Ficm] CXVII. MORACEyE. 1005 



hairs; leaves alternate, entire, oval, roumli-.l <.i .m., ,i-.i\ |'..iiite«l 

 at the apex, rounded or somewhat narrowed at tin- liasi-, ^.'lalirous, 

 rigidly coriaceous, glaucous-green al»ove, glaucesccnt beneath, 

 scarcely or slightly punctate, 1 to 2] in. long by }, to 1 in. broad, 

 inconspicuously 3- or 5-nerved at or near the base, narrjwly 

 revolute on the margin ; vt-nation in relief on both faces ; midril) 

 stronger than the lateral veins, the latter G to S on each side, 

 erect-patent, slender, parallel and straight for the greater part of 

 their length, branched in a reticidate manner, anastomosing 

 within the margin, with other shorter anastomosing and inter- 

 vening lateral veins ; petioles puberulous with short slender whitish 

 spreading hairs, pallid, moderately thick, V to ^ in. long ; stipules 

 lance-shaped, }. in. long, puV)erulous on the back, caducous ; 

 receptacles pisiform, turning red, }- to 1 in. in diameter, obsoletely 

 tomentellous and pul)eruIous with short .scattered spreading 

 hairs, mostly 2 or 3 together in the axils of present or fallen 

 leaves, crowded, bracteate at the base ; bracts short, connate, 

 obtuse, obsoletely tomentellous and puberulous ; ostiole with short 

 thin loV)es puberulous on the back ; peduncles tomentellous and 

 puberulous, -^^ to j.r in. long ; male, female, and gall flowers in 

 the same receptacles ; stamens solitary ; stigmas elongated. 



Hrii.i.A. — On the steep slopes of Mono de Monino ; fr. end of 

 March ISOO. No. 6373. 



Nearly related to /'. verruculosa Warb. 



11. F. Dekdekena A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, ii. p. 26S (1851). 

 rrostiyrna Dnhhhena Miq. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. vi. 



p. 558 (1847), and Afrik. Vijge-Boom. p. 3G (1849). 



Hrii.LA. — A large tree, 80 to 100 ft. high, developing beards, 

 trunk «) ft. in diameter. Near Rauza do Soba Nangolo, Lopollo ; 

 without fl. or fr. April 18G0. Xo. 6372. 



In the absence of flowers or fruits, tlie identification must be 

 considered doubtful. 



12. F. chrysocerasus \\'elw. ex Warb., /.c, p. 1G7. 



LiH()N(;(i. — A broadly frondose tree, 25 to 85 ft. high ; head ovoid- 

 hemispherical, verj' densely ramulose ; leaves comparatively small 

 (1 to o in. long by \ to 1^ in. broad), rigidly coriaceous, glossy, ever- 

 green : receptacles very abundant, like cherries in shape, \ to : in. in 

 diameter, shortly pedunculate, golden yellow, broadly umbonate, 

 much delighted in by wild birds and also by negro children. In 

 wooded not verv damp places in the district (and in Ambriz) ; fl. and 

 fr. Sept. 1S5S. 'Xo. 6357. 



'' Zandeiro," perhaps a corruption of " Xandeira," is the local name 

 of this tree in Libongo. 



The following Xo. has larger leaves somewhat cordate at the 

 base and deciduous, with rather longer petioles; it should be 

 compare<l with this species : — 



Ajiukiz. — A small tree, with very deciduous leaves (2i to 4 in. long 

 by 1 to U in. broad), quite covered with golden-yellow fruits, and 

 surrounded by hundreds of birds. Hill near Ambriz, in company 

 with Euqenid (cf. A". quuirimiA^ (lute, p. 359 ; Welw. herb. no. 4;:59G) ; 

 fl. and fr. Xov. 185:3. Xo. 6383. 



