150 cxxiiic. HORACES (Hutchinson). [Ficus. 



77. F. ebolowensis, Mildbraed & Hutchinson in Kew Bulletin, 1915, 

 329. A small epiphytic shrub with long branches ; young branchlets 

 shortly strigillose-pubescent, about J in. in diam. near the apex, 

 subterete, with short internodes. Leaves oblong or slightly oblanceo- 

 late-oblong, caudate-acuminate (acumen obtuse, J-| in. long), slightly 

 cuneate at the base, 4-7J in. long, 1|-2J in. broad, entire, rigidly 

 coriaceous, dull and glabrous on both surfaces, dull-green above, 

 with thick pale nerves below ; midrib flat above, prominent below, 

 about 1 lin. broad at the base, gradually tapered to the apex of 

 the blade ; lateral nerves 6-7 on each side of the midrib, diverging 

 from it at an angle of 45°, prominently looped lJ-2 lin. from the 

 margin ; tertiary nerves scarcely evident, together with the veins 

 forming a close pale yellow network below ; petiole |-1 in. long, 

 stout, Ij-H lin. thick, shortly pubescent ; stipules persistent, 

 intrapetiolar, paired, slightly connate at the base and quite encircling 

 the stem, ovate-lanceolate, subacute, |-1 in. long, submembranous, 

 striate, dull brown, minutely puberulous outside. Eeceptacles 

 green, with reddish brown spots, axillary, solitary (?), sessile, but 

 stipitate within the basal bracts, globose, with a very small wart -like 

 ostiole at the apex, rounded above the stipitate base, J in. or slightly 

 more in diam., finely puberulous ; stipe IJ lin. long, cylindric, about 

 I lin. in diam. Basal bracts 2, ovate-orbicular, mucronate, IJ lin. 

 long and broad, membranous, slightly puberulous near the base 

 outside, otherwise glabrous. Ostiole 2-lipped ; orifice about 

 J lin. long ; bracts all descending, the upper small, the lowermost 

 subulate-lanceolate, hyaline, glabrous. Male flowers subsessile ; 

 perianth-segments 3, lanceolate, subobtuse, membranous, glabrous. 

 Stamen solitary ; filament short ; anther J lin. long, obtuse. Female 

 flowers pedicellate ; perianth-segments 4-5, linear -lanceolate, acute, 

 membranous. Achene smooth ; style not seen. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Ebolowa district ; Ekuk, Mildbraed, 5689 ! 



78. F. Conraui, Warh. in Warh. & De Wild. Fie. Fl. Congo, 25, t. 

 xi. fgs. 3-4. Branchlets obtusely angular, about 2i lin. thick, 

 smooth, mottled with large purplish-brown spots when dry, nearly 

 covered with the large persistent stipules. Leaves elongate oblong- 

 elliptic, long and acutely caudate-acuminate, slightly narrowed to 

 an obtuse base, 7-8 in. long, 2i-2f in. broad, entire, chartaceous, 

 glabrous, prominently and closely reticulate with whitish veins 

 below and brownish interspaces, green above ; midrib slightly 

 immersed above, very prominent, convex or almost keeled and about 

 IJ lin. broad below, gradually tapered to the apex ; lateral nerves 

 8-10 on each side, very slightly raised and inconspicuous above, 

 very distinct, but only a little prominent below, arising from the 

 midrib at an angle of about 60°, slightly curved, looped, the loops 

 forming a crenate line H-2 lin. from the margin ; veins hardly 

 visible above, very distinct below ; petiole j-1 in. long, 1-1^ lin. 



