Ficus. CXXIIIc. MORACE (Hutchinson). 203 
inconspicuous ;_ bracts all descending into. the receptacle, few, 
broadly ovate, glabrous. Male flowers shortly pedicellate ; perianth- 
Segments membranous, enveloping the solitary anther. Female 
flowers sessile; perianth-segments 3, ovate, acute, membranous, 
glabrous. Achene ovoid, } lin. long, smooth ; style slender, slightly 
thickened towards the stigma, 3 lin. long. Gall flowers pedicellate. 
Upper Guinea. Northern Nigeria : North Bornu ; banks of the Komadugu 
Waube, near Geidam, Elliott, 133 ! 
157. F. iteophylla, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. iii. 218. 
An epiphyte (Brown) or a tree; young branchlets rather slender, 
slightly pubescent or almost glabrous, angular. Leaves oblanceo- 
late, obtuse or shortly acuminate, attenuated to an obtuse or subacute 
base, 14-4 in. long, 3-14 in. broad, entire, rigidly chartaceous, dull 
below, slightly shining above, glabrous; midrib flat above, pro- 
minent below, gradually tapered to the apex ; lateral nerves 6-10 
on each side of the midrib, diverging from it at an angle of 45°, 
conspicuous on both surfaces, prominent below, very slender, looped 
close to the margin; tertiary nerves little less conspicuous than 
the lateral and following their direction, sometimes slightly impressed 
on the upper surface; venation close and distinct on the lower 
surface ; petiole slender, 3-13 in. long, glabrous, light straw-coloured 
when dry; stipules deciduous, those around the terminal bud 
lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, about 2 lin. long, glabrous or 
Rearly so. Receptacles axillary, crowded on the young shoots, 
pedunculate, globose or ovoid-globose, 4-6 lin. in diam., tomentose ; 
peduncle 2-21 lin. long, sparingly tomentose. Basal bracts 2, 
Soon falling off, leaving a rounded flat base, puberulous on the 
outside. Ostiole 2-lipped, sometimes rather protruded, with none 
of the bracts visible from the outside; ostiolar bracts few, all 
descending into the receptacle, shortly subulate from a broad ovate- 
triangular base, submembranous, glabrous. Male flowers with 3 
obtuse perianth-segments and a solitary stamen (Warburg). Female 
flower sessile : perianth similar to the male. Achene rounded, 
Smooth ; style very slender, about as long as the achene, with a small 
stigma.—Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 262. F. bongoensis, 
Warb. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 166; Mildbr. & Burret, Le. 256. F, 
persicifolia, vars. depressa, longipes, and pubicarpa, Warb. ex 
Mildbr, & Burret, |.c. 257, names only. 
U i : eur! and without precise locality, 
Parrots, O17) Nowe 5 ha pe pode district, Dalziel” 216! Sokoto, 
lziel, 398 ! ae 
North Central. Baguirmi; near Mossenia, Chevalier, 9667! Niellims, 
Central Chari, Chevalier, 8522! Koulfe, Chevalier, 8733 ! 
Wile Asner ’ Comtiten: Honira, near Kadugh, Broun, 1349! Jur: Ghattas 
Seriba, Schweinfurth, 1509 ! 
According to Dalziel this plant furnishes food for goats. 
