Ficus] CXVII. MORACE^. lull 



sap watery, viscid ; burk grey ; branchlots scabrid ; leaves alter- 

 nate, ovate or somewhat oval, shortly acuminate at the ai>ex, 

 rounded or euiarginate at the base, firmly uu-mbranous, v<-ry 

 scabrous on both laces, not pubescent, denticulate or rei)and alonj,' 

 the general outline except near the base, somewhat glossy alx)vn 

 with a pecidiar lustre, paler beneath, deeply or acutely palmate- 

 lolx'd in the case of young plants up to the third to lit'th year of 

 age, 2 to G in. long by 1 to 4 in. broad, triucrved :it tin- l)ase ; 

 princii)al veins about 3 or 4 on each side in addition to the basal 

 nerves, strongly marked beneath, feeble above, their branches more 

 or less transverse and passing by degrees into a delicate but not 

 conspicuous reticulation; petioles -J to 1!^ in. long, scabrous; 

 stipules scabrid on the back, broadest at the l)ase, lanceolate, 

 smooth inside, acute, pallid, I to ] in. long, deciduous; receptacles 

 spherical, a little smaller than a hazel nut, about ', in. in diameter 

 or less, scabrid, in pairs, pedunculate, on the branchlets or young 

 lateral shoots, from yellow to red when ripe, 4-ljracteate with two 

 of the bracts attached to the base and the other two opposite to 

 them and attached near the middle of the receptacle ; osteole 

 closed with 3 to 5 small ovate obtuse bracts ; peduncles from J, to 

 less than I in. long, scabrid, often bracteate with short obtuse 

 bracts. All the receptacles examined had female flowers only, 

 with long slender styles and stigmas. 



GorANCio Alto. — In the more elevated forests and at the sides of 

 hills about Bango, Canguerasange, Cambondo, and Tronibeta, plentiful ; 

 fl. 3, 7, and '25 Nov. 1854. No. 6387. A tree, at the Governor's house 

 at Sange, supposed to be ornamental : H. beginning of Oct. 1855. 

 No. 6411. 



The extremely rough leaves are used for polishing purposes and 

 called " Lixa " ; the tree is called " Lima " (a file). The fungus n. 7ti, 

 Phi/UnrJwni rt'prus Sacc, grew on the leaves. 



The branches, even when a foot thick, readily take root, when 

 driven into the ground ; the trees afford excellent shade, and on this 

 account they are frequently used for avenues, etc., in public places. 

 The wood is good and white ; the natives of Golungo Alto call it 

 "Mucacasa." 



This is probably the species of FIcus referred to in Bowdich's 

 Mission to Ashantee (1819), p. 445, and locally named "Egoogoo" : 

 the leaves were used in planing wood, polishing and cleaning various 

 articles of household furniture, and feel like emery paper. 



It is difficult to separate this species from F. (isj,< rifdin Miq., I.e., 

 t. 15, fig. B, especiallj' as in No. (3387 the leaves are polymorphous ; the 

 perianth lobes are ciliolate, and in this respect agree with the figure 

 quoted above for F. tMispcrald. With the original description Vahl's 

 trivial name is misprinted a.iyi.y)/'n(ta, but this is corrected. I.e., p. 402, 

 and in the index at the end of the volume it appears as corrected. 



23. F. brachylepis Welw. ms. in herb., sp. n. 



A tall or moderate-sized tree, glabrous throughout, very 

 copiously milky, with widely spreading head ; l)ranches jiatent ; 

 branchlets spreading, .smooth, green, dusky in the dried state, 

 often quasi-verticillate by the approximation of the nodes and in 

 this way fasciculate, leafy towards the apex ; leaves alternate and 



