Ficus.] CXXIIIc. MORACE# (Hutchinson). 183 
marked with lenticels when dry. Leaves obovate-elliptic, very 
obtusely mucronate, narrowed to the base, 54-6} in. long, 23-3} in. 
broad, entire, rigidly coriaceous, shining above, dull below, glabrous 
on both surfaces; midrib flat or slightly impressed above, very 
prominent below, rounded and nearly 2 lin. broad at the base, 
gradually tapered to and becoming very slender at but scarcely 
reaching the apex of the blade; lateral nerves about 12 on each 
side of the midrib, diverging from it at an angle of 45° or slightly 
more, slightly arcuate or straight, looped and forming an intra- 
marginal nerve 1-1} lin. from the margin, distinct on both surfaces, 
slightly prominent but slender below; tertiary nerves only a little 
less distinct than the lateral and parallel with them, becoming 
zig-zag towards the margin; veins fine and rather close ; petiole 
about ? in. long, finely wrinkled, glabrous; stipules deciduous, 
glabrous. Receptacles axillary, sessile, globose, about } in. in diam., 
glabrous. Basal bracts 3, ovate, rounded at the apex, about 1} lin. 
long and nearly as broad, faintly membranous towards the 
margin, glabrous. Ostiole slightly prominent, 2-lipped ; orifice 
3 lin. long; bracts linear, the two next the orifice longer than the 
others, membranous, glabrous. Male flowers subsessile 2 perianth 
enclosing the solitary anther. Female flowers subsessile, small. 
Achene smooth ; style slender, with several stigmas often cohering. 
South Central. Belgian Congo: Upper Welle district ; near Pojo, between 
Fort Beni and Irumu, Mildbraed, 2831 ! 
A very distinct species allied to F. aganophila, Hutchinson, and F. elasticoides, 
De Wild., but iigeene from the former by the rounded leaf apices with the 
branched midrib andthe cuneate base, and from the latter by the rounded 
apices, fewer lateral nerves and smaller figs. 
129. F. subcostata, De Wild. in Fedde, Repert. xii. 197. Branch- 
lets longitudinally striate, lenticellate, otherwise glabrous. Leaves 
oblong or elliptic-oblong, acuminate, the acumen up to 7 lin. long, 
rounded at the base, 2-44 in. long, 3-1} in. broad, entire, rigidly 
coriaceous, dull and glabrous on both surfaces; midrib flat above, 
prominent below, about 1 lin. broad at the base, gradually tapered 
to the apex of the blade ; lateral nerves about 6 on each side, arcuate, 
diverging from the midrib at an angle of 45°, looped some distance 
from the margin, prominent on both surfaces; veins distinct | on 
both surfaces, rather close ; petiole }-? in. long, about 1 lin. thick, 
glabrous ; stipules more or less deciduous, up to nearly 4 in. long 
and 2 lin. broad, glabrous. Receptacles sessile, in axillary pairs, 
obovoid-globose, about 54 lin. in diam., prominently warted, slightly 
puberulous. Basal bracts 2, suborbicular, membranous, glabrous. 
Ostiole inconspicuous, 2-lipped, with no bracts visible from the 
Outside ; bracts all pointing into the receptacle, oblong or oblong- 
lanceolate, glabrous. Male flowers shortly pedicellate ; perianth- 
Segments 3, unequal, linear or lanceolate, glabrous, about j lin. long. 
