998 cxvii. MOEACEiE. [Ficus 



assuming the form of a tree ; branchlets smooth, dark green 

 towards the apex ; leaves alternate, entire or slightly sinuous- 

 undulate, ovate, shortly acutely and often abruptly acuminate at 

 the apex, nearly rounded or hollowed at the unequal 5-nerved 

 base, chartaceous, smooth, dark green above, lighter green or 

 paler beneath, i^ to 9 in. long by 3 to 6 in. broad ; lateral veins 

 about 6 to 8 on each side in addition to the basal nerves, spreading 

 at rather a wide angle, anastomosing within the margin, rather 

 slender ; tertiary veins patent, not conspicuous ; reticulation 

 manifest only beneath, minute ; interspaces microscopically scaly- 

 papillose, pallid ; petioles li to 4 in. long, smooth ; stipules from 

 a broad base lanceolate, acute, 1 to 3 in. long, deciduous but less 

 caducous than in many species of the genus. 



GOLUNGO Alto. — In damp forests at cataracts of the river Cuango, 

 rather rare ; without fl. or fr. beginning of Aug. 1855. No. 63^. At 

 Sange, without fl. or fr. April 1855. Nos. 6396, 6397. 



This species (no. 6344) grows in the same 'manner as F. pei-sicifoUa 

 (no. 6337), with the difference that its trunk when it reaches some 

 height separates itself from the mother plant and becomes independent. 



2. F. Welwitschii Warb. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xx. p. 160 

 (16 Nov. 1894). 



Ambeiz. — A majestic tree, under which Welwitsch had an audience 

 with the Queen of Ambriz and where her throne was placed ; many 

 smaller trees were in the same village of Quibanea, near Ambriz; 

 Nov. 1853. Fruit (syncarpium) fusiform, sessile. No. 6355. 



LiBONGO. — A handsome tree, 50 ft. high, with an ovoid-pyramidal 

 head. In the more elevated Libongo, forests ; fr. Sept. 1858. 

 No. 6404. 



Zenza do Golungo. — A magnificent lofty tree, 80 to 100 ft. or 

 even 130 ft. high, one of the most beautiful, never seen to throw out 

 aerial roots ; trunk always straight, moderately thick ; head dense, 

 ovoid-oblong ; branches erect-patent, repeatedly divided ; leaves 

 cordate-ovate, abruptively attenuate into an acumen ; receptacles 

 fusiform, sessile, two together, grey-greenish. On the outskirts of 

 forests by streams, not uncommon ; at the river Chiche and among 

 the Mongolo and Calumguembo mountains ; fr. beginning of Sept. 

 1857, and nearly ripe fr. end of Oct. 1854. Also cultivated and 

 reverenced by the negroes. No. 6356. 



Cazengo. — A broadly frondose, lofty tree, of very beautiful aspect ; 

 fruit pisiform, puberulous, somewhat tawny, sessile, with small bracts 

 at the base. At the borders of forests near Cacula, by the king's 

 highway which leads towards Cambondo, sporadic : fr. June 1855. 

 No. 6354. 



PuNGO Andongc— A vast tree, 30 to 50 ft. high ; trunk 4 ft. in 

 diameter at the base, at the height of 5 to 6 ft. divided into patent 

 branches; leaves very thinly coriaceous, bright green, somewhat glossy 

 and rigid. At the external base of the gigantic rocks of the prsesidium, 

 sporadic ; for instance, near Caghuy and at the river CasalaW : early 

 fr. end of March 1857. No. 6364. 



This is apparently the Ficus, related to F. religiosa L., which 

 Welwitsch in Ann. Cons. Ultramar. Lisb. No. 7 (Aug. 1854), p. 80. 

 n. 18, described as a very lofty and beautiful tree with pisiform 

 fruits, occurring at the village of Quibanea in the Ambriz district. 

 Deo. 1853. 



