Ficus.] cxxiiic. MORACEiE (Hutchinson) 1G3 



98. F. chlamydocarpa, Mildbr. & Burret in Emjl. Jahrh. xlvi. 

 244. A tree 40-50 ft. high, with a crown about 100 ft. broad ; 

 young branchlets leafy, bearing the receptacles, thick, hirsute when 

 young. Leaves crowded towards the apex of tlie branches, elliptic, 

 shortly and obtusely acuminate, rounded at the base, 5-8 in. long, 

 3-3J in. broad, entire, subcoriaceous, dull and glabrous on both 

 surfaces or slightly pilose on the midrib below ; midrib im])ressed 

 above, very prominent below, about 1 J lin. broad at the base, gradually 

 tapered to the apex of the leaf-blade ; lateral nerves 13-16 on each 

 side of the midrib, diverging from it at an angle of 45°-65°, distinct 

 on both surfaces, prominent and somewhat angular below when 

 dry, looped and branched near the margin ; tertiary nerves zig-zag, 

 lax, delicate, distinct below, forming with the veins a very close 

 fine network on the lower surface; petiole IJ— 2 in. long, stout, 

 glabrous ; stipules caducous. Receptacles axillary, solitary, sessile, 

 totally enclosed by an involucre of membranous pubescent bracts, 

 obovoid, IJ-IJ in. long, hispid. Ostiole not produced, 2-lipped ; 

 bracts all descending into the receptacle, numerous, rather long. 

 Male flowers scattered all over the receptacle, subsessile ; perianth- 

 segments 3 ; stamen solitary ; anther ellipsoid. Female flowers 

 not seen. Gall flowers numerous, pedicellate. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Bambutto Mountains, 6500 ft., Lederuiann, 

 1733! 



99. F. Kitubalu, Hutchinson in Kew Bulletin, 1915, 331. A tree up 

 to 30 ft. high or more ; habit frequently spreading ; young branchlets 

 leafy towards the apex, rather stout, grooved, slightly pubescent. 

 Leaves oblong or elliptic, rounded at both ends or slightly narrowed 

 at the base, 3-4 in. long, 1|— 2 in. broad, entire, rigidly chartaceous, 

 pubescent on the midrib above, softly pubescent below ; midrib 

 equally prominent on both surfaces, about \\ lin. broad at the bi.se. 

 gradually tapered to but bifurcate below the apex of the leaf ; lateral 

 nerves about 9 on each side of the midrib, spreading at a wide angle, 

 looped, the loops forming a crenate line J-1 lin. from the margin, 

 slightly prominent below; principal tertiary nerves only slightly 

 less conspicuous below than the secondary ones, spreading in the 

 same direction; venation rather lax; petiole J-1 in. long, slightly 

 compressed, with a single channel on the upper side, shortly pubes- 

 cent ; stipules caducous, those surrounding the terminal bud ovate- 

 lanceolate, acutely and rather long-acuminate, J-J in. long. 3-4 lin. 

 broad, rather scaly in texture, glabrous, black and dull when dry. 

 Receptacles sessile, in axillary pairs, ahuost covered by the large 

 basal bracts, globose, about 4 lin. in diam., densely pubescent or 

 almost tomentose ; basal bracts in the bud stage covering the re- 

 ceptacles like a calyptra, membranous, puberulous outside, more or 

 less villous within. Ostiole small, glabrous, pore-like ; bracts all 

 descending into the receptacle, linear-lanceolate, glabrous. Male 



