Ficus.] CXXIIIc. MORACE (Hutchinson). 151 
thick, smooth, straw-coloured when dry ; stipules persistent, nume- 
tous, ovate-lanceolate, very acutely acuminate, up to 1} in. long, 
membranous, glabrous. Receptacles axillary, sessile, subglobose, 
about } in. in diam., shortly pubescent or puberulous. Basal bracts 
ovate-orbicular, about 2 lin. long, membranous, glabrous. Ostiole 
slightly produced, 2-lipped; mouth about } lin. wide; bracts all 
descending, the upper broader than the others and ovate-lanceolate, 
obtuse, the lower linear or linear-lanceolate, membranous. Male 
flowers not seen—Mildbr. & Burret in Engl, Jahrb. xlvi. 236; 
De Wild. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. lii. 203. 
Upper Guinea. Southern Nigeria: Agege, Kitson! Western Lagos, Rowland ! 
Cameroons : Molundu, Mildbraed, 3957! 4988! Bangue, Conrau, 280: Buea, 
Reder, 395 partly ! near the River Jah, Mildbraed, 5410! 
North Central. Eastern Shari: Snoussi district; banks of the Gounda 
River, Chevalier, 7315 ! 
Lower Guinea. Lower Congo: Dembo, Gillet, 2101! 
South Central. Belgian Congo: Eala, Pynaert, 1405! 1742! Sanda, 
Vanderyst | 
Differs from F. Preussii, Warb., by its symmetrical and more acutely long- 
acuminate leaves. 
9.. ¥. densestipulata, De Wild. in Fedde, Repert. xii. 194. 
Branchlets somewhat thick, sulcate, shortly tomentose. Leaves 
obovate-elliptic, shortly acuminate, slightly cuneate at the base, 
43-10 in. long, 13-34 in. broad, entire, rigidly coriaceous, glabrous, 
dull on both surfaces ; midrib flat above, very prominent and rounded 
below, 1} lin. broad at the base, gradually tapered to the apex ; 
lateral nerves about 8 on each side of the midrib, those near the middle 
Subopposite, diverging at an angle of 45°, looped some distance from 
the margin, distinct on both surfaces, prominent below ; tertiary 
nerves very slender, reticulate, forming with the veins a delicate 
reticulation below ; petiole 3-1 in. long, rather stout, transversely 
wrinkled, glabrous ; stipules numerous, up to 1} in. long and 7 lin. 
broad, shortly velvety outside. Receptacles axillary, solitary or 
M pairs, pedunculate, slightly depressed-globose, } in. in diam., 
glabrous, white-spotted ; peduncle about 5 lin. long or shorter, 
Shortly tomentose. Basal bracts 2, more or less papery, about 
2 lin. long. Ostiole 2-lipped, very slightly protruding, with no 
bracts visible from the outside ; mouth scarcely $ lin. broad, channel 
about 1 lin. long; upper bracts ovate, acute, ; lin. long, the lower 
linear-lanceolate. Male flowers with a short thick stalk; perianth- 
Segments 3, unequal, lanceolate, acute, membranous. Stamen 
Solitary ; filament very short ; anther 3 lin. long, shortly mucronate. 
Female flowers shortly pedicellate ; perianth-segments 3, lanceolate, 
Subacute, nearly 1 lin. long, membranous, glabrous ; achene oblong- 
obovoid, shining ; style lateral, about half the length of the achene ; 
stigma papillose, } lin. long.—De Wild. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. lii. 204. 
South Central. Belgian Congo: without precise locality, Seret, 734! 
