Ficus. ] CXXIlIc. MORACE# (Hutchinson), 185 
up to 1} in. long, thick, glabrous ; stipules deciduous, sheathing, 
acuminate, about 14 in. long and } in. broad, glabrous. Receptacles 
in axillary pairs, sessile, subglobose, 7 lin. in diam. Basal bracts 2, 
connate into a thick coriaceous plate at the base. Ostiole small, 
2-lipped. Bracts all descending into the receptacle.-—De Wild. in 
Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. lii. 217. 
South Central. Belgian Congo: Sankuru, Luja! Illongonga, Sapin ! 
The figs of this species are quite sessile and adhere closely to the branch, 
132. F. sessilis, De Wild. in Fedde, Repert. xii. 196. Branchlets 
glabrous. Leaves oblong-elliptic, rather long-acuminate, acute, 
rounded or slightly narrowed to the base, 4-54 in. long, 14-2} in. 
broad, entire, coriaceous, dull and glabrous on both surfaces, pro- 
minently reticulate below ; midrib flat above, prominent below, 1} 
lin. broad at the base, gradually tapered to the apex of the blade ; 
lateral nerves about 7 on each side of the midrib, diverging from it 
at an angle of about 70°, inconspicuous above, prominent below, 
looped near the margin ; tertiary nerves spreading, distinct below ; 
Veins forming a delicate network below ; petiole about 4~? in. long, 
about 1 lin. thick, glabrous ; stipules up to } in. long, caducous. 
Receptacles axillary, sessile, globose, about $ in. in diam., minutely 
pubescent. Basal bracts 2, broadly ovate, about 1 lin. long, scaly, 
glabrous. Ostiole slightly protruded, 2-lipped ; bracts all descend- 
ing into the receptacle.—De Wild. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. lii. 228. 
South Central. Belgian Congo: Equateur district ; Eala, Pynaert, 1582! 
133. F. leonensis, Hutchinson in Kew Bulletin, 1915, 338. A 
shrub ; branchlets twiggy, brownish when dry, prominently lenticel- 
late ; clothed with thin deciduous bark, glabrous. Leaves obovate 
or suborbicular, slightly cordate at the base, obtusely acuminate 
at the apex, 2-5 in. long, 1}-24 in. broad, entire, rigidly subcoriaceous, 
ull and glabrous on both surfaces, becoming blackish above and 
brown below when dry, closely reticulate below ; midrib flat above, 
Prominent below, about 3 lin. broad at the base, gradually tapered 
to the apex ; lateral nerves 9-12 on each side of the midrib, diverging 
om it at a wide angle, the lower mostly opposite or subopposite, 
looped, slightly prominent on the lower surface; tertiary nerves 
tinct. below, mostly following the direction of the lateral; petiole 
1 in. long, glabrous, with deciduous bark; stipules caducous, 
far-lanceolate, 14 lin. long, glabrous. Receptacles axillary, 
Solttary in one of the uppermost leaf-axils, sessile, globose, about 
33 lin. in diam., glabrous. Basal bracts 3, ovate, rounded at the 
Pex, about 2 lin. long, coriaceous, glabrous. — Ostiole 2-lipped, 
htly prominent; bracts all descending vertically into the re- 
Ceptacle, subulate or subulate-linear, acute, $-} lin. long, slightly 
eshy, glabrous. Male flowers few, subsessile; perianth-segments 
