Ficus. | CXXIIIc. MORACEZ (Hutchinson). 167 
close network on the lower surface ; petiole 1-13 in. long, longitudin- 
ally sulcate, about 1} lin. thick, softly puberulous ; stipules caducous. 
Receptacles axillary, solitary, sessile, subglobose, with a curious 
groove on the side next the branch, softly shortly tomentose, about 
{in.indiam. Basal bracts small and coriaceous, probably 2. Ostiole 
inconspicuous ; bracts all descending into the receptacle, subulate- 
lanceolate, glabrous. Male flowers shortly pedicellate, with the 
perianth-segments enclosing the solitary oblong anther; filament 
short ; connective slightly keeled on the back. Female flowers 
numerous, with long slender styles and coherent stigmas. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Cabinda, a common tree, Gossweiler, 122! 
104. F. rubroreceptacula, De Wild. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. lii. 
226. Branchlets stout, glabrous except around the leaf-scars. 
Leaves large, elongate-obovate, shortly and obtusely acuminate, 
slightly narrowed to an obtuse base, 9-16 in. long, 43-6 in. broad, 
entire, coriaceous, dull and glabrous above, finely pilose on the midrib 
and sparingly so on the lateral nerves below, otherwise glabrous ; 
midrib flat above, very prominent below, about 3 lin. broad at the 
base, gradually tapered to the apex of the blade ; Jateral nerves about 
16 on each side of the midrib, diverging from it at an angle of 50°, 
prominent and looped below ; venation as in F. zobiensis, De Wild. : 
petiole 2-4 in. long, compressed, 24 lin. broad, pubescent . stipules 
caducous, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, scarcely 4 in. long, 
glabrous, coriaceous.’ Receptacles axillary, sessile, depressed-globose, 
about 2 in. in diam., slightly pubescent towards the base, otherwise 
glabrous. Basal bracts deciduous, rusty-pilose, base villous outside. 
Ostiole small and pore-like ; bracts all descending into the receptacle, 
glabrous. Male flowers with a solitary stamen. Female flowers 
sessile ; style slender. all flowers pedicellate. 
South Central. Belgian Congo: Equateur district ; Eala, Laurent, 1360! 
105. F. Goliath, 4. Cheval. Veg. Ut. Afr. Trop. Fr. Fase. v. 262. 
A tree up to 100 ft. high ; young branchlets fairly stout, glabrous. 
eaves obovate or obovate-elliptic, truncate or rounded at the base, 
very slightly and obtusely pointed at the apex, 5-73 in. long, 3-5 in. 
broad, entire, thinly chartaceous, dull and glabrous on both surfaces 
except on the midrib below; midrib flat above, fairly prominent 
below, about 14 lin. broad at the base, gradually tapered to the apex 
or almost to the apex of the blade, slightly pubescent ; lateral nerves 
11-13 on each side of the midrib, diverging from it at an angle of 
45°-65°, rather slender, nearly straight, looped and much-branched 
hear the margin ; tertiary nerves very delicate, somewhat Zig-Zag 
etween the lateral nerves ; veins very close and fine below ; petiole 
23 in. long, broader towards the base, pilose ; stipules deciduous. 
ceptacles not seen in position, but probably sessile, depressed- 
globose, about 1} in. in diam., glabrous. Basal bracts not seen. 
