142 cxxiiic. HORACES (Hutchinson). [Ficus. 



gradually acuminate, cuneate at the base, 3-5 J in. long, IJ-SJ in. 

 broad, entire, rigidly chartaceous, glabrous, dull and reddish-brown 

 when dry ; midrib impressed above, prominent below, gradually 

 tapered to the apex of the blade ; lateral nerves about 7-8 on each 

 side of the midrib, diverging from it at an angle of 45°-80°, prominent 

 below, looped near the margin ; veins finely reticulate below, 

 blackish when dry ; petiole 1-1| in. long, slender, glabrous or very 

 minutely puberulous ; stipules caducous, linear-lanceolate, long and 

 acutely acuminate, f-1 in. long, glabrous. Receptacles fasciculate 

 on branches of several years' growth, about four in each fascicle, 

 pedunculate, blackish-green, with small and large brighter green 

 spots, ellipsoid, very slightly contracted at the base, 6-7 lin. long, 

 about 4 lin. in diam., minutely puberulous ; peduncle J in. long, 

 fairly stout, very minutely puberulous. Basal bracts ovate, some- 

 what membran'ous, glabrous, subpersistent, at length recurved. 

 Ostiole circular, small and pore-like ; bracts few, all descending 

 vertically into the receptacle. Male flowers subsessile : perianth- 

 segments oblanceolate, membranous, glabrous. Stamen solitary ; 

 filament J lin. long ; anther ovoid, obtuse. Female flowers sub- 

 sessile. Gall flowers long-pedicellate. — F. Gilletii, Mildbr. & Burret 

 in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 229, partly, not of Warb. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Lake Tibati, Ledermann, 2410 I 



66. F. lyrata, Warb. in Engl. Jahrh. xx. 172. A tree up to 

 nearly 40 ft. high ; branchlets thick, longitudinally grooved when 

 dry, very minutely puberulous or glabrous. Leaves large, pandurate, 

 apex truncate or rounded and often broadly emarginate with some- 

 times a very short obtuse acumen in the middle, cordate with a 

 narrow sinus at the base, 6-12 in. long. 5-7 in. broad across the 

 widest part which is about a third of the whole length from the 

 apex, entire, rigidly coriaceous, dull and glabrous on both surfaces, 

 9-10-nerved at the base, remaining lateral nerves 4-5 on each side, 

 spreading from the very thick midrib at an angle of 40°, becoming 

 longitudinally grooved on both surfaces when dry, very prominent 

 below, looped and branched well within the margin ; tertiary nerves 

 few, arising from the lateral almost at a right angle, slightly pro- 

 minent below ; veins very 'close and distinct on the lower surface ; 

 petiole stout, f-l| in. long, 2-2J lin. broad, longitudinally grooved 

 below, channelled above, and wrinkled with transverse lines when 

 dry, glabrous ; stipules persistent, narrowly triangular, gradually 

 and acutely acuminate, l|-2 in. long, | to nearly 1 in. broad at the 

 base, entire, chartaceous, striate within, glabrous. Receptacles 

 axillary, mostly in pairs, sessile, globose, about If in. in -diam. when 

 fresh, with walls about 2 lin. thick, finely puberulous outside ; basal 

 bracts about 3 {Warburg), triangular, adpressed to the receptacle. 

 Ostiole subdepressed ; bracts lanceolate. Receptacular wall thick, 

 wrinkled and puberulous outside. Male perianth-segments 3, 



