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or less, globose, abruptly pointed, set in a crenate bract-disc on top of the 3 m.m. peduncle. Young parts at first set with waxy dots, otherwise whole tree 
glabrous. Stem erect, branches horizontal or pendent. Grows on sand at Katembe, Lourenzo Marques, near the shore, and the general appearance is that of a 
depauperate form of F. natalensis, from which species, however, it is sufficiently distinct. Sim 5031. 
Plate XC. B. I, Branch ; 2, Fruit, natural size ; 3, Same, showing bracts ; 4, Tree, general habit. 
F. palustris. (New species.) 1 Van. names — 4, Chincuan ; 10, Nyonia; 15, Mihla-naja-matam. A branched shrub 3-5 metres high on river banks, or with virgate 
habit 1 -metre high on wet flats, gregarious by means of underground stolons. Exceedingly varied in accordance with age and habitat. Leaves alternate or 
frequently opposite, bluntly lanceolate, rounded at each end, usually 3-8 c.m. long, with a petiole 2-7 m.m. long, but on the flats north of Quelimane sometimes 
10-14 c.m. long, 3-5 c.m. wide, rounded below, bluntly pointed at the apex. Stipule ciliate on the margins and back, glabrous elsewhere. Young leaves, stems 
and fruits usually densely pubescent at first, afterwards glabrescent, but made so rough by the permanent hair-bases that they can be used for polishing, &c. The 
larger-leaved forms are almost glabrous, even when young. Fig oblong or globose, pointed with 5 m.m. peduncle somewhat hractcd at the top. Present along all 
the rivers in the Province ; also in Zululand. Sim, 5414 and 6237. 
Plate XC. C. i, Fruiting branch ; 2, Stipule ; 3, Tree (reduced). 
F. magenjensis. (New species.) 2 Vern. name — 10, Mtoza. Large tree, glabrous throughout. Leaves numerous, firm, varying from ovate-lanceolate to oblong, 7-15 
c.m. long, 3-7 c.m. wide, wide and somewhat cordate at the base, often oblique, and tapering to the point or somewhat suddenly pointed. Petioles 2-5 c.m. long ; 
stipules 1-2-5 c.m. long. Fig axillary, pedunculate, 2-5 c.m. diameter, nearly globose, glabrous. Twigs rather slender. Not common. Forests of Magenja da 
Costa, near Arenga. Sim 5653. 
Plate XCII 1 . B. 
F. cordata, Thun. Vern. names— 4, Mkaio ; 15, Mkio. Glabrous throughout, except the youngest innovations. A much-branched tree; twigs slender; leaves ovate- 
lanceolate from a cordate base 8-10 c.m. long, 2-5-4 c.m. wide, bluntly pointed, and with petioles 1-2 c.m. long. Figs globose, 6 m.m. diameter, with peduncles 
3-5 m.m. long. Stipules 2-3 m.m. long. Frequent along the Lebombo range. Sim 6305 
Plate XCIV. A. 
F. delagoensis. (New species.)} Vern. name— 4, Shinshamfaan. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, 7-15 c.m. long, 2-5-4 c.m. wide, tapering or rounded at the base, tapering 
to the point, glabrous and smooth on both surfaces, pale under, and with a slender glabrous petiole 2-4 c.m. long. Midrib and larger veins often red and in relief ; 
reticulate venation very fine but inconspicuous ; stipules 5-6 m.m. long, acute, glabrous. Fruits produced in clusters on raised warts on the main stem or old wood, 
2-2 '5 c.m. diameter, nearly globose, warted but not pubescent, on a petiole 1-2-5 c - m - long, which is minutely pubescent, as also are the 4 sepal-like bracts at its 
top. A spreading tree, not uncommon near Lourenzo Marques ; seen also in Maputa, Gaza, M'Chopes and Inhambane. (Extra tropical.) Sim 5171. 
Plate XCII. B. i, Branch ; 2, Fruits ; 3, Stipule. 
F. picta. (New species) 1 * Vern. name — 4, M-tombe. Growing as a bush 2-3 metres high out of rock at Miluane and elsewhere on the Swaziland Railway, with 
numerous unbranched coppice shoots, but nowhere seen bearing figs or in what appeared to be mature condition. Leaves cordate-reniform, rounded or abruptly 
r Ficus palustris. (Sp. nov.) Frutex habitu maxime inconstans, ramosus 3-5 m. alius in ripis fluviorum, vel virgatus 1 m. altus in campis humidis; partibus junioribus pubcscenlia densa obsitis, 
denique pilorum basibus scabris j caulibus gregariis e stolonibus sublerraneis ortis ; foliis altemis vel opposilis, lanceolutis, basi et apicc rotundnlis, plerumque 3-8 c.m. longis, 27 c.m. Intis, breviter peliolatis ; 
interdum 10-14 c.m. longis, 3-5 c.m. latis, subglabris, apice subacuto ; stipulis glabris nisi marginibus dorsoque ciliatis ; fructu oblongo vel globoso, apice acuto, pedunculo 5 m.m. longo, ad npieem sub-brncteato. 
In ripis fluminum omnium in Provincia et in Zululand. Sim 5414 et 6237. Tab. XC. C. 
a Ficus magenjensis. (Sp. nov.) Arbor magna glabra ; ramulis nonnihil tenuibus ; foliis multis, firmis, ovato-lanceolalis vel oblongis, 7-15 c.m. longis, 3-7 c.m. latis, sub-cordatis, saepe obliquis cl 
apicem versus fastigatis vel abrupte acutis ; petiolis 2-5 c.m. longis; stipulis 1-2-5 c - m - longis; fructu axillari, pedunculato, sub-globoso, glabro. Maud frequens ; in silvis prope Arenga, Magenja da Costa. 
Sim 5653. Tab. XCIII. B. 
3 Ficus delagoensis. (Sp. nov.) Arbor ; foliis ovato-lanceolatis, 7-15 c.m. longis, 2-5-4 c.m. latis. glabris, petiolo tenui, 2-4 c.m. longo, costa et venis primariis saepe rubris, prominentibus, venis 
minoribus inconspicuis reticulatis ; stipulis 5-6 m.m. longis, acutis, glabris ; fruclibus fasciculatis, e verrucis caulis corticis ortis, sub-globosis, 2-2-5 c.m. diam., verrucosis, pedunculo 1-2-5 c,m * l° n go» ct bractcis 
quatuor apicalibus sepalis similibus pubescenlia brevissima obsitis. Lourenzo Marques, Maputa, Gaza, M’Chopes et Inhambane. Sim 5 1 ? 1 - Tab. XCII. It. 
4 Ficus picta. (Sp. nov.) Frutex 2-3 m. altus, locos saxosos incolens, soboles multos juniores pilis albis obsitis haud ramosos emittens ; foliis cordnto-reniformibus, obtusis vel mucronatis, integris, 
firmis, 7-15 c.m. longis et latis, palminerviis, marginibus incrassatis, glabris; venis interdum pubescentibus, coccineis; petiolis 7-15 c.m. longis, pilis albis obsitis ; stipulis I "5 c.m. longis ; florc et fructu haud 
visis. Swaziland. Sim 6302. Tab. XCIV. B. 
