156 cxxiiic. MORACE^ (Hutcliinson). [Ficus. 



ostiole not prominent. Basal bracts 3, broadly ovate or suborbicular, 

 rounded at the apex, about f lin. long and broad, membranous, 

 thinly pubescent outside. Ostiolar bracts all pointing straight into 

 the receptacle, the middle two much larger than the others, linear- 

 oblong, obtuse, IJ- lin. long, membranous, the others about two- 

 thirds as long, subulate or subulate-lanceolate, acute, membranous. 

 Male flowers not seen. Female flowers numerous, subsessile ; perianth 

 very thin, enclosing the style, but not the rather large oblong stigma. 

 Keceptacular scales few, subulate, very acute, J lin. long, membranous. 



Lower Guinea. Angola : Malange district, Gossweiler, 1004 ! Right bank 

 of the river Cubango, near Fort Princesa AmeHa, Gossweiler, 1973 ! 



According to Gossweiler his 1973 was epiphytic on a Caesalpineous plant, 

 which had already been suffocated ; after the death of the latter the Ficus 

 evidently devel9ped into an independent tree. 



86. F. Lingua, Warh. in De Wild. & Th. Durand, Reliq. Dewevr. 

 216. A large epiphytic shrub with horizontally spreading branches ; 

 branchlets slender with short internodes, pubescent with brownish 

 hairs. Leaves oblanceolate, rounded at the apex, narrowed to the 

 base, |-1 in. long, 2J-3J lin. broad, entire, chartaceous, dull and 

 glabrous on both surfaces ; midrib slightly impressed above, promi- 

 nent below, gradually tapered to the apex of the blade ; lateral 

 nerves 5-6 on each side of the midrib, ascending from it at an acute 

 angle, distinct on the lower surface ; petiole 1 lin. long, glabrous ; 

 stipules persistent, lanceolate, acute, IJ lin. long, glabrous or nearly 

 so. Receptacles axillary, sessile, solitary or in pairs, globose, 2 lin. 

 in diam., glabrous. Basal bracts 2-3, membranous, deciduous, 

 finely puberulous outside. Ostiole small, pore-like ; bracts all 

 descending into the receptacle, small, glabrous. Male flowers with 

 a solitary stamen. Achenes smooth. — Warb. in Warb. & De Wild. 

 Fie. Fl. Congo, 24 ; De Wild. Miss. E. Laurent, 71 ; Mildbr. & 

 Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 248 ; De Wild, in Fedde, Repert. xii. 

 303, and in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. Hi. 216. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Campo, Ledennann, 375 ! road to Olanga, 

 Tessmann, 785 ! forest between Lokomo, Bumba and Bange, Mildbraed, 4383 ! 



Lower Guinea. Spanish Guinea : Uelleburg, Fang district, Tessmann, 61 ! 

 French Congo : Femaud, Lecmnte, 21 ! 



South Central. Belgian Congo : Aruwimi district ; Ijokandu and Lowa, 

 Dew€vre,U3Q\ Kasai district ; Dihele, Laurent \ Mondjo, Pynaert, 30G \ 



87. F. kamerunensis, Warh. ex Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. 

 xlvi. 258. Branchlets sulcate, fairly slender, thinly pubescent, with 

 thin scaly deciduous bark. Leaves oblanceolate-obovate, gradually 

 and obtusely acuminate, cuneate at the base, 2-3| in. long, 1-lJ in. 

 broad, entire, glabrous, dark-coloured above when dry, brown 

 below ; midrib flat above, prominent below, f lin. broad at the base, 

 gradually tapered at the apex of the blade ; lateral nerves numerous, 



