Ficus. | CXXIIIc. MORACEA (Hutchinson). 187 
descending into the receptacle, linear-lanceolate, subacute, glabrous. 
Male flowers sessile, with a solitary very small stamen. Female 
flowers sessile, with 3 obovate obtuse perianth-segments. Achene 
broadly ellipsoid ; style slender, with a slightly thickened stigma.— 
F. camptoneura, var. angustifolia, Mildbr. in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 234 ; 
De Wild. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. lii. 202. 
South Central. Belgian Congo: Ituri district; Kasanga, Mildbraed, 
3107! Injolo, Seret, 984! Eala, Pynaert, 1327! 1504! 
136. F. oreodryadum, Mildbr. in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 240. A 
tall tree with a broad crown; branchlets glabrous, wrinkled when 
dry. Leaves oblanceolate or oblong-oblanceolate, very shortly, 
obtusely and rather abruptly acuminate, more or less narrowly 
cuneate at the base, 4-6 in. long, 14-2 in. broad, entire, rigidly sub- 
coriaceous, dull brown on both surfaces when dry, glabrous ; midrib 
slightly impressed above, prominent below, 1 lin. broad at the 
base, gradually tapered to the apex of the blade; lateral nerves 
7-8 on each side of the midrib, the upper diverging from it at a 
wide angle, the lower more oblique, looped well within the margin, 
prominent below; veins rather close, prominent below; petiole 
2in. long, glabrous ; stipules deciduous, small, glabrous. _ Receptacles 
axillary, sessile, in pairs, subglobose, a little over 4 in. in diam., 
obsoletely and sparingly warted, glabrous. Basal bracts 2, soon 
deciduous, closely adpressed to the receptacle. Ostiole 2-lipped, 
slightly prominent ; bracts not visible from the outside, all descend- 
ing into the receptacle, ovate-lanceolate, glabrous. Male flowers 
with 3 perianth-segments and a solitary stamen. Female perianth- 
Segments ovate, acute. Achenes ovoid-ellipsoid, smooth; style 
shorter than the achene. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa : Rugege Forest at Rukarara, Mild 
braed, 1031 ! 
137. F. Thonningii, Blume in Rumphia, ii. 17. A medium-sized 
tree, often about 40 ft. high ; young branches minutely puberulous, 
at length glabrous. Leaves obovate-elliptic or oblong-elliptic, 
obtuse at both ends, sometimes somewhat cuneate at the base, 2—9 in. 
long, 1-4 in. broad, entire, chartaceous, glabrous on both surfaces, 
finely pitted on the upper surface when young, at length minutely 
Yerrucose, otherwise glabrous and dull on both surfaces; midrib 
t above, prominent below, about 3 lin. broad at the base, gradually 
tapered to the apex of the blade; lateral nerves 8-12 on each side 
of the midrib, diverging from it at an angle of 45°-65°, prominent 
low, looped ; tertiary nerves lax and spreading in the same direc- 
tion as the lateral : ultimate venation rather lax ; petiole 4-23 in. 
long, glabrous ; stipules deciduous, narrowly lanceolate, very soe 
’cuminate, about 4 in. long, membranous, glabrous or slightly 
puberulous, Receptacles axillary, sessile, mostly in pairs, globose 
