150 CXXIlIc. MORACE (Hutchinson). [ Ficus. 
- %%. F. ebolowensis, Mildbraed & Hutchinson in Kew Bulletin, 1915, 
329. A small epiphytic shrub with long branches ; young branchlets 
shortly strigillose-pubescent, about 4 in. in diam. near the apex, 
subterete, with short internodes. Leaves oblong or slightly oblanceo- 
late-oblong, caudate-acuminate (acumen obtuse, $—} in. long), slightly 
cuneate at the base, 4~7} in. long, 1}-23 in. broad, entire, rigidly 
coriaceous, dull and glabrous on both surfaces, dull-green above, 
with thick pale nerves below; midrib flat above, prominent below, 
about 1 lin. broad at the base, gradually tapered to the apex of 
the blade; lateral nerves 6—7 on each side of the midrib, diverging 
from it at an angle of 45°, prominently looped 13-2 lin. from the 
margin; tertiary nerves scarcely evident, together with the veins 
forming a close pale yellow network below; petiole #-1 in. long, 
stout, 1}-14 lin. thick, shortly pubescent; stipules persistent, 
intrapetiolar, paired, slightly connate at the base and quite encircling 
the stem, ovate-lanceolate, subacute, 3-1 in. long, submembranous, 
striate, dull brown, minutely puberulous outside. Receptacles 
green, with reddish-brown spots, axillary, solitary (?), sessile, but 
stipitate within the basal bracts, globose, with a very small wart-like 
ostiole at the apex, rounded above the stipitate base, } in. or slightly 
more in diam., finely puberulous ; stipe 14 lin. long, cylindric, about 
3 lin. in diam. Basal bracts 2, ovate-orbicular, mucronate, 1} ln. 
long and broad, membranous, slightly puberulous near the base 
outside, otherwise glabrous. Ostiole 2-lipped; orifice about 
4 lin. long; bracts all descending, the upper small, the lowermost 
subulate-lanceolate, hyaline, glabrous. Male flowers subsessile ; 
perianth-segments 3, lanceolate, subobtuse, membranous, glabrous. 
Stamen solitary ; filament short ; anther } lin. long, obtuse. Female 
flowers pedicellate ; perianth-segments 4-5, linear-lanceolate, acute, 
membranous. Achene smooth; style not seen. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Ebolowa district; Ekuk, Mildbraed, 5689 ! 
78. F. Conraui, Warb. in Warb. & De Wild. Fic. Fl. Congo, 25, t. 
xi. figs. 3-4. Branchlets obtusely angular, about 24 lin. thick, 
smooth, mottled with large purplish-brown spots when dry, nearly 
covered with the large persistent stipules. Leaves elongate oblong- 
elliptic, long and acutely caudate-acuminate, slightly narrowed to 
an obtuse base, 7-8 in. long, 2}-23 in. broad, entire, chartaceous, 
glabrous, prominently and closely reticulate with whitish veins 
below and brownish interspaces, green above; midrib slightly 
immersed above, very prominent, convex or almost keeled and about 
1} lin. broad below, gradually tapered to the apex ; lateral nerves 
8-10 on each side, very slightly raised and inconspicuous above, 
very distinct, but only a little prominent below, arising from the 
midrib at an angle of about 60°, slightly curved, looped, the loops 
forming a crenate line 14-2 lin. from the margin; veins hardly 
visible above, very distinct below; petiole 3-1 in. long, 1-14 ln. 
