Fiats] CXVII, MORACE^, 1015 



this tree ; at Sange in ^larch 1>^5G, the lichens nn. I (13 (Ihifllin ilisci- 

 foriiiisviir. iiiiii'i)- f. riKjulnsii), ['M) grew on the branchlets; in Iluilla at 

 Monino in ^lay 18(10 the fnngns n. 141, r/ii//l<irlu,ni n/tms Sacc. grow 

 on tlie leaves (of. A. L. Sm. in Journ. Bot. xxxvi. p. Hi], May IH'JH). 

 I have not seen the type of this species. 



2G. F. Mucnso Wehv. ex Ficalho, I.e., p. 270. 



Goi.rNtio Amo.— A small trco of 10 to V2 ft. or a large tree of 

 .V.l to 40 ft. high and more : trunk oliliquely ascending ; head widely 

 spreading ; branches glabrate, not scabrid, curved-ascending or on 

 the large trees patent and usually nodding-asceuding ; bark ruddy ; 

 branchlets i-ather thick, leafy towards the apex, longitudinally 

 wrinkled and transversely scarred and at first bearded after the fall 

 (if the stipules ; leaves alternate, entire or subrejiand, broadly oval 

 or subrotund, often shortly apiculate at the apex, deeply cordate 

 or sub-reuiform at the liase. rigidly coriaceous, dark green very 

 scabrous and with scattered pallid hairs above, somewhat tawny greea 

 rather softly pilose and not scabrid beneath, 1 J to o in. long by 1 to 

 3i in. broad, 3- to 9-nerved at the insertion of the petiole, the three 

 central nerves stronger than the rest ; lateral veins 3 or 4 on 

 each side in addition to tlie basal nerves : petioles .} to 1^ in. long, 

 robust, rigid, bearded with long hairs which arise from thickened 

 cliaffy bases ; stipules broad at the base, ovate, pointed, bearded on 

 the back, glabrous inside, I to }, in. long, deciduous ; receptacles 

 pyriform or somewhat club-shaped, comparatively large, when not 

 quite ripe about an inch thick or rather more, softly pulpy when 

 ripe, peach-reddish outside, tomentose or obsoletely so ; one with 

 female flowers examined showed the perianth o-cleft with unequal 

 Icbes terminating in filiform tips. 



G()HNf;(» Alio.— On wooded slopes at the banks of the river 

 Cuango : fr. not then quite ripe. May 1H56. No. 6416. 



Very nearly related to /'"■. trachypinjUu Fenzl ; it occurs also in the 

 Kamerun country, Zenker no. 1G23. 



The native name is " Mucuso." 



The following No., wliich bears the same native name, perhaps 

 belongs to the same species. 



Gni.UNGO Alto.— A robust tree, 60 to 80 ft. and more : head 

 dilated : leaves subrotund, cordate-reniform at the base, 3\ to (1 in. 

 long by 3:[ to .5A in. broad, rigidly but not thickly coriaceous, scabrid 

 above, very shortly and closely hairy beneath ; petioles 1| to 2 in. 

 long ; receptacles pyriform-globose, juicy, of a beautiful reddish 

 colour and somewhat roughly tomentellous outside, lateral, nodding, 

 lA in. long by 1| in. thick, on a peduncle 5 in. long. At the out- 

 skirts of forests throughout the district, plentiful ; fr. Jan. 1855. 

 No. 6389. 



27. F. senegalensis Miq. in Ann. Mus. Dot. Lnrr<l.-iH)t. iii. 

 pp. 230, 295 (18G7). 



Ficus sp., Brunner in Flora 1840, beibl. i. p. 72. n. 112. 



Amuimz.— Several majestic trees, 30 to 40 ft. high, in the middle 

 of the large village of ]Mosnl ; without fl. or fr. Nov. 18.')3. Xo. 6384. 



This identification is doubtful as both the type of the species (a 

 specimen of which is in the National Herbarium) and our specimens 

 are without receptacles ; our leaves measure 5j to 7 in. long by 2^ 

 to nearly 4 in. broad, and are more deeply cordate at the base ; the 



