Ficus.] CXXIIIc. MORACEZ (Hutchinson) 163 
98. F. chlamydocarpa, Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 
244. A tree 40-50 ft. high, with a crown about 100 ft. broad; 
young branchlets leafy, bearing the receptacles, thick, hirsute when 
young. Leaves crowded towards the apex of the branches, elliptic, 
shortly and obtusely acuminate, rounded at the base, 5-8 in. long, 
3-3} in. broad, entire, subcoriaceous, dull and glabrous on both 
surfaces or slightly pilose on the midrib below; midrib impressed 
above, very prominent below, about 14 lin. broad at the base, gradually 
tapered to the apex of the leaf-blade ; lateral nerves 13-16 on each 
side of the midrib, diverging from it at an angle of 45°-65°, distinct 
on both surfaces, prominent and somewhat angular below when 
dry, looped and branched near the margin; tertiary nerves zig-zag, 
lax, delicate, distinct below, forming with the veins a very close 
fine network on the lower surface; petiole 1}-2 in. long, stout, 
glabrous ; stipules caducous. Receptacles axillary, solitary, sessile, 
totally enclosed by an involucre of membranous pubescent bracts, 
obovoid, 14-14 in. long, hispid. Ostiole not produced, 2-lipped ; 
bracts all descending into the receptacle, numerous, rather long. 
Male flowers scattered all over the receptacle, subsessile ; perianth- 
Segments 3; stamen solitary; anther ellipsoid. Female flowers 
not seen. Gall flowers numerous, pedicellate. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Bambutto Mountains, 6500 ft., Ledermann, 
99. F. Kitubalu, Hutchinson in Kew Bulletin, 1915, 334. A tree up 
to 30 ft. high or more ; habit frequently spreading ; young branchlets 
leafy towards the apex, rather stout, grooved, slightly pubescent. 
Leaves oblong or elliptic, rounded at both ends or slightly narrowed 
at the base, 3-4 in. long, 14-2 in. broad, entire, rigidly chartaceous, 
pubescent on the midrib above, softly pubescent below; midrib 
equally prominent on both surfaces, about 1} lin. broad at the bise, 
gradually tapered to but bifurcate below the apex of the leaf ; lateral 
nerves about 9 on each side of the midrib, spreading at a wide angle, 
looped, the loops forming a crenate line }-1 lin. from the margin, 
slightly prominent below; principal tertiary nerves only slightly 
less conspicuous below than the secondary ones, spreading in the 
same direction ; venation rather lax; petiole $-1 in. long, slightly 
compressed, with a single channel on the upper side, shortly pubes- 
cent ; stipules caducous, those surrounding the terminal bud ovate- 
lanceolate, acutely and rather long-acuminate, $-? in. long, 3-4 lin. 
broad, rather scaly in texture, glabrous, black and dull when dry. 
Receptacles sessile, in axillary pairs, almost covered by the large 
basal bracts, globose, about 4 lin. in diam., densely pubescent or 
almost tomentose; basal bracts in the bud stage covering the re- 
ceptacles like a calyptra, membranous, puberulous outside, more or 
less villous within. Ostiole small, glabrous, pore-like ; bracts all 
descending into the receptacle, linear-lanceolate, glabrous. Male 
