Ficus. | OXXIIc. MORACE (Hutchinson). 193 
faint below ; petiole 2-4 in. long, 1} lin. thick, glabrous or thinly 
pubescent ; stipules deciduous, not seen. Receptacles in axillary 
fascicles at the tips of the shoots, 2-3 in each fascicle, pedunculate, 
obovoid, } in. long, 5 lin. in diam., rounded at the base with a pro- 
minent gaping ostiole about 3 lin. long; peduncles 4 lin. long, ? lin. 
thick, glabrous; basal bracts forming a one-sided saucer-shaped 
involucre closely appressed to the base of the receptacle, nearly 
t in. broad, with undulate margin, glabrous. Ostiolar bracts all 
pointing into the receptacle, the middle one the longest, linear, 
obtuse, 2 lin. long, 2 lin. broad, subchartaceous, the others a little 
shorter and subulate from an ovate base, with membranous margins. 
Male flowers very few, near the ostiolar bracts, pedicellate ; perianth 
membranous, enclosing the solitary sessile stamen. Female flowers 
numerous; scattered amongst the gall flowers, sessile ; perianth small 
and membranous. Gall flowers numerous, pedicellate, with nearly 
sessile stigmas. Scales of the receptacle subulate-lanceolate, acute, 
¢ lin. long, membranous, glabrous, with a reddish midrib—F. 
abutilifolia, Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 214, partly, not 
of Miq. 
Upper Guinea. French Guinea: Koulikoro, among rocks, Chevalier ! 
Togo: Sasi-bu, near Aledyo, Kersting, 125! Northern Nigeria: Nupe, Barter, 
452! 995! Yola, Dalziel, 145! 
This species is liable to confusion with F. mittuensis, Warb.; the shortly 
acuminate leaves with the midrib continuous to the apex, and the peculiar 
shield-like unilaterally connate basal bracts, which are closely appressed to the 
rounded base of the receptacle, are its distinguishing features. 
143. F. Ledermannii, Hutchinson in Kew Bulletin, 1915, 340. A 
large tree 35-50 ft. high, with a broad crown; young branchlets bearing 
the figs about in. in diam. near the apex, softly tomentose. Leaves 
grey-green above, greyish-white below (Ledermann), ovate-orbicular, 
slightly and obtusely acuminate, cordate and with an open sinus at 
the base, 23-44 in. long, 2-4} in. broad, entire, coriaceous, dull 
and glabrous on the upper surface and very delicately reticulate, 
Shortly and softly pubescent or almost tomentose below; midrib 
flat above, prominent below, about 3 lin. broad at the base, gradually 
tapered and very slender towards the apex of the blade; lateral 
nerves about 8 on each side of the midrib, the lower recurved, the 
others diverging at an angle of about 45°, bifurcate some distance 
from the margin, prominent below; tertiary nerves wavy, slender, 
distinct ; petiole 14-24 in. long, shortly and softly pubescent, 
longitudinally sulcate; stipules caducous, those surrounding the 
terminal bud ovate-lanceolate, acutely acuminate, Z in. long, whitish 
silky-puberulous outside, reddish and glabrous within. Receptacles 
in axillary pairs, pedunculate, obovoid-ellipsoid, about 4 in. long and 
nearly as much in diam., mottled, glabrous, smooth when dry ; 
peduncle 3-4 lin. long, terete, about 4 lin. thick, finely and poe 
puberulous. Basal bracts early deciduous, leaving behind a sma 
FL. TROP. AFR. VI. SECT. II. fe) 
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