Ficus.] cxxiiic. HORACES (Hutchinson). 187 



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

 Male flowers sessile, with a solitary very small stamen. Female 

 flowers sessile, with 3 obovate obtuse perianth-segments. Ac bene 

 broadly ellipsoid ; style slender, with a slightly thickened stigma.— 

 J^. camptoneura, var. angustifolia, Mildbr. in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 234 ; 

 De Wild, in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. Hi. 202. 



South Central. Belgian Congo: Ituri district; Kasanga, Miblhriml, 

 3107 ! Injolo, Seret, 984 ! Eala, Pynaert, 1327 ! 1504 ! 



136. F. oreodryadum, Mildhr. in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 240. A 

 tall tree with a broad crown ; branchlets glabrous, wrinkled when 

 dry. Leaves oblanceolate or oblong-oblanceolate, very shortly, 

 obtusely and rather abruptly acuminate, more or less narrowly 

 cuneate at the base, 4r-6 in. long, lJ-2 in. broad, entire, rigidly sub- 

 coriaceous, dull brown on both surfaces when dry, glabrous ; midrib 

 slightly impressed above, prominent below, 1 lin. broad at the 

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

 7-8 on each side of the midrib, the upper diverging from it at a 

 wide angle, the lower more oblique, looped well within the margin, 

 prominent below ; veins rather close, prominent below ; petiole 

 h in. long, glabrous ; stipules deciduous, small, glabrous. Receptacles 

 axillary, sessile, in pairs, subglobose, a little over J in. in diam., 

 obsoletely and sparingly warted, glabrous. Basal bracts 2, soon 

 deciduous, closely adpressed to the receptacle. Ostiole 2-lipped, 

 slightly prominent ; bracts not visible from the outside, all descend- 

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

 with 3 perianth-segments and a solitary stamen. Female perianth- 

 segments ovate, acute. Achenes ovoid-ellipsoid, smooth ; style 

 shorter than the achene. 



Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa : Rugege Forest at Rukarara, Mi It/ 

 hrard, 1031 ! 



137. F. Thonningii, Blunie in Rumphia. ii. 17. A medium-sized 

 tree, often about 40 ft. high ; young branches minutely puberulous. 

 at length glabrous. Leaves obovate-eUiptic or oblong-elliptic, 

 obtuse at both ends, sometimes somewhat cuneate at the base, 2-9 in. 

 long, 1-4 in. broad, entire, chartaceous, glabrous on both surfaces, 

 finely pitted on the upper surface when young, at length minutely 

 verrucose, otherwise glabrous and dull on both surfaces ; midrib 

 flat above, prominent below, about | lin. broad at the base, gradually 

 tapered to the apex of the blade ; lateral nerves 8-12 on each side 

 of the midrib, diverging from it at an angle of 45^-65°, prominent 

 below, looped ; tertiary nerves lax and spreading in the same direc- 

 tion as the lateral ; ultimate venation rather lax ; petiole ^-2^ in. 

 long, glabrous ; stipules deciduous, narrowly lanceolate, very acutely 

 acummate, about J in. long, membranous, glabrous or slightly 

 puberulous. Receptacles axillary, sessile, mostly in pairs, globo.se 



