Synoptical and Specific Descriptions. 
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branching widely j stem up to 60 c.m. diameter. Rueben Point, Polana, and elsewhere about Lourenzo Marques and in Maputa District. There are 2 varieties, 
viz. ’ 
(A.) normalis. Upper surface of leaf at first densely pubescent, afterwards glabrescent. 
(B.) glabra. Upper surface of leaf when young glabrous, dark-green, shining ; named after Mr. Howard, Government Entomologist, who has made a study 
of the insect parasites of this and allied species. Sim 6262. 
Plate XCII. A. 1, Leaf-branch, young ; 2, Fruits ; 3, Section of a fruit ; 4, Tree, general habit (much reduced). 
F. obovata. (New species.) 1 Vern. name— 10, i-lisha. Leaves 10-18 c.m. long, 10-12 c.m. wide, firm in texture, obovate, tapering to the base, and with a short 
conical point from a rounded apex ; upper surface set with short stout hairs or the hard permanent bases of these ; under surface closely reticulated and finely 
pubescent on every vein and veinlet. The young wood and 1-5 c.m. petioles also bristly pubescent. Stipules 1 c.m. long, finely pubescent. Fig not seen. Tree 
10-15 metres high. Sim 60 1 8. Forests near Maquebella, Magenja da Costa. 
Plate XCIV. C. 
F. montana. (New species.) 2 3 l ent, name— 15, Shlampf. Small tree, densely bristly-hairy on all young parts ; glabrescent with age. Leaves 5-10 c.m. long, 3-C c.m. 
wide, obovate from a somewhat cordate base, rounded at the apex, and with a 1-2 c.m. bristly petiole, the veins underneath also retaining their hairs more or less. 
Figs numerous, axillary on young wood, globose, pubescent, 1 c.m. diameter. Stipules 1-2-5 c.m. long, bristly outside, glabrous on the inner surface. Abundant 
on the dry rocky slopes of the Lebombo range, as a small bushy tree, not of timber size ; often the last survivor on dry solid rock. Sim 6313. 
Plate XCV. A. 
F. capensis, 1 hun. Vern. names 4 to 12, and 15, Mkuao ; 13, Mkwane. A very large tree, nearly glabrous, but sometimes finely pubescent on the youngest growth. Leaves 
10-20 c.m. long, ovate or somewhat cordate, with a wavy irregular margin, or several or many large blunt teeth, or crcnate and bluntly pointed at the apex. 
Petiole 1-15 c.m. long ; stipules 1-2-5 c - m - long, hairy externally. Figs produced on special partly developed branches, forming bunches 7-30 c.m. long, pendent 
from old wood, these branches growing on year after year, and each producing an annual crop of many fruits. Figs 2 5-3 c.m. diameter, fig-shaped, glabrous or 
minutely pubescent, yellow and edible when ripe, and usually containing maggots. Bark smooth and nearly white when young, dark and fissured when old. 
Closely allied to F. integrifolia. Seen at Lebombo, Lourenzo Marques, Chai-chai, Quisica, Inhambane and Magenja da Costa. Occurs also throughout South 
Africa. See “ Forest Flora of Cape Colony,” 307, Plate CXXXV. Sim 5941. 
Plate XCV. B. 
F. integrifolia. (New species. )3 Vern. name 4, Mkaou. Leaves 5-10 c.m. long, 3-8 c.m. wide, cordate, 3-vein ed at the base, with 1-3 c.m. pubescent petioles and 
pubescent stipules on bud. Fruit on specialised, partly developed, mostly pendent, much-branched branches, which continue to grow and bear year after year. 
Figs up to 2-5 c.m. long and wide on 1-2 c.m. peduncles, obovate, minutely downy at first and with rather prominent mouth. The name is given in distinction 
from F. capensis, which has usually' toothed or lobed leaves, and is practically glabrous. Otherwise I find no distinction, and believe these 2 vary into one another, 
though very distinct in typical forms, and seldom showing intermediates even where they occur together in juxtaposition. Frequent in alluvial plains, making a 
very large soft-wooded tree with smooth glaucous-green bark. It occurs throughout the Province and also in Natal. Sim 6145. 
Plate LXXXIX. i, Growing shoot ; 2, Fruiting branch. 
Ficus obovata. (Sp. nov.) Arbor 10-15 m. alia ; foliis 10-18 c.m. longis, 10-12 c.m. latis, firmis, obovatis, breviter mucronatis, pngina superiors pilis brevibus obsitu vel sen bra ; pnginu infcriorc 
crebre reliculato-venosa, venis pubescentibus, ramis junioribus et petiolis 1 -5 c.m. setoso-pubescentibus ; stipulis I c.m. longis pubcsccntia tenui obsitis ; fructibus baud visis. In silvis propc Maquebella, 
Magenja da Costa. Sim 6018. Tab. XCIV. C. 
2 Ficus montana. (Sp. nov.) Arbor parva fruticosa ; partibus junioribus dense piloso-setosis, denique glabrescenlibus ; foliis 5-10 c.m. longis, 3-6 c.m. Intis, e basi subcordata obovatis, venis pngina; 
inferiors pilosis ; stipulis 1-2-5 c.m. longis, extus setosis, intus glabris. Frequens in aridis saxosis declivitalibus Montium Lebombo. Sim 6313. Tab. XCV. A. 
3 Ficus integrifolia. (Sp. nov.) Arbor maxima ; ligno molli ; cortice levi glauco-viridi ; foliis integris cordatis, 5-10 c.m. longis, 3-8 c.m. latis, triveniis ; petiolis 1-3 c.m. longis ct stipulis junioribus 
pubescentibus ; ramis plerisque pendulis ramosissimis, perennibus, fructus saepe reddentibus ; fructibus obovatis, 2-5 c.m. longis et lulis, junioribus lanuginc tenui tectis. /•'. (ti/ensi similis sed lypica bene 
distincta, foliis integris, nec dentatis nec lobatis. Per Provinciam et in Natal. Sim 6145. Tab. LXXXIX. 
