Ficus.] cxxiiic. MORACEiE (Hutcliinson). 129 



on the main stem, pedunculate, subglobose, about IJ in. in diam. 

 when ripe, shrinking to IJ in. when dry, with very tliick walls, 

 cordate at the base, strigillose-pubescent ; peduncle IJ in. long, 

 recurved, stout, puberulous. Basal bracts caducous, from a sketch 

 by the collector more or less lanceolate and about 7 lin. long, 

 probably membranous. Ostiole small and pore-like, with the bracts 

 all descending into the receptacle. Male flowers rather long-pedi- 

 cellate, with a solitary obtuse anther. Female flowers pedicellate ; 

 stigmas papillose. 



Upper Guinea. Liberia : bank of the Mano River in Gola Forest, Banting ! 

 According to the collector the latex and fniit are worthless. 



44. F. ugandensis, Hutchinson in Kew Bulletin, 1915. 321. A tree 

 30 ft. high or more ; branchlets covered with greyish glabrous bark. 

 Leaves elliptic or oblong-elliptic, rounded at the base, shortly- 

 acuminate, 2-4J in. long, 1-2J in. broad, entire, chartaceous, pustu- 

 late above, glabrous and slightly shining below ; midrib flat above, 

 prominent below, about J Hn. broad at the base, gradually tapered 

 to the apex of the blade ; lateral nerves 9-11 on each side of the 

 midrib, diverging from it at an angle of 45°-60°, subopposite, promi- 

 nent on both surfaces, looped and branched towards the margin : 

 tertiary nerves and veins forming a lax reticulation below ; petiole 

 j-lj in. long, strongly sulcate, glabrous ; stipules caducous. Re- 

 ceptacles fasciculate on the older shoots, pedunculate, ellipsoid- 

 globose, about 1 J in. long, shrivelling up like a desiccated plum when 

 dry, puberulous ; peduncle f in. long, about \\ lin. thick, minutely 

 puberulous. Basal bracts early deciduous, not seen. Ostiole 

 2-lipped, somewhat inconspicuous ; bracts all descending into the 

 receptacle. Male flowers shortly pedicellate ; perianth-segments 

 4-5, linear-lanceolate, subacute, membranous, glabrous. Stamen 

 solitary ; filament short ; anther ovoid, obtuse. Gall flowers long- 

 pedicellate. 



NUe Land. Uganda : Buddu, at 3800 ft., Datce, 256 ! 



45. F. Gossweileri, Hutchinson in Kew Bulletin, 1915, 321, with Ji(/. 

 A tree 50 ft. high with a short irregular trunk and broad head ; 

 branches spreading, beset on the upper side with leafless fruiting twigs 

 2-4 in. long; young branchlets short, glabrous or sometimes finely 

 puberulous. Leaves oblong or oblong-elliptic, rather abruptly acu- 

 minate (acumen |-4 lin. long), obtuse, truncate or slightly rounded 

 at the base, 2-4 in. long, 1-2 in. broad, entire, chartaceous, dull on 

 both surfaces when dry, glabrous, closely and finely reticulate below ; 

 midrib slightly impressed above, prominent below, J— J lin. broad at 

 the base, gradually tapered to and becoming very slender at the 

 apex of the blade ; lateral nerves 9-10 on each side of the midrib, 

 diverging from it at an angle of about 60°, very slender, looped near 



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