146 cxxiiic. MORACEiE (Hutchinson). [Ficus. 



long ; stamen solitary ; filament J lin. long ; anther J lin. long, 

 mucronate. Female flowers pedicellate ; pedicel up to 1 lin. long ; 

 perianth-segments 3, lanceolate, acute, f lin. long, membranous, 

 glabrous. Achene smooth ; style about 1 J times the length of the 

 achene, slender, with a large papillose stigma. Receptacular scales 

 subulate-lanceolate, acute, 1 lin. long, membranous in the upper 

 part. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po : grasslands of Moka, in the south-east of 

 the island, 4000-6000 ft., Mildhraed, 7106 ! 



71. F. stipulifera, Hutchinson in Keiv Bulletin, 1915, 326. A 

 shrub or small tree ; branchlets angular, very sparingly pubescent, 

 covered with a greyish bark. Leaves lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 

 gradually and obtusely acuminate, narrowed to the base, 3^5 in. 

 long, 1-lg in. broad, entire, cliartaceous, punctate above, glabrous 

 and dull on both surfaces or slightly shining below ; midrib flat 

 above, prominent below, about | lin. 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 almost at right angles, nearly 

 straight, looped, the loops forming a crenate line about 1 lii;. 

 from the margin ; tertiary nerves slightly less prominent than the 

 lateral, reticulate, rather lax, distinct below ; veins somewhat 

 indistinct and lax below ; petiole J-J in. long, slender, glabrous, 

 about J lin. thick ; stipules persistent, rather densely clothing the 

 young shoots, lanceolate, acute, up to | in. long, membranous, 

 glabrous. Receptacles not seen attached, but very probably 

 axillary, sessile (?), subglobose, 1 in. in diam., prominently warted, 

 the warts being red in the fresh state, shortly strigillose-pubescent. 

 Basal bracts 2, connate at the base, ovate-orbicular, rounded at the 

 apex, about IJ lin. long, nearly 2 lin. broad, membranous, glabrous. 

 Ostiole not at all prominent, 2 -lipped ; bracts all descending into 

 the receptacle. Male flowers pedicellate ; perianth-segments subulate- 

 lanceolate, membranous, glabrous. Stamen solitary; .filament 

 short ; anther ^— | lin. long, minutely mucronate. Female flowers 

 pedicellate ; perianth-segments 3, unequal, subulate-lanceolate, 

 very acute, membranous. Achene ellipsoid, smooth ; style a little 

 shorter than the achene, 2-fid. 



Nile Land. Uganda : South Buddu, 3900 ft., Dmve, 301 ! 



72. F. tesselata, Warb. in Engl. Jahrh. xx. 156. A tree ; branch- 

 lets rather sharply angular when dry, minutely puberulous. Leaves 

 oblong-elliptic, shortly and rather gradually acuminate, obtuse at 

 both ends, 4-8^ in. long, H-3 in. broad, coriaceous, entire, dull and 

 pale green above when dry, light brown beneath, glabrous on both 

 surfaces ; midrib flat above, very prominent below, about li lin. 

 broad at the base, graduall}/ narrowed at the apex ; lateral nerves 

 G-7 on each side, distinct above, prominent below, diverging from the 



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