Ficus. | CXXIIIc. MORACEH (Hutchinson). 213 
angular when dry, glabrous; stipules caducous. Receptacles 
axillary, pedunculate, ovoid-globose, about } in. in diam., with a 
prominent ostiole, glabrous ; peduncle stout, 3-5 lin. long, glabrous. 
Basal bracts deciduous, their connate persistent bases one-sided and 
closely appressed to the base of the receptacle. Ostiole pore-like ; 
bracts all descending into the receptacle, glabrous. Male flowers 
with a solitary stamen. Female flowers sessile. Gall flowers pedi- 
cellate. 
Upper Guinea, Cameroons: Molundu district, Mildbraed, 4262 ! 
172. F. burretiana, Mildbr. & Hutchinson in Kew Bulletin, 
1915, 344. Branchlets twiggy, obscurely angled, glabrous. Leaves 
oblanceolate or oblong-elliptic, shortly and obtusely acuminate, 
obtusely cuneate at the base, 2-34 in. long, 1-12 in. broad, 
entire, subcoriaceous, glabrous and dull on both surfaces; midrib 
moderately prominent on both surfaces, gradually tapered to 
the apex of the blade; lateral nerves 11-12 on each side of the 
midrib, close, diverging from it at an angle of about 45°, nearly 
straight, looped about 1 lin. from the margin, slender, slightly 
prominent below ; tertiary nerves only slightly less prominent than 
the lateral and following their direction ; veins lax and inconspicuous ; 
petiole 3-13 in. long, blackish-purple when dry, glabrous ; stipules 
caducous, those surrounding the terminal bud lanceolate, acute, } in. 
long, fleshy, glabrous. Receptacles in axillary pairs, pedunculate, 
globose, 444 lin. in diam.., glabrous ; peduncle 4-5 lin. long, sparingly 
and very minutely puberulous. Basal bracts soon deciduous and 
leaving a thick circular saucer-like cup closely appressed to the 
receptacle. Ostiole slightly protruded, 2-lipped ; bracts not visible 
from the outside, all descending into the receptacle, the two 
hearest the orifice much larger and more fleshy than the others. 
Male flowers pedicellate ; perianth-segments 4, linear, with mem- 
branous margins. Stamen solitary; filament short and thick ; 
anther oblong, nearly } lin. long. Achene ovoid, smooth; style 
slender, nearly as long as the achene. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Molundu district; between Bange and Juka- 
duma, Mildbraed, 4611 ! 
One of the terminal buds of Mildbraed’s specimen has been attacked by a 
gall-insect and the swelling bears a striking resemblance to the figs. : 
173. F. neriifolia, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 267. Young 
branchlets fairly stout, with close internodes, glabrous. Leaves 
linear-lanceolate, obtuse at the apex, narrowed to the base, 13-2} in. 
long, } in. broad or less, chartaceous, dull and glabrous on both 
surfaces ; lateral nerves about 7 on each side of the midrib, looped 
and forming an intramarginal nerve, prominent below; veins 
fairly close and prominent below; petiole }-4 in. long, slender, 
glabrous. Receptacles (according to Richard) globose, very shortly 
