142 CXXIIIc. MORACEZ (Hutchinson). [ Ficus. 
gradually acuminate, cuneate at the base, 3-54 in. long, 1}-2} im. 
broad, entire, rigidly chartaceous, glabrous, dull and reddish-brown 
when dry; midrib impressed above, prominent below, gradually 
tapered to the apex of the blade; lateral nerves about 7-8 on each 
side of the midrib, diverging from it at an angle of 45°-80°, prominent 
below, looped near the margin; veins finely reticulate below, 
blackish when dry; petiole 1-13 in. long, slender, glabrous or very 
minutely puberulous ; stipules caducous, linear-lanceolate, long and 
acutely acuminate, 3-1 in. long, glabrous. Receptacles fasciculate 
on branches of several years’ growth, about four in each fascicle, 
pedunculate, blackish-green, with small and large brighter green 
spots, ellipsoid, very slightly contracted at the base, 6-7 lin. long, 
about 4 lin. in diam., minutely puberulous; peduncle 4 in. long, 
fairly stout, very minutely puberulous. Basal bracts ovate, some- 
what membranous, glabrous, subpersistent, at length recurved. 
Ostiole circular, small and pore-like; bracts few, all descending 
vertically into the receptacle. Male flowers subsessile: perianth- 
segments oblanceolate, membranous, glabrous. Stamen solitary ; 
filament 3} lin. long; anther ovoid, obtuse. Female flowers sub- 
sessile. Gall flowers long-pedicellate.—F. Gilletii, Mildbr. & Burret 
in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 229, partly, not of Warb. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Lake Tibati, Ledermann, 2410! 
66. F. lyrata, Warb. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 172. A tree up to 
nearly 40 ft. high; branchlets thick, longitudinally grooved when 
dry, very minutely puberulous or glabrous. Leaves large, pandurate, 
apex truncate or rounded and often broadly emarginate with some- 
times a very short obtuse acumen in the middle, cordate with a 
narrow sinus at the base, 6-12 in. long. 5-7 in. broad across the 
widest part which is about a third of the whole length from the 
apex, entire, rigidly coriaceous, dull and glabrous on both surfaces, 
9-10-nerved at the base, remaining lateral nerves 4-5 on each side, 
spreading from the very thick midrib at an angle of 40°, becoming 
longitudinally grooved on both surfaces when dry, very prominent 
below, looped and branched well within the margin ; tertiary nerves 
few, arising from the lateral almost at a right angle, slightly pro- 
minent below ; veins very close and distinct on the lower surface ; 
petiole stout, }-14 in. long, 2-2} lin. broad, longitudinally grooved 
below, channelled above, and wrinkled with transverse lines whet 
dry, glabrous; stipules persistent, narrowly triangular, gradually 
and acutely acuminate, 13-2 in. long, 3 to nearly 1 in. broad at the 
base, entire, chartaceous, striate within, glabrous. Receptacles 
axillary, mostly in pairs, sessile, globose, about 12 in. in diam. when 
fresh, with walls about 2 lin. thick, finely puberulous outside ; basal 
bracts about 3 (Warburg), triangular, adpressed to the receptacle. 
Ostiole subdepressed ; bracts lanceolate. Receptacular wall thick, 
wrinkled and puberulous outside. Male perianth-segments 3: 
