Ficus.] cxxiiic. MORACEiE (Hutchinson). 109 



scabrid-punctate above, pubescent or almost tomentose with rather 

 soft spreading hairs below especially on the nerves and veins, 3-nerved 

 at the base, remaining lateral nerves 5-7 on each side, arcuate, 

 diverging from the midrib at an angle of nearly 45°, slightly pro- 

 minent below ; tertiary nerves rather lax, subparallel, distinct below ; 

 petiole J-J in. long, densely hispid ; stipules caducous, linear from 

 a broad more or less ovate base, acute, J in. long, 1 -nerved, sub- 

 coriaceous, glabrous within, hispidulous outside especially on the 

 nerve. Receptacles axillary, solitary, obovoid-globose, |-1 in. long, 

 greenish-red when ripe, setose-pubescent. Bracts very small and 

 scattered ; peduncle or stipe about 3 J lin. long, hispidulous. Male 

 flowers with a membranous 5-lobed perianth and a single stamen. 

 Female flowers numerous ; perianth membranous, 3-lobed, glabrous ; 

 style elongated. — Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 262. F. 

 Warburgii, Winkl. in Engl. Jahrb. xli. 276, from description. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : between Victoria and Bota, Winkler, 440. 

 Lower Guinea. Angola : Pungo Andongo ; in forests on the Caleniba 

 Islands in the River Cuanza and also about Lonibe and Condo, Welwitsch, 0359 ! 



19. F. urceolaris,/PF6/i^;. ex Hiem in Cat. Afr. PL Wehv. i. 1010. 

 A shrub 4-6 ft. high or rather more, branched from the base, or a 

 small tree ; branches virgate, terete, finely scabrous ; internodes 

 J-2 in. long. Leaves alternate, obliquely elliptic with the midrib 

 dividing the blade unequally, cuneate or rounded at the base, more 

 or less caudate-acuminate, 4-9 in, long, 1^-3 in. broad, almost 

 membranous, coarsely repand-dentate, sometimes less toothed on 

 the narrower than on the broader side, slightly scabrous on the lower 

 surface ; midrib very prominent on the lower surface, continued to 

 the apex of the acumen ; lateral nerves 6-7 on each side of the 

 midrib, arcuate, looped and branched very near to the margin, 

 distinct on both surfaces, prominent below ; tertiary nerves lax and 

 mostly zig-zag, slender but prominent below ; acumen about J in. 

 long; petiole ^| in. long, very minutely scabrous; stipules deciduous, 

 ovate from a broad base, acute, scabrous outside, 4-J in. long {Hiem). 

 Receptacles axillary on the young shoots, 2 or 3 together or soli- 

 tary, shortly pedunculate, globose, 3-4 lin. in diam., very minutely 

 scabrous and spotted. Basal bracts very small and scattered on 

 the peduncle and sometimes one or two extending on to the lower 

 part of the receptacle, ovate, subacute, about J lin. long, coriaceous, 

 finely and sparsely puberulous. Ostiole rather largo, with numerous 

 imbricate bracts visible from the outside ; outer bracts spreading 

 horizontally across the ostiole, very broadly ovate or rounded, 

 mucilaginous, hyaline, glabrous, the inner slightly pointing into 

 the receptacle. Male flowers not seen. Female flowers sessile ; 

 perianth-segments very thin ; achenes rounded, smooth ; style 

 lateral, slender, wdth a blackish stigma. — Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. 

 Jahrb. xlvi. 201, partly. F. urceolaris^ var. humhana, Hiem, I.e. 



