Ficus. | CXXIlIc. MORACEZ (Hutchinson). 109 
scabrid-punctate above, pubescent or almost tomentose with rather 
soft spreading hairs below especially on the nerves and veins, 3-nerved 
at the base, remaining lateral nerves 5-7 on each side, arcuate, 
diverging from the midrib at an angle of nearly 45°, slightly pro- 
minent below ; tertiary nerves rather lax, subparallel, distinct below ; 
petiole 3-4 in. long, densely hispid ; stipules caducous, linear from 
a broad more or less ovate base, acute, } in. long, 1-nerved, sub- 
coriaceous, glabrous within, hispidulous outside especially on the 
nerve. Receptacles axillary, solitary, obovoid-globose, 3-1 in. long, 
greenish-red when ripe, setose-pubescent. Bracts very small and 
scattered ; peduncle or stipe about 3% lin. long, hispidulous. Male 
flowers with a membranous 5-lobed perianth and a single stamen. 
Female flowers numerous ; perianth membranous, 3-lobed, glabrous ; 
style elongated.—Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 262. F. 
Warburgii, Winkl. in Engl. Jahrb. xli. 276, from description. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: between Victoria and Bota, Winkler, 449. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo; in forests on the Calemba 
Islands in the River Cuanza and also about Lombe and Condo, Welwitsch, 6359! 
19. F. urceolaris, Welw. ex Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 1010. 
A shrub 4-6 ft. high or rather more, branched from the base, or a 
small tree; branches virgate, terete, finely scabrous ; internodes 
3-2 in. long. Leaves alternate, obliquely elliptic with the midrib 
dividing the blade unequally, cuneate or rounded at the base, more 
or less caudate-acuminate, 4-9 in. long, 14-3 in. broad, almost 
membranous, coarsely repand-dentate, sometimes less toothed on 
the narrower than on the broader side, slightly scabrous on the lower 
surface ; midrib very prominent on the lower surface, continued to 
the apex of the acumen; lateral nerves 6-7 on each side of the 
midrib, arcuate, looped and branched very near to the margin, 
distinct on both surfaces, prominent below; tertiary nerves lax and 
mostly zig-zag, slender but prominent below ; acumen about # in. 
long; petiole 4-3 in. long, very minutely scabrous; stipules deciduous, 
ovate from a broad base, acute, scabrous outside, +-4 in. long (Hvern). 
Receptacles axillary on the young shoots, 2 or 3 together or soli- 
tary, shortly pedunculate, globose, 3-4 lin. in diam., very minutely 
Scabrous and spotted. Basal bracts very small and scattered on 
the peduncle and sometimes one or two extending on to the lower 
part of the receptacle, ovate, subacute, about 4 lin. long, coriaceous, 
finely and sparsely puberulous. Ostiole rather large, with numerous 
imbricate bracts visible from the outside; outer bracts spreading 
horizontally across the ostiole, very broadly ovate or rounded, 
mucilaginous, hyaline, glabrous, the inner slightly pointing into 
the receptacle. Male flowers not seen. Female flowers sessile ; 
perianth-segments very thin; achenes rounded, smooth ; style 
lateral, slender, with a blackish stigma.—Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. 
Jahrb. xlvi. 201, partly. F. urceolaris, var. bumbana, Hiern, 1.c. 
