166 cxxiiic. HORACES (Hutclimson) . [Ficus. 



the others oblong or ovate-oblong, with membranous margins. 

 Male flowers sessile : perianth-segments 3, unequal, oblong-elliptic, 

 membranous, glabrous. Stamen solitary ; filament thickened 

 towards the top ; anther oblong, ^ lin. long. Female flowers with 

 perianth similar to that of the male ; style slender, gradually flattened 

 into the stigma. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Molundu district ; between Lokomo, Bumba 

 and Bange, Mildbraed, 4379 ! 



102. F. Buhu, Warh. in Warh. & De Wild. Fie, Fl. Congo, 3, t viii. 

 Branchlets very stout, nearly f in. thick towards the apex, glabrous. 

 Leaves ovate, slightly cordate at the base, rounded at the apex, 

 5~8J in. long, 3|-5 in, broad, entire, rigidly coriaceous, dull and 

 glabrous on both surfaces ; midrib flat above, very prominent below, 

 about 2 lin. broad at the base, gradually tapered to and divided below 

 the apex of the lamina ; lateral nerves about 8 on each side of the 

 midrib, diverging from it at an angle of 55°-70°, inconspicuous 

 above, very prominent and thick bdow, looped some distance from 

 the margin ; tertiary nerves and veins slender and rather incon- 

 spicuous below ; petiole lJ-2 in. long, 2 lin. thick, glabrous ; stipules 

 caducous. Receptacles not seen in position, but probably axillary 

 and covered in the young state by the basal bracts, subsessile, oblong- 

 ellipsoid, about IJ in. long, very minutely puberulous. Basal bracts 

 not seen. Ostiole slightly umbonate, pore-like ; bracts all descend- 

 ing into the receptacle, linear-lanceolate, glabrous. Male flowers 

 shortly pedicellate, with a solitarv stamen. — Mildbr. & Burret in 

 Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 244 ; De Wild, m Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. lii. 201. 

 F. fochypleura, Warb. in Warb. & De Wild. Fie. Fl. Congo, 4. F. 

 Vohsenii, Warb. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 155, partly. 



Upper Guinea. Togo : Bismarckburg, Biittner, 712 ! 



Lower Guinea. Spanish Guinea : Uelleburg, Tessman, 433a ! Lower 

 Congo : between Chimbanze and Mangwala, Cobra, 93 ! 96 ! Kisantu, Gillet, 

 1167 ! Lusthima, Sapin ! 



103. F. asymmetrica, Hutchinson in Kew Bulletin, 1915, 336, with 

 jig. A large tree about 70 ft. high ; trunk smooth with no adventitious 

 roots ; branches very stout, horizontal ; young branchlets stout, 

 shortly and softly puberulous. Leaves ovate or ovate-eUiptic, very 

 shortly and obtusely acuminate, sHghtly cordate at the base, 5-7 in. 

 long, 2|-4 in. broad, entire, rigidly chartaceous or subcoriaceous, 

 glabrous and dull above, softly puberulous on the midrib and lateral 

 nerves below but otherwise glabrous ; midrib prominent below, 

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

 blade; lateral nerves 10-11 on each side of the midrib, diverging 

 from it at an angle of 50°-80°, prominent below, rather slender, 

 looped and branched near the margin ; tertiary nerves slender, 

 forming arches between the lateral nerves ; veins forming a delicate 



