146 CXXIIIc. MORACEZ (Hutchinson). [ Ficus. 
long; stamen solitary; filament } lin. long; anther } lin. long, 
mucronate. Female flowers pedicellate ; pedicel up to 1 lin. long; 
perianth-segments 3, lanceolate, acute, ? lin. long, membranous, 
glabrous. Achene smooth; style about 14 times the length of the 
achene, slender, with a large papillose stigma. Receptacular scales 
subulate-lanceolate, acute, 1 lin. long, membranous in the upper 
part. 
Upper Guinea. Fernando Po: grasslands of Moka, in the south-east of 
the island, 4000-6000 ft., Mildbraed, 7106 ! 
71. F. stipulifera, Hutchinson in Kew Bulletin, 1915, 326. A 
shrub or small tree; branchlets angular, very sparingly pubescent, 
covered with a greyish bark. Leaves lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 
gradually and obtusely acuminate, narrowed to the base, 34-5 in. 
long, 1-1} in. broad, entire, chartaceous, punctate above, glabrous 
and dull on both surfaces or slightly shining below; midrib flat 
above, prominent below, about % 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 almost at right angles, nearly 
straight, looped, the loops forming a crenate line about 1 In. 
from the margin ; tertiary nerves slightly less prominent than the 
lateral, reticulate, rather lax, distinct below; veins somewhat 
indistinct and lax below; petiole 3-3 in. long, slender, glabrous, 
about } lin. thick; stipules persistent, rather densely clothing the 
young shoots, lanceolate, acute, up to ? in. long, membranous, 
glabrous. Receptacles not seen attached, but very probably 
axillary, sessile (?), subglobose, 1 in. in diam., prominently warted, 
the warts being red in the fresh state, shortly strigillose-pubescent. 
Basal bracts 2, connate at the base, ovate-orbicular, rounded at the 
apex, about 1} lin. long, nearly 2 lin. broad, membranous, glabrous. 
Ostiole not at all prominent, 2-lipped ; bracts all descending into 
thereceptacle. Male flowers pedicellate; perianth-segments subulate- 
lanceolate, membranous, glabrous. Stamen solitary; filament 
short ; anther $-3 lin. long, minutely mucronate. Female flowers 
pedicellate ; perianth-segments 3, unequal, subulate-lanceolate, 
very acute, membranous. Achene ellipsoid, smooth; style a little 
shorter than the achene, 2-fid. 
Nile Land. Uganda: South Buddu, 3900 ft., Dawe, 301 ! 
72. F. tesselata, Warb. in Engl. Jahrb. xx.156. A tree; branch- 
lets rather sharply angular when dry, minutely puberulous. Leaves 
oblong-elliptic, shortly and rather gradually acuminate, obtuse at 
both ends, 4-8} in. long, 14-3 in. broad, coriaceous, entire, dull and 
pale green above when dry, light brown beneath, glabrous on both 
surfaces ; midrib flat above, very prominent below, about 1} ii. 
broad at the base, gradually narrowed at the apex; lateral nerves 
6-7 on each side, distinct above, prominent below, diverging from the 
