Ficus.] CXXIIIc. MORACEZ (Hutchinson). 207 
Style filiform. Gall flowers very numerous, pedicellate—De Wild. 
in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. lii. 204. 
South Central. Belgian Congo: Djongo, Seret, 792! 
163. F. ardisioides, Warb. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 171. Branchlets 
more or less angular, glabrous. Leaves elliptic or oblong-elliptic, 
shortly and obtusely acuminate, obtuse at the base, 24-54 in. long, 1-24 
in. broad, entire, with slightly recurved margins, rigidly coriaceous, 
slightly shining and glabrous on both surfaces, prominently and 
closely reticulate especially below ; midrib not raised above, promi- 
nent below, about 1 lin. broad at the base, gradually tapered to the 
apex; lateral nerves about 5 on each side, looped some distance 
from the margin, distinct on both surfaces, prominent below ; veins 
forming a close network ; petiole { in. to nearly # in. long, sulcate, 
glabrous ; stipules caducous, lanceolate, subobtuse, about 2 lin. 
long, glabrous, ashy-grey. Receptacles axillary, 2-3 in each cluster, 
shortly pedunculate, globose, very slightly mammillate, about } in. in 
diam., glabrous ; peduncle 2 lin. long, fairly stout, glabrous. Basal 
bracts 2, almost free from each other, ovate, obtuse, 1 lin. long 
and broad, submembranous, glabrous. Ostiole very small, 2-lipped, 
slightly prominent ; bracts all descending into the receptacle, 
lanceolate, acute, } lin. long, membranous, glabrous. Male and 
female flowers with 3 perianth-segments. Stamen solitary ; anther 
obtuse. Style filiform, with an oblique acute stigma.—Mildbr. & 
Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 233. vom 
South Central. Belgian Congo: Monbuttu ; Munza, Schweinfurth, 3352 ! 
164. F. Scott-Elliotii, Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 
234. Branchlets longitudinally sulcate when dry, glabrous. : Leaves 
oblong-elliptic, rounded or very shortly and obtusely acuminate at 
the apex, acumen 3-14 lin. long, rounded at or slightly narrowed to 
the base, 34-6 in. long, 13-24 in. broad, entire, rigidly chartaceous, 
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 leaf or sometimes divided below the apex ; lateral nerves 
2-6 on each side of the midrib, diverging from it at an angle of 45°— 
0°, looped some distance from the margin, prominent but rather 
slender below and slightly raised above ; tertiary nerves very slender 
and laxly reticulate below ; veins finely reticulate, inconspicuous ; 
petiole 3-1} in. long, 14-14 lin. thick, glabrous ; stipules deciduous, 
lanceolate, obtuse, 5 lin. long, glabrous. Receptacles probably 
|axillary, shortly pedunculate, subglobose, rounded at the base, 
4-1 in. in diam., wrinkling like a dried plum when dry, glabrous ; 
eduncle 3-4 lin. long, 1} lin. thick, glabrous. Basal bracts 2, 
eciduous, ovate-orbicular, about 2} lin. broad, glabrous, connate 
‘ the base into an orbicular plate-like body which persists. Ostiole 
