Ficiis.] cxxiiic. MORACE.^ (Hutcliinsou). 133 



long, deeply grooved on the upper surface, glabrous, about IJ lin. 

 thick ; stipules early caducous. Receptacles fasciculate on the 

 older branches remote from the leaves, pedunculate, obovoid- 

 globose, 1-1 1 in. in diam., wrinkling like a desiccated plum when 

 dry, finely pubescent; peduncle about J in. long, thicker towards the 

 apex, glabrous. Basal bracts very small. Ostiole minute. 2-lip})ed ; 

 bracts few, all descending into the receptacle, glabrous. Male 

 flowers pedicellate ; perianth oblong-linear, obtuse, membranous, 

 glabrous. Stamen solitary ; filament J lin. long ; anther oblong, 

 obtuse, f lin. long. Female flowers subsessile. Gall flowers long- 

 pedicellate.— Th. & Hel. Durand, Syll. Fl. Congol. 504 ; Mildbr. & 

 Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 229. 



lower Guinea. Lower Congo, Gillet, 2014 ! 



South Central. Belgian Congo : P^ala, Laurent, 731 ! 764 I Lie, Lanrenl, 

 125! 



51. F. lukanda, Weliv.px Ficalho, PL Uteis, 269. A tree 20-35 ft. 

 high, but usually met with as a much-branched shrub of 5-6 ft., 

 and then (according to Wehvitsch) closely resembling in its foliage a 

 young erect plant of ivy, glabrous, exuding a watery viscid sap ; 

 branches patent, very crowded ; bark dusky-grey or ashy ; branch- 

 lets spreading, ascending or somewhat erect, pale green or somewhat 

 dusky towards the apex, shining and slightly angular when dry. 

 Leaves elliptic or oblong-elliptic, sometimes slightly oblique, sub- 

 caudately or gradually obtusely acuminate, slightly rounded and 

 obtuse at the base, 3-5 in. long, 1^2 J in. broad, entire, chartaceous, 

 glabrous, dull on both surfaces, distinctly 3-nerved about IJ lin. 

 above the base, the basal pair of nerves extending to about the middle 

 of the blade ; midrib slightly impressed above, prominent below, 

 scarcely J lin. broad a little above the base ; lateral nerves (including 

 the basal ones) 4-5 on each side, minutely impressed above, prominent 

 below, rather slender, arising from the midrib at an angle of 45°, 

 slightly curved, looped, the loops forming a crenate line about IJ lin. 

 within the recurved margin ; tertiary nerves subparallel to the 

 lateral ones, wavy, distinct below ; veins close, rather faint below, 

 not visible above ; petiole 1-3 in. long, slender, about J lin. thick, 

 very narrowly chaimelled on the upper surface, glabrous ; stipules 

 very early deciduous, lanceolate, subacute, about J in. long, glabrous. 

 Receptacles very abundant, 1-3 together on the thicker branches 

 and sometimes also on the trunk where it is about 1 ft. in diam., and 

 sometimes on the green branches, at first green, afterwards turning 

 yellow, ellipsoid-globose, about I in. in diam.. glabrous ; peduncle up 

 to I in. long, rather slender, glabrous. Basal bracts caducous, 

 leaving an oblique persistent basal portion closely adpressed to 

 the base of tne fig. Ostiole small and inconspicuous. Bracts all 

 descending into the receptacle. Male flowers sessile with a solitary 

 stamen. Female and gall flowers numerous. — F. oUonicrfolia, Hiern 



