Ficus.] cxxiifr. HORACES. (Hutchinsoii). IT)! 



about 12 on each side of the midrib, diverginff from it at an angle of 

 45°, looped near the margin, indistinct above, prominent below ; 

 veins distinct below ; petiole comparatively short, 3 I in. long, 

 subterete, glabrous ; stipules more or less persistent, lanceolate 

 from an ovate base, about J in. long, membranous, pubescent on 

 the back, otherwise glabrous. Receptacles axillary, sessile, globose. 

 J in. in diam., glabrous. Basal bracts 2, connate at the base, mem- 

 branous. Ostiole small and pore-like ; bracts all descending into 

 the rece})tacle. glabrous. Male flowers shortly ])edicelhite ; perianth- 

 segments 3, glabrous. Stamen solitary ; anther ol)long. Female 

 flowers sessile. Gall flowers pedicellate. — F.fulvistipuld, Warb. cx 

 Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jalirb. xlvi. 259, name only. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Loono : Talla Hills, near Ninia, Scott Elliot, 4'.)\:i '. 

 Ivory Coast: Cavally Basin; between Grabo and Tate. Cheralin\ ]97sr»: 

 Anyama, Chevalier, 2070<i! Southern Nigeria : Cross River, Meyer ! Camerooas : 

 Bipinde, Zenker, 1701 ! Victoria; in the botanical garden, Winklrr, 1(H)1 I 

 Neu-Tegel, Winkler. 212 ! Johann-Albrechtshohe, Staudt, 8!)7 ! 



Lower Guinea. Gaboon: Libreville, Klaine, 45\ ! Belhiij. 11)2 1 



88. F. Anomani, Hutchinson in Kew Bulletin, 1915. 331. Branch- 

 lets fairly stout, purplish when dry, glabrous. Leaves oblong or 

 oblong-oblanceolate, obtuse at both ends or slightly narrowed to 

 the base, 2-4J in. long, 1-lJ in. broad, entire, thinly coriaceous, 

 glabrous and dull on both surfaces ; midrib flat above, prominent 

 and straw-coloured below, 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°, very slender, indistinct 

 above, prominent below, looped near the margin ; tertiary nerves 

 and veins scarcely evident ; petiole J-IJ in. long, stout, broadly 

 grooved above, 1-1 J lin. thick, glabrous ; stipules persistent, 

 broadly ovate, acute, about 4 lin. long, glabrous outside Receptacles 

 axillary, sessile, ovoid-globose, about 4 lin. in diam., finely pubescent 

 or nearly glabrous, with a large umbonate ostiole. Basal bracts 2, 

 small and closely adpressed to the receptacle, membranous, glabrous. 

 Ostiole pore-like ; bracts all descending into the receptacle, glabrous. 

 Male flowers shortly pedicellate ; perianth-segments obovate, mem- 

 branous, glabrous. Stamen solitary ; anther nearly as broad as 

 long. Female flowers sessile ; style as long as the achene, slendi'r. 

 Gall flowers pedicellate. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone : Scarcies River \'alley, lU'ar Kukuna. Scotl 

 Elliot, 4()!)3 1 Ivory Coast : Lower Cavally River ; .Mount Nienokuc. Ch* itilur, 

 10447! 19473! Gold Coast : Dunkwa (list rict ; I)eyni;ise, C/m>/>. 151 I Sehwhi 

 and Warn districts, Armitayc ! Cani<>roons : near .Mundame. Bnsgen, 140 ! 



Known to the natives of tlio Gold Coast as Anomnin. 



89. F. buxifolia, De Wild, in Fcddc, Rcpert. xii. 302. An 

 epiphytic shrub ; branchlets somewhat flattened, pubej^cent when 

 young, later with glabrescent deciduous bark. Leaves small. 



