162 CXXIIIc, MORACE (Hutchinson). [ Ficus. 
reticulate and dull above, pilose chiefly on the midrib and lateral 
nerves below; midrib flat or slightly impressed above, very promi- 
nent beneath, 2 lin. broad at the base, closely longitudinally ribbed 
when dry, gradually tapered to the apex; lateral nerves 12-14 on 
each side of the midrib, spreading at a wide angle from the midrib, 
slightly arcuate, looped near the margin, distinct on both surfaces, 
prominent below; tertiary nerves rather lax, zig-zag; venation 
rather close and conspicuous on both surfaces; petiole 1-3 in. 
long, compressed, about 24 lin. broad, villous with reflexed hairs 
when young, at length becoming merely puberulous; stipules 
caducous, those surrounding the terminal bud ovate, long and acutely 
acuminate, about } in. long, submembranous, hairy towards the base 
outside. Receptacles crowded towards the apex of the shoots, 
sessile, depressed-globose, 3-3 in. in diam., finely long-pilose. Basal 
bracts large, enclosing the developing receptacles for some time, 
long-pilose outside. Ostiole small and pore-like ; bracts all descend- 
ing into the receptacle, glabrous. Male flowers shortly pedicellate. 
Stamen solitary. Female flowers sessile; style slender. Gall 
flowers pedicellate. 
Nile Land. Uganda: Buddu, about 3900 ft., Dawe, 288 ! 
97. F. clarencensis, Mildbr. & Hutchinson in Kew Bulletin, 1915, 
333. A large tree; branchlets stout, about } in. in diam. near the apex, 
rather sparingly pilose. Leaves oblong-elliptic, shortly and obtusely 
acuminate, shortly cordate at the base, 6-74 in. long, 3-4 in. broad, 
entire, thinly coriaceous, glabrous on the upper surface, hairy only 
on the midrib below; midrib flat above, very prominent below, 
about 2 lin. broad at the base, gradually tapered to the apex ; lateral 
nerves 10-12 on each side of the midrib, spreading at an angle of 
60°-70°, slightly impressed above, prominent below, looped near the 
margin; tertiary nerves joined between the lateral nerves and 
forming a zig-zag nerve between them, distinct but rather slender 
below; veins scarcely visible; petiole 3-2 in. long, 2 lin. thick, 
with peeling scaly bark; stipules caducous. Receptacles enclosed 
until mature by a subcoriaceous hairy calyptra, axillary, sessile, 
depressed-globose, 3-1 in. in diam., minutely and very sparingly 
pubescent. Basal bracts large, almost entirely enveloping the 
receptacle, densely villous outside. Ostiole slightly elevated, 
2-lipped ; bracts not visible from the outside, all descending into 
the receptacle, glabrous. Male flowers shortly pedicellate ; perianth- 
segments lanceolate, glabrous. Stamen solitary. Female flowers 
sessile ; style short. Gall flowers pedicellate. 
Upper Guinea. Fernando Po: Clarence Peak, to the north side of Pico 
Santa Isabel, 3600-4600 ft., Mildbraed, 6408 ! 
Allied to F. eriobotryoides, with the figs enclosed in a similar large calyptra 
until nearly ripe ; they are, however, quite glabrous and not tomentose as 10 
that species. Spirit material seen at Berlin. 
