Ficus. | CXXIIIc. MORACEZ (Hutchinson). 129 
on the main stem, pedunculate, subglobose, about 12 in. in diam. 
when ripe, shrinking to 1} in. when dry, with very thick walls, 
cordate at the base, strigillose-pubescent ; peduncle 1} in. long, 
recurved, stout, puberulous. Basal bracts caducous, from a sketch 
by the collector more or less lanceolate and about 7 lin. long, 
probably membranous.  Ostiole small and pore-like, with the bracts 
all descending into the receptacle. Male flowers rather long-pedi- 
cellate, with a solitary obtuse anther. Female flowers pedicellate ; 
stigmas papillose. 
Upper Guinea, Liberia: bank of the Mano River in Gola Forest, Bunting ! 
According to the collector the latex and fruit are worthless. 
44. F. ugandensis, Hutchinson in Kew Bulletin, 1915, 321. A tree 
30 ft. high or more ; branchlets covered with greyish glabrous bark. 
Leaves elliptic or oblong-elliptic, rounded at the base, shortly- 
acuminate, 2-44 in. long, 1-2} in. broad, entire, chartaceous, pustu- 
late above, glabrous and slightly shining below ; midrib flat above, 
prominent below, about 4 lin. broad at the base, gradually tapered 
to the apex of the blade; lateral nerves 9-11 on each side of the 
midrib, diverging from it at an angle of 45°-60°, subopposite, promi- 
nent on both surfaces, looped and branched towards the margin ; 
tertiary nerves and veins forming a lax reticulation bélow ; petiole 
#-1} in. long, strongly sulcate, glabrous; stipules caducous. Re- 
ceptacles fasciculate on the older shoots, pedunculate, ellipsoid- 
globose, about 1} in. long, shrivelling up like a desiccated plum when 
dry, puberulous ; peduncle 3 in. long, about 1} lin. thick, minutely 
puberulous. Basal bracts early deciduous, not seen. Ostiole 
2-lipped, somewhat inconspicuous; bracts all descending into the 
teceptacle. Male flowers shortly pedicellate; perianth-segments 
4-5, linear-lanceolate, subacute, membranous, glabrous. Stamen 
Solitary ; filament short ; anther ovoid, obtuse. Gall flowers long- 
pedicellate. 
Nile Land. Uganda: Buddu, at 3800 ft., Dawe, 256! 
45. F. Gossweileri, Hutchinson in Kew Bulletin, 1915, 321, with fig. 
A tree 50 ft. high with a short irregular trunk and broad head ; 
branches spreading, beset on the upper side with leafless fruiting twigs 
2-4 in. long; young branchlets short, glabrous or sometimes finely 
puberulous. Leaves oblong or oblong-elliptic, rather abruptly acu- 
Minate (acumen 3-4 lin. long), obtuse, truncate or slightly rounded 
at the base, 2-4 in. long, 1-2 in. broad, entire, chartaceous, dull on 
both surfaces when dry, glabrous, closely and finely reticulate below ; 
midrib slightly impressed above, prominent below, 4-3 lin. broad at 
the base, gradually tapered to and becoming very slender at the 
apex of the blade; lateral nerves 9-10 on each side of the midrib, 
diverging from it at an angle of about 60°, very slender, looped near 
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