156 CXXIIIc. MORACE (Hutchinson). [ Ficus. 
ostiole not prominent. Basal bracts 3, broadly ovate or suborbicular, 
rounded at the apex, about ? lin. long and broad, membranous, 
thinly pubescent outside. Ostiolar bracts all pointing straight into 
the receptacle, the middle two much larger than the others, linear- 
oblong, obtuse, 1} lin. long, membranous, the others about two- 
thirds as long, subulate or subulate-lanceolate, acute, membranous. 
Male flowers not seen. Female flowers numerous, subsessile ; perianth 
very thin, enclosing the style, but not the rather large oblong stigma. 
Receptacular scales few, subulate, very acute, ? lin. long, membranous. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Malange district, Gossweiler, 1004! Right bank 
of the river Cubango, near Fort Princesa Amelia, Gossweiler, 1973 ! 
According to Gossweiler his 1973 was epiphytic on a Cesalpineous plant, 
which had already been suffocated ; after the death of the latter the Ficus 
evidently developed into an independent tree. 
86. F. Lingua, Warb. in De Wild. & Th. Durand, Relig. Dewevr. 
216. A large epiphytic shrub with horizontally spreading branches; 
branchlets slender with short internodes, pubescent with brownish 
hairs. Leaves oblanceolate, rounded at the apex, narrowed to the 
base, $-1 in. long, 24-3} lin. broad, entire, chartaceous, dull and 
glabrous on both surfaces ; midrib slightly impressed above, proml- 
nent below, gradually tapered to the apex of the blade ; lateral 
nerves 5-6 on each side of the midrib, ascending from it at an acute 
angle, distinct on the lower surface ; petiole 1 lin. long, glabrous; 
stipules persistent, lanceolate, acute, 1} lin. long, glabrous or nearly 
so. Receptacles axillary, sessile, solitary or in pairs, globose, 2 lin. 
in diam., glabrous. Basal bracts 2-3, membranous, deciduous, 
finely puberulous outside. Ostiole small, pore-like ; bracts all 
descending into the receptacle, small, glabrous. Male flowers with 
a solitary stamen. Achenes smooth.—Warb. in Warb. & De Wild. 
Fic. Fl. Congo, 24; De Wild. Miss. E. Laurent, 71; Mildbr. & 
Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 248; De Wild. in Fedde, Repert. *1- 
303, and in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. lii. 216. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Campo, Ledermann, 375! road to Olanga, 
Tessmann, 785! forest between Lokomo, Bumba and Bange, M ildbraed, 4383! 
Lower Guinea. Spanish Guinea: Uelleburg, Fang district, Tessmann, 61! 
French Congo: Fernaud, Lecomte, 21! 
South Central. Belgian Congo: Aruwimi district ; Lokandu and Lowa, 
Dewévre, 1136! Kasai district ; Dibele, Laurent! Mondjo, Pynaert, 306! 
87. F. kamerunensis, Warb. ex Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahsb. 
xlvi. 258. Branchlets sulcate, fairly slender, thinly pubescent, with 
thin scaly deciduous bark. Leaves oblanceolate-obovate, gradually 
and obtusely acuminate, cuneate at the base, 2-34 in. long, 1-1} 
broad, entire, glabrous, dark-coloured above when dry, brow? 
below ; midrib flat above, prominent below, 2 lin. broad at the base, 
gradually tapered at the apex of the blade ; lateral nerves numerous 
