Ficus.] cxxiiic. MORACEiE (Hutchinson). 139 



slender, J in. long, finely puberulous. Basal bracts small, deciduous, 

 their bases connate into a flat one-sided plate-like body closely 

 adpressed to the receptacle. Ostiole very small, slightly sunken, 

 2 -lipped ; bracts all descending into the receptacle. Male flowers 

 with a solitary stamen. Female flowers sessile. Gall flowers 

 stalked.— Th. & Hel. Durand, Syll. Fl. Congol. 506; Mildbr. & 

 Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 229. 



Lower Guinea. Lower Congo: Stanley Pool district ; Kiniucnza, GilUt, 

 2170 ! 



60. F. poly brae tea, Warb. in De Wild. & Durand, Reliq. Deuevr. 

 216. Branchlets stout, leafy, those bearing the leaves and receptacles 

 terete, 4-5 lin. in diam., glabrous, covered with light brown bark 

 and prominently marked with scattered lenticels. Leaves oblong, 

 gradually and very obtusely acuminate, acumen ^-J in. long, 

 rounded at the base, 5-7J in. long, 2-3J in. broad, entire, rigidlv 

 chartaceous when dry, dull on both surfaces, closely and minutelv 

 verruculose on the upper surface, very minutely puberulous on the 

 midrib and lateral nerves below, otherwise glabrous, 5-7-nerved at 

 the base, remaining lateral nerves 9-11 on each side, subopposite, 

 diverging from the midrib at an angle of about 80", looped, the 

 loops forming a deeply crenate line IJ lin. within the margin, 

 slightly immersed above, prominent below ; tertiary nerves wavv, 

 distinct below ; veins rather close, but not prominent below ; 

 petiole 1-2 in. long, about J lin. thick, very minutely puberulous ; 

 stipules (or are they bracts ?) ovate-lanceolate, subacute, about 

 4 lin. long, membranous, brown when dry, very minutely puberulous 

 or nearly glabrous. Receptacles fasciculate, supra-axillary, peduncu- 

 late, ellipsoid, J in. long (mature ?), \ in. in diam., reddish-puberu- 

 lous ; peduncles about J in. long, minutely reddish puberulous ; 

 basal bracts small, caducous. — Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. 

 xlvi. 225, partly. 



South Central. Belgian Congo : Equateur district, Deuuhre, 1 U>8a ! Eastiin 

 Province ; near Stanley Falls, DewHre. 



61. F. ulugurensis, Warb. ex Mildbr. (& Burret in Engl. Jahrb. 

 xlvi. 226, t. 4. A tree ; two- or three-year-old branches terete, 

 bearing the receptacles, very prominently warted with large black 

 protuberances ; young branchlets pur})lish when dry, glabrous. 

 Leaves elliptic, obtusely caudate-acuminate, rounded or slightly 

 narrowed at the base, 4-6 in. long, 2^3i in. long, entire, glabrous and 

 dull on both surfaces ; midrib prominent below, about 1 lin. broad, 

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

 the midrib, diverging from it at an angle of about 65°, the lowermost 

 pair opposite, looped near the margin, nearly ecpially prominent on 

 both surfaces ; tertiary nerves following the direction of the lateral 

 ones and dividing the space between them, somewhat zig-zag ; 



