Ficus.] cxxiiic. MORACE^ (Hutchinson). 151 



thick, smooth, straw-coloured when dry ; stipules persistent, nume- 

 rous, ovate-lanceolate, very acutely acuminate, up to IJ in. long, 

 membranous, glabrous. Receptacles axillary, sessile, subglobose, 

 about J in. in diam., shortly pubescent or puberulous. Basal bracts 

 ovate-orbicular, about 2 lin. long, membranous, glabrous. Ostiole 

 slightly produced, 2 -lipped ; mouth about ^ lin. wide ; bracts all 

 descending, the upper broader than the others and ovate-lanceolate, 

 obtuse, the lower linear or linear-lanceolate, membranous. Male 

 flowers not seen. — Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 236; 

 De Wild, in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. lii. 203. 



Upper Guinea. Southern Nigeria : Agege, Kitson ! Western Lagos, Rowland ! 

 Caineroons : Molundu, Mildbraed, 3957! 4988 ! Bangue, Conrau, 280' Buca, 

 Ecdcr, 395 partly ! near the River Jah, Mildbraed, 5410 ! 



North Central. Eastern Shari : Snoussi district; banks of the CJuunda 

 River, Chevalier, 7315 ! 



Lower Guinea. Lower Congo : Denibo, Gillet, 2101 ! 



South Central. Belgian Congo : Eala, Pynaert, 1405 ! 1742 ! Sanda, 

 V under yst ! 



Differs from F. Preussii, Warb., by its symmetrical and more acutely long- 

 acuminate leaves. 



79. F. densestipulata, De Wild, in Fedde, Repert. xii. 194. 

 Branchlets somewhat thick, sulcate, shortly tomentose. Leaves 

 obovate-elliptic, shortly acuminate, slightly cuneate at the base, 

 4J-10 in. long, 1|-3J in. broad, entire, rigidly coriaceous, glabrous, 

 dull on both surfaces ; midrib flat above, very prominent and rounded 

 below, IJ lin. broad at the base, gradually tapered to the a})cx ; 

 lateral nerves about 8 on each side of the midrib, those near the middle 

 subopposite, diverging at an angle of 45°, looped some distance from 

 the margin, distinct on both surfaces, prominent below ; tertiary 

 nerves very slender, reticulate, forming with the veins a delicate 

 reticulation below ; petiole J-1 in. long, rather stout, transversely 

 wrmkled, glabrous ; stipules numerous, up to IJ in. long and 7 lin. 

 broad, shortly velvety outside. Receptacles axillary, solitary or 

 in pairs, pedunculate, slightly depressed-globose, J in. in diam., 

 glabrous, white-spotted; peduncle about 5 lin. long or shorter, 

 shortly tomentose. Basal bracts 2, more or less papery, about 

 2 lin. long. Ostiole 2-lipped, very slightly protruding, with no 

 bracts visible from the outside ; mouth scarcely h lin. broad, channel 

 about 1 lin. long ; upper bracts ovate, acute, ', lin. long, the lower 

 linear-lanceolate. Male flowers with a short thick stalk ; perianth- 

 segments 3, unequal, lanceolate, acute, membranous. Stamen 

 solitary ; filament very short ; anther | lin. long, shortly mucronate. 

 Female flowers shortly pedicellate ; perianth-segments 3, lanceolate, 

 subacute, nearly 1 lin. long, membranous, glabrous ; achene oblong- 

 obovoid, shining ; style lateral, about half the length of the achene ; 

 stigma papillose, ^ lin. long. — De Wild, in Bull. 8t)c. Bot. Belg. lii. 204. 



South Central. Belgian Congo : without precise locality, Seret^ 734 ! 



