196 cxxiiic. MORACE^ (Hutchinson). [Ficus. 



ribbed when dry. Leaves broadly ovate, obtuse, shortly cordate 

 at the base, 5-8 in. long, 3|-6J in. broad, entire, coriaceous, glabrous 

 on the upper surface, sometimes very finely tuberculate, at first 

 softly tomentose, at length softly pubescent with rather short whitish 

 hairs below, 5-nerved at the base, remaining lateral nerves about 

 8 on each side of the midrib, diverging at an angle of about 45°, 

 bifurcate about | in. from the margin, distinct on both smfaces, 

 somewhat prominent below ; tertiary nerves wavy, somewhat lax, 

 distinct below ; petiole IJ-SJ in. long, 1-2 lin. in diam., glabrous ; 

 stipules narrowly lanceolate, acutely acuminate, 1J-2| in. long, 

 3-4 lin. broad, thinly chartaceous, glabrous, reddish-brown when 

 dry. Receptacles axillary, geminate, pedunculate, globose, about 

 4 lin. in diam., glabrous ; peduncle I in. long, jninutely puberulous. 

 Basal bracts 2, 'connate at the base, broadly ovate, rounded, finely 

 puberulous outside, membranous towards the margin. Ostiole 

 slightly protruding, 2-lipped ; bracts all descending vertically into 

 the receptacle, glabrous. Male flowers subsessile, with membranous 

 glabrous perianth-segments and a soUtary stamen. Female flowers 

 subsessile ; achene obovoid, with a slender lateral style and filiform 

 stigma. — Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 211 ; De Wild, in 

 Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. Hi. 203. F.flavovenia, Warb. in Engl. Jahrb. . 

 XX. 158. 



Upper Gainea. Ti>go : Basari, Kerding, 33b ! Ikeburg, Kerdimj, 76 ! 

 Tambcrma, Kcrdiny, A. 544 ! Northern Nigeria : Katagum dibtiict, Dalziel, 

 349 ! Canierooiij^ : Babessi, Lederntnnii, 1978 ! Bakari, Ledermann, 2273 ! 

 Gama, Ledeniiann, 466() ! 



Nile Land. Dar Fertit : at the Gudjoi, Schweinfurth, 150 ! Bahr el Ghazal ; 

 between Tong and Wau, Broun. Bongo : Gir, Schweinfurth, 1508 ! 



Lower Guinea. Lower Congo : Matadi, Laurent ! without precise locality, 

 Gillet ! Smith ! 



South Central. Belgian Congo : Ponta da Lenha, Namnann, 223 ! near 

 Malela, Dcwevre, 176 ! Lusambo, Laurent I Mayumbe, Laurent ! Lake Foa, 

 Sapin ! Golongo, Lcscrauwaet, 411 ! Vankerkhovenville, Seret, 561 ! 



Var. mollis, Hutchinson. Mature receptacles softly pubescent. — F. ihoIU- 

 folia, Warb. ex Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 211, name only. 



Upper Guinea. French Guinea : Middle Niger ; Dia, Chevalier ! Upper 

 Niger; Nono, near Kouroussa, C/temZter, 430 ! Northern Nigeria : Katagum 

 district, Dalziel, 350 ! Cameroons : Bakari, Ledermann, 2518 ! Garua, 

 Ledermann, 3403 ! 



North Central. Shari district : Ndelle, Chevalier, (5948 ! Kago Bongolo, 

 Chevalier, 7253 ! 



South Central. Belgian Congo : Lunda-Kassai district ; bank of Luschiko 

 River, BucJmer, 560 ! 



Ledermann. 1978, from the Cameroons, is somewhat intermediate Ijetween 

 true conyensis and \&r. tnollis ; the receptacles are rather young, however, and 

 many of them are already nearly glabrous. 



147. F. discifera, Warb. in Engl. Jahrb. xxxvi. 210. Medium- 

 sized or rather large tree ; branchlets stout, terete, nearly |- in. thick 

 about 1 in. from the apex, glabrous ; leaf -scars orbicular or horse- 

 shoe shaped, 2-3 lin. in diam. Leaves very broadly ovate or sub- 



