Ficus.] CXXIlIc. MORACE (Hutchinson), 157 
about 12 on each side of the midrib, diverging from it at an angle of 
45°, looped near the margin, indistinct above, prominent below ; 
veins distinct below; petiole comparatively short, 3 lin. long, 
subterete, glabrous; stipules more or less persistent, lanceolate 
from an ovate base, about + in. long, membranous, pubescent on 
the back, otherwise glabrous. Receptacles axillary, sessile, globose, 
+ in. in diam., glabrous. Basal bracts 2, connate at the base, mem- 
branous. Ostiole small and pore-like; bracts all descending into 
the receptacle, glabrous. Male flowers shortly pedicellate ; perianth- 
Segments 3, glabrous. Stamen solitary; anther oblong. Female 
flowers sessile. Gall flowers pedicellate.—F. fulvistipula, Warb. ex 
Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 259, name only. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone: Talla Hills, near Ninia, Scott Elliot, 4913! 
Ivory Coast: Cavally Basin; between Grabo and Tate, Chevalier, 19785! 
Anyama, Chevalier, 20706! Southern Nigeria : Cross River, Meyer ! Cameroons : 
Bipinde, Zenker, 1701! Victoria; in the botanical garden, Winkler, 1091! 
Neu-Tegel, Winkler, 212! Johann-Albrechtshohe, Staudt, 897! 
Lower Guinea. Gaboon: Libreville, Klaine, 451! Bellay, 192! 
88. F. Anomani, Hutchinson in Kew Bulletin, 1915, 331. Branch- 
lets fairly stout, purplish when dry, glabrous. Leaves oblong or 
oblong-oblanceolate, obtuse at both ends or slightly narrowed to 
the base, 2-44 in. long, 1-1} in. broad, entire, thinly coriaceous, 
glabrous and dull on both surfaces ; midrib flat above, prominent 
and straw-coloured below, 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°, very slender, indistinct 
above, prominent below, looped near the margin; tertiary nerves 
and veins scarcely evident ; petiole 4-1} in. long, stout, broadly 
gtooved above, 1-1} lin. thick, glabrous; stipules persistent, 
broadly ovate, acute, about 4 lin. long, glabrous outside. Receptacles 
axillary, sessile, ovoid-globose, about 4 lin. in diam., finely pubescent 
or nearly glabrous, with a large umbonate ostiole. Basal bracts 2, 
small and closely adpressed to the receptacle, membranous, glabrous. 
Ostiole pore-like ; bracts all descending into the receptacle, glabrous. 
Male flowers shortly pedicellate ; perianth-segments obovate, mem- 
branous, glabrous. Stamen solitary; anther nearly as broad as 
long. Female flowers sessile; style as long as the achene, slender. 
Gall flowers pedicellate. 
U i ; : i iver Valley, near Kukuna, Scott 
Ellie 46031 ‘Trory Grace cg am Cony ee . cae Nienokué, Chevalier, 
19447! 19473! Gold Coast : Dunkwa district ; Deyniase, Chipp, 151 ! Sehwhi 
and Wam districts, Armitage! Cameroons: near Mundame, Biisgen, 140! 
Known to the natives of the Gold Coast as Anomani. 
89. F. buxifolia, De Wild. in Fedde, Repert. xii. 302. An 
epiphytic shrub; branchlets somewhat flattened, pubescent when 
young, later with glabrescent deciduous bark. Leaves small, 
