Ficus.] cxxiiit. MORACE^E (Hutchinsoii). 193 



faint below; petiole 2-4 in. long, Ij lin. thick, glabrous or thinly 

 pubescent ; stipules deciduous, not seen. Receptacles in axillary 

 fascicles at the tips of the shoots, 2-3 in each fascicle, pedunculate, 

 obovoid, J in. long, 5 lin. in diam., rounded at the base with a pro- 

 minent gaping ostiole about | lin. long ; peduncles 4 lin. long, J lin. 

 thick, glabrous ; basal bracts forming a one-sided saucer-shaped 

 involucre closely appressed to the base of the receptacle, nearly 

 J in. broad, with undulate margin, glabrous. Ostiolar bracts all 

 pointing into the receptacle, the middle one the longest, linear, 

 obtuse, 2 lin. long, f lin. broad, subchartaceous, the others a little 

 shorter and subulate from an ovate base, with membranous margins. 

 Male flowers very few, near the ostiolar bracts, pedicellate ; perianth 

 membranous, enclosing the solitary sessile stamen. Female flowers 

 numerous, scattered amongst the gall flowers, sessile ; perianth small 

 and membranous. Gall flowers numerous, pedicellate, with nearlv 

 sessile stigmas. Scales of the receptacle subulate-lanceolate, acute, 

 j lin. long, membranous, glabrous, with a reddish midrib.--/'. 

 abutilifolia, Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 214, partlv. not 

 of Miq. 



Upper Guinea. French Guinea : Koulikoro, among locka, Chtvulia 1 

 Togo : Sasi-bu, near Aledyo, Kersting, 125 ! Nortliern Nigeria : Nupo, Barter, 

 452 ! 995 ! Yola, Dalziel, 145 ! 



This species is liable to confusion with F. )n.ittue)h^i,'<. Warb. ; the shortly 

 acuminate leaves with the midrib continuous to the apex, and the peculiar 

 shield-Hke unilaterally connate basal bracts, which are closely appressed to the 

 rounded base of the receptacle, are its distinguishing features. 



143. F. Ledermannii, Hutchinson in Kew Bulletin, 1915. 340. A 

 large tree 35-50 ft. high, with a broad crown ; young branchlets bearing 

 the figs about J in. in diam. near the apex, softly tomentose. Leaves 

 gi*ey-green above, greyish-white below (Ledermann), ovate-orbicular, 

 slightly and obtusely acuminate, cordate and with an open sinus at 

 the base, 2^-4^ in. long, 2-4J in. broad, entire, coriaceous, dull 

 and glabrous on the upper surface and very deUcately reticulate, 

 shortly and softly pubescent or almost tomentose below ; midrib 

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

 tapered and very slender towards the apex of the blade ; lateral 

 nerves about 8 on each side of the midrib, the lower recurved, the 

 others diverging at an angle of about 45°, bifurcate some distance 

 from the margin, prominent below ; tertiary nerves wavy, slender, 

 distinct ; petiole 1J-2J in. long, shortly and softly pubescent, 

 longitudinally sulcate ; stipules caducous, those surrounding the 

 terminal bud ovate-lanceolate, acutely acuminate, J in. long, whitish 

 silky-puberulous outside, reddish and glabrous within. Receptacles 

 in axillary pairs, pedunculate, obovoid-ellipsoid, about .J in. long and 

 nearly as much in diam., mottled, glabrous, smooth when dry ; 

 peduncle 3-4 lin. long, terete, about \ lin. thick, finely and softly 

 puberulous. Basal bracts early deciduous, leaving behind a small 



FL. TROP. AFR. VI. SECT. II. H 



