Ftcus.] cxxiiic. MORACE^ (Hutchinson). 183 



marked with lenticels when dry. Leaves obovate-elliptic, very 

 obtusely mucronate, narrowed to the base, 5^6A in. long, 22-3J in. 

 broad, entire, rigidly coriaceous, shining above, dull below, glabrous 

 on both surfaces ; midrib flat or slightly impressed above, very 

 prominent below, rounded and nearly 2 lin. broad at the base, 

 gradually tapered to and becoming very slender at but scarcely 

 reaching the apex of the blade ; lateral nerves about 12 on each 

 side of the midrib, diverging from it at an angle of 45^ or slightly 

 more, slightly arcuate or straight, looped and forming an intra- 

 marginal nerve 1-1 J lin. from the margin, distinct on both surfaces, 

 slightly prominent but slender below ; tertiary nerves only a little 

 less distinct than the lateral and parallel with them, becoming 

 zig-zag towards the margin; veins fine and rather close; petiole 

 about f in. long, finely wrinkled, glabrous ; stipules deciduous, 

 glabrous. Receptacles axillary, sessile, globose, about J in. in diam., 

 glabrous. Basal bracts 3, ovate, rounded at the apex, about 1^ lin. 

 long and nearly as broad, faintly membranous towards the 

 margin, glabrous. Ostiole slightly prominent, 2-lipped ; orifice 

 J lin. long ; bracts linear, the two next the orifice longer than the 

 others, membranous, glabrous. Male flowers subsessile : perianth 

 enclosing the solitary anther. Female flowers subsessile, small. 

 Ac bene smooth ; style slender, with several stigmas often cohering. 



South Central. Belgian Congo : Upper Welle district ; near Pojo, between 

 Fort Beni and Irumu, Mildhraed, 2831 ! 



A very distinct species allied to F. aganophila, Hutchinson, and F. elasticoidcf, 

 De Wild., but differing from the former by the rounded leaf apices with the 

 branched midrib and the cuneate base, and from the latter by the rounded 

 apices, fewer lateral nerves and smaller figs. 



129. F. subcostata, De Wild, in Fedde, Repert. xii. 197. Branch- 

 lets longitudinally striate, lenticellate, otherwise glabrous. Leaves 

 oblong or elliptic-oblong, acuminate, the acumen up to 7 lin. long, 

 rounded at the base, 2-4J in. long, f-lj in. broad, entire, rigidly 

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

 prominent below, about 1 lin. broad at the base, gradually tapered 

 to the apex of the blade ; lateral nerves about 6 on each side, arcuate, 

 diverging from the midrib at an angle of 45°, looped some distance 

 from the margin, prominent on both surfaces ; veins distinct on 

 both surfaces, rather close ; petiole J-| in. long, about 1 lin. thick, 

 glabrous ; stipules more or less deciduous, up to nearly J in. long 

 and 2 lin. broad, glabrous. Receptacles sessile, in axillary pairs, 

 obovoid-globose, about 5 J lin. in diam., prominently warted. slightly 

 puberulous. Basal bracts 2, suborbicular, membranous, glabrous. 

 Ostiole inconspicuous, 2-lipped, with no bracts visible from the 

 outside ; bracts all pointing into the receptacle, obhmg or oblong- 

 lanceolate, glabrous. Male flowers shortly pedicellate ; perianth- 

 segments 3, unequal, linear or lanceolate, glabrous, about I lin. long. 



