Ficus] CXVII. MOEACE^. 1005 



hairs ; leaves alternate, entire, oval, rounded or obtusely pointed 

 at the apex, rounded or somewhat narrowed at the base, glabrous, 

 rigidly coriaceous, glaucous-green above, glaucescent beneath, 

 scarcely or slightly punctate, 1 to 2|- in. Jong by ^ to 1 in. broad, 

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

 revolute on the margin ; venation in relief on both faces ; midrib 

 stronger than the lateral veins, the latter 6 to 8 on each side, 

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

 their length, branched in a reticulate 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, 4 to f in. long ; stipules 

 lance-shaped, ^ in. long, puberulous on the back, caducous ; 

 receptacles pisiform, turning red, ^ to i^ in. in diameter, obsoletely 

 tomentellous and puberulous 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 lobes puberulous on the back ; peduncles tomentellous and 

 puberulous, J^ to J^ in. long ; male, female, and gall flowers in 

 the same receptacles ; stamens solitary ; stigmas elongated. 



HuiLLA. — On the steep slopes of Morro de Monino ; fr. end of 

 March 1860. No. 6373. 



Nearly related to F. verruculosa Warb. 



11. F. Dekdekena A. Eich. Fl. Abyss, ii. p. 268 (1851). 

 Urostigma Dekdekena Miq. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. vi. 



p. 558 (1847), and Afrik. Vijge-Boom. p. 36 (1849). 



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

 trunk 6 ft. in diameter. Near Banza do Soba Nangolo, LopoUo ; 

 ■without fl. or fr. April 1860. No. 6373. 



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

 considered doubtful. 



12. F. chrysocerasus Welw. ex Warb., I.e., p. 167. 



LiBONGO. — A broadly f rondose tree, 25 to 35 ft. high ; head ovoid- 

 hemispherical, very densely ramulose ; leaves comparatively small 

 (1 to 3 in. long by \ to \\ in. broad), rigidly coriaceous, glossy, ever- 

 green ; receptacles very abundant, like cherries in shape, J to |- in. in 

 diameter, shortly pedunculate, golden yellow, broadly umbonate, 

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

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

 fr. Sept. 1868. No. 6357. 



"Zandeiro," perhaps a corruption of " Nandeira," is the local name 

 of this tree in Libongo. 



The following No. has larger leaves somewhat cordate at the 

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

 compared with this species : — 



Ambriz. — A small tree, with very deciduous leaves (2-^ to 4 in. long 

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

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

 with Eugenia (of. E. guineensis, ante, p. 359 ; Welw. herb. no. 439C) ; 

 fl. and fr. Nov. 1853. No. 6383. 



