | in. long, very finely mealy- 

 tomentose. 



Upper Guinea. 8ieria Leouc : Scarcics River, :Scott Elliol, 5892 ! Gold 

 Coast : Aburi Sandons, Johnson, 460 ! Tanobu, Cliipp, 97 ! Togo : near Lome, 

 Warneckr, 336 ! Difala, Ker.sfiny I Daliomev : Quidat. Pois,son. Northern 

 Nigeria: Nupe, Barter, 1102 \ 1129! Agaia.' To/^.s 19 ! I9b ! Yolsi, Dalziel, 

 J 77 ! Southern Nigeria : Idda, Barter, 1674 ! Lagos, Molonei/ I Ibadan forest 

 reserve, Piuuh, 111 ! and without preeisc locality, DodiL 399! Fernando Po, 

 Barter ! 



2. A. usambarensis, Ewjl. in EmjL Jahrh. xxxiii. 119. A large 

 tree with a broad crown and whitish wood ; internodes of the young 

 branchlets about 21 lin. long, covered with dark rusty-brown hairs. 

 Leaves obliquely ovate, 4-5 in. long, 2|-3| in. broad, subcoriaceous, 

 scabrous on the midrib and nerves, the latter and the transverse 

 veins prominent below ; lateral nerves 7-8 on each side of the midrib. 

 Fruiting receptacles pedunculate, a little over \ in. long, about ?v in- 

 across, dark blood-red, hairy. Seed about J in. long and 2>\ lin. 

 thick. 



Mozamb. Distr. Gernum East Africa : Usambara ; near Dercma, iSdwffler, 

 210. 



I have not seen an authentic example of this species. According to Engler it 

 differs from A. africana in its larger leaves with less prominent venation and 

 laiger fruiting receptacles, but an imperfect specimen in the British Museum 

 collected by Zimmermann (921) near Amani and named A. usambarensis has 

 very prominent venation. 



A specimen collected by Oawe (842) in Uganda may possibly belong here ; 

 it is described as an immense tree afifording a bark cloth and common in Uganda ; 

 the native name is Kirundo. 



3. A. Welwitschii Engl, in Engl. Jahrh. xxxiii. 118. A hand- 

 some tree with the aspect of a large AInus, 30-60 ft. high or sometimes 

 taller and the trunk reaching 3-3i ft. in diameter at the base ; 



