196 OXXIlIc. MORACEA (Hutchinson). | Freus. 
ribbed when dry. Leaves broadly ovate, obtuse, shortly cordate 
at the base, 5-8 in. long, 33-63 in. broad, entire, coriaceous, glabrous 
on the upper surface, sometimes very finely tuberculate, at first 
softly tomentose, at length softly pubescent with rather short whitish 
hairs below, 5-nerved at the base, remaining lateral nerves about 
8 on each side of the midrib, diverging at an angle of about 45°, 
bifurcate about } in. from the margin, distinct on both surfaces, 
somewhat prominent below; tertiary nerves wavy, somewhat lax, 
distinct below ; petiole 14-34 in. long, 1-2 lin. in diam., glabrous ; 
stipules narrowly lanceolate, acutely acuminate, 14-23 in. long, 
3-4 lin. broad, thinly chartaceous, glabrous, reddish-brown when 
dry. Receptacles axillary, geminate, pedunculate, globose, about 
4 lin. in diam., glabrous ; peduncle } in. long, minutely puberulous. 
Basal bracts 2, connate at the base, broadly ovate, rounded, finely 
puberulous outside, membranous towards the margin. Ostiole 
slightly protruding, 2-lipped; bracts all descending vertically into 
the receptacle, glabrous. Male flowers subsessile, with membranous 
glabrous perianth-segments and a solitary stamen. Female flowers 
subsessile ; achene obovoid, with a slender lateral style and filiform 
stigma.—Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 211; De Wild. in 
Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. lii. 203. F. flavovenia, Warb. in Engl. Jahrb. 
xx. 158. 
Upper Guinea. Togo: Basari, Kersting, 336! Ikeburg, Kersting, 76! 
‘Tamberma, Kersting, A. 544! Northern Nigeria: Katagum district, Dalziel, 
349! Cameroons: Babessi, Ledermann, 1978! Bakari, Ledermann, 2273! 
Garua, Ledermann, 4666 ! 
Nile Land. Dar Fertit: at the Gudyu, Schweinfurth, 156! Bahr el Ghazal; 
between Tong and Wau, Broun. Bongo: Gir, Schweinfurth, 1508 ! 
Lower Guinea. Lower Congo: Matadi, Laurent! without precise locality, 
Gillet! Smith | 
South Central. Belgian Congo: Ponta da Lenha, Nawmann, 223! near 
Malela, Dewévre, 176! Lusambo, Laurent ! Mayumbe, Laurent! Lake Foa, 
Sapin! Golongo, Lescrauwaet, 411! Vankerkhovenville, Seret, 561! 
Var. mollis, Hutchinson. Mature receptacles softly pubescent.—F. molli- 
folia, Warb. ex Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. sth name only. 
‘Upper Guinea. French Guinea: Middle Niger; Dia, Chevalier! Upper 
Niger; Nono, near Kouroussa, Chevalier, 430! Northern Nigeria: Katagum 
district, Dalziel, 350! Cameroons: Bakari ee 
Ledermann, 3403 ! akari, Ledermann, 2518 ; 
North Central. Shari district : Ndell 3 ' ‘Bonecle: 
Chevalier, 7253 ! = elle, Chevalier, 6948! Kago Bongo 
South Central. Belgian Congo: Lunda-Kassai district ; bank of Luschiko 
River, Buchner, 560! 
Ledermann, 1978, from the Cameroons, is somewhat intermediate between 
true congensis and var. mollis; the receptacles are rather young, however, an 
many of them are already nearly glabrous. 
147. F. discifera, Warb. in Engl. Jahrb. xxxvi. 210. Medium- 
sized or rather large tree ; branchlets stout, terete, nearly } in. thick 
about 1 in. from the apex, glabrous ; leaf-scars orbicular or horse- 
shoe shaped, 2-3 lin. in diam. Leaves very broadly ovate or sub- 
