144 CXXIIIc. MORACEZ (Hutchinson). [Ficus. 
68. F. crassicosta, Warb. in Warb. & De Wild. Fic. Fl. Congo, 
11, t. xvi. figs. 5-7. Branchlets rather stout, glabrous, the two-year- 
old ones prominently marked with large whitish lenticels. Leaves 
oblong-oblanceolate or narrowly pandurate, very shortly and obtusely 
acuminate, truncate or sometimes slightly cordate at the base, 
21-34 in. long, ?-1} in. broad, entire, coriaceous, glabrous and dull 
on both surfaces, about 9-nerved at the base, remaining lateral 
nerves 7-9 on each side, arising from the midrib at an angle of 45°-60°, 
looped, the loops forming a crenate line about # lin. from the margin, 
distinct above, prominent and straw-coloured below; tertiary 
nerves and veins not visible above, fairly prominent and rather lax 
below; midrib flat above, prominent below, about 1 lin. broad at 
the base, gradually fading to the apex ; petiole 4? in. long, glabrous, 
the bark splitting transversely and peeling off ; stipules subpersistent, 
lanceolate, acutely long-acuminate, 3-1 in. long, nearly 2 lin. broad 
at the base, submembranous, closely longitudinally striate, glabrous. 
Receptacles solitary, sessile, depressed-globose, about 14 in. in diam., 
wrinkling when dry, otherwise glabrous. Basal bracts 2, connate 
at the base, about 2 lin. broad, glabrous. Ostiole small and scarcely 
prominent, 2-lipped ; mouth about 1 lin. broad ; bracts all descend- 
ing into the receptacle, lanceolate, subobtuse, membranous, glabrous. 
Male flowers rather numerous, long-pedicellate ; pedicels up to 
24 lin. long; perianth-segments 3, linear, subacute, membranous. 
Stamen solitary ; filament up to 1} lin. long, red; anther oblique, 
1 lin. long, obtuse. Female flowers numerous ; perianth-segments 
subulate-lanceolate, membranous. Achene smooth, obliquely 
ellipsoid ;_ style slender, as long as the ovary; stigma papillose.— 
Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 231. F. epiphytica, De Wild. 
in Fedde, Repert. xii. 195 and in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. lii. 208. 
South Central. Belgian Congo: Stanley Pool District ; Lukolela, Demeuse, 
469! between Eala and Coquilhatville, Laurent, 787! 
69. F. rhynchocarpa, Warb. ex Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. 
xlvi. 235. A tree with a broad crown; branchlets covered with 
glabrous grey bark, subterete or angular when dry. Leaves obovate 
or obovate-oblanceolate, shortly and obtusely acuminate, attenuated 
to the base, 4-9 in. long, 13-3 in. broad, entire, coriaceous, dull and 
glabrous on both surfaces, with prominent pale venation below; 
midrib flat above, prominent below, about 1 lin. broad at the base, 
gradually tapered to the apex of the blade; lateral nerves 6-10 
on each side of the midrib, diverging from it at an angle of 45°, 
nearly straight until branched into loops some distance from the 
margin, prominent below ; tertiary nerves much-branched, forming 
with the veins a close prominent reticulation below ; petiole about 
1 in. long, usually very stout, about 14-2 lin. broad, glabrous ; 
stipules persistent, intrapetiolar, connate at their bases and encircling 
the stem, ovate-lanceolate, acute or subacute, 1-1} in. long; 
