Ficus.] cxxiiic. MORACE.^ (Hutchinsoii). 185 



up to IJ in. long, thick, glabrous ; stipules deciduous, sheathing, 

 acuminate, about IJ in. long and J in. broad, glabrous. Receptacles 

 in axillary pairs, sessile, subglobose, 7 lin. in diam. Basal bracts 2, 

 connate into a thick coriaceous plate at the base. Ostiole small, 

 2-lipped. Bracts all descending into the receptacle. — De Wild, in 

 Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. lii. 217. 



South Central. Belgian Congo : Sankvau, Liija ! lUongonga, >i(ipin ! 



The figs of this species are quite sessile and adhere closely to the branch. 



132. F. sessilis, De Wild, in Fedde, Repert. xii. 196. Branchlets 

 glabrous. Leaves oblong-elliptic, rather long-acuminate, acute, 

 rounded or slightly narrowed to the base, 4-5 J in. long, 1J-2J in 

 broad, entire, coriaceous, dull and glabrous on both surfaces, pro- 

 minently reticulate below ; midrib flat above, prominent below, IJ 

 lin. broad at the base, gradually tapered to the apex of the blade ; 

 lateral nerves about 7 on each side of the midrib, diverging from it 

 at an angle of about 70°, inconspicuous above, prominent below, 

 looped near the margin ; tertiary nerves s])reading, distinct below ; 

 veins forming a delicate network below ; petiole about ^J in. long, 

 about 1 lin. thick, glabrous ; stipules up to J in. long, caducous. 

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

 pubescent. Basal bracts 2, broadly ovate, about 1 lin. long, scaly, 

 glabrous. Ostiole slightly protruded, 2-lipped ; bracts all descend- 

 ing into the receptacle. — De Wild, in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. lii. 228. 



South Central. Belgian Congo : Equateur district : Fyd\a, Pijtiaert, ]oS2 \ 



133. F. leonensis, Hutchinson in KeAv Bulletin, 1915. 338. A 

 shrub ; branchlets twiggy, brownish when dry, prominently lenticel- 

 late ; clothed with thin deciduous bark, glabrous. Leaves obovate 

 or suborbicular, slightly cordate at the base, obtusely acuminate 

 at the apex, 2-5 in. long, li-2| in. broad, entire, rigidly subcoriaceous, 

 dull and glabrous on both surfaces, becoming blackish above and 

 brown below when dry, closely reticulate below ; midrib flat above. 

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

 to the apex ; lateral nerves 9-12 on each side of the midrib, diverging 

 from it at a wide angle, the lower mostly opposite or subopposite, 

 looped, slightly prominent on the lower surface ; tertiary nerve.s 

 distinct below, mostly following the direction of the lateral ; petiole 

 |-1 in. long, glabrous, with deciduous bark ; stipules caducous, 

 linear-lanceolate, 1^ lin. long, glabrous. Receptacles axillary, 

 solitary in one of the uppermost leaf-axils, sessile, globose, about 

 3;jt lin. in diam., glabrous. Basal bracts 3, ovate, rounded at the 

 apex, about J lin. long, coriaceous, glabrous. Ostiole 2-li])ped. 

 slightly prominent; bracts all descending vertically into the re 

 ceptacle, subulate or subulate-linear, acute, ^-J lin. long, slightly 

 fleshy, glabrous. Male flowers few, subsessile ; i)eriantli-segments 



