Ficus.] cxxiiic. MORACE^ (Hutchinsoii). 167 



close network on the lower surface ; petiole 1-1 J in. long, longitudin- 

 ally sulcate, about 1 J lin. thick, softly puberulous ; stipules caducous. 

 Keceptacles axillary, solitary, sessile, subglobose, with a curious 

 groove on the side next the branch, softly shortly tomentose, about 

 J in. in diam. Basal bracts small and coriaceous, probably 2. Ostiole 

 inconspicuous ; bracts all descending into the receptacle, subulate- 

 lanceolate, glabrous. Male flowers shortly pedicellate, with the 

 perianth-segments enclosing the solitary oblong anther ; filament 

 short ; connective slightly keeled on the back. Female flowers 

 numerous, with long slender styles and coherent stigmas. 

 Lower Guinea. Angola : Cabinda, a common tree, Gossweiler, 122 ! 



104. F. rubroreceptacula, De Wild, in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. Hi. 

 226. Branchlets stout, glabrous except around the leaf-scars. 

 Leaves large, elongate-obovate, shortly and obtusely acuminate, 

 slightly narrowed to an obtuse base, 9-16 in. long, 4|-6 in. broad, 

 entire, coriaceous, dull and glabrous above, finely pilose on the midrib 

 and sparingly so on the lateral nerves below, otherwise glabrous ; 

 midrib flat above, very prominent below, about 3 lin. broad at the 

 base, gradually tapered to the apex of the blade ; lateral nerves about 

 16 on each side of the midrib, diverging from it at an angle of 50°, 

 prominent and looped below ; venation as in F. zobifinsis, De Wild. ; 

 petiole 2-4 in. long, compressed, 2 J lin. broad, pubescent ; stipules 

 caducous, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, scarcely J in. long, 

 glabrous, coriaceous. Receptacles axillary, sessile, depressed-globose, 

 about f in. in diam., slightly pubescent towards the base, otherwise 

 glabrous. Basal bracts deciduous, rusty-pilose, base villous outside. 

 Ostiole small and pore-like ; bracts all descending into the receptacle, 

 glabrous. Male flowers with a solitary stamen. Female flowers 

 sessile ; style slender. Gall flowers pedicellate. 



South Central. Belgian Congo : Equateur district ; Eala, iMurait, 13G0 ! 



105. F. Goliath, A. Cheval. Veg. Ut. Afr. Trop. Fr. Fasc. v. 262. 

 A tree up to 100 ft. high ; young branchlets fairly stout, glabrous. 

 Leaves obovate or obovate-elliptic, truncate or rounded at the base, 

 very slightly and obtusely pointed at the apex, b-1^ in. long, 3-5 in. 

 broad, entire, thinly chartaceous, dull and glabrous on both surfaces 

 except on the midrib below ; midrib flat above, fairly prominent 

 below, about IJ lin. broad at the base, gradually tapered to the apex 

 or almost to the apex of the blade, slightly pubescent ; lateral nerves 

 11-13 on each side of the midrib, diverging from it at an angle of 

 45°-65°, rather slender, nearly straight, looped and nmch-branched 

 near the margin ; tertiary nerves very delicate, somewhat zig-zag 

 between the lateral nerves ; veins very close and fine below ; petiole 

 2-2^ in. long, broader towards the base, ])ilose ; stipules deciduous. 

 Receptacles not seen in })osition, but probably sessile, depres.sed- 

 globose, about IJ in. in diam., glabrous. Basal bracts not seen. 



