Ficus.] cxxiTir. MORACE^E (Hiitchinson). 203 



inconspicuous ; bracts all descending into the receptacle, few. 

 broadly ovate, glabrous. Male flowers shortly pedicellate ; perianth- 

 segments membranous, enveloping the solitary anther. Female 

 flowers sessile ; perianth-segments 3, ovate, acute, membranous, 

 glabrous. Achene ovoid, J- lin. long, smooth ; style slender, slightlv 

 thickened towards the stigma. § lin. long. Oall flowers pedicellate. 



Upper Guinea. Northern Nigeria : North Rornii ; hanks of tho Koniatliigii 

 Waiihc, near (rcidam, Elliott, 133 ! 



157. F. iteophylla, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. iii. 21S. 

 An epiphyte {Broun) or a tree ; young branchlets rather slender, 

 slightly pubescent or almost glabrous, angular. Leaves oblanceo- 

 late, obtuse or shortly acuminate, attenuated to an obtuse or subacute 

 base, l|-4 in. long, -1-1| in. broad, entire, rigidly chartaceous, dull 

 below, slightly shining above, glabrous ; midrib flat above, pro- 

 minent below, gradually tapered to the apex ; lateral nerves 6-10 

 on each side of the midrib, diverging from it at an angle of 45", 

 conspicuous on both surfaces, prominent below, very slender, looped 

 close to the margin ; tertiary nerves little less conspicuous than 

 the lateral and following their direction, sometimes slightly impressed 

 on the upper surface ; venation close and distinct on the lowev 

 surface ; petiole slender, J-l| in. long, glabrous, light straw-coloured 

 when dry ; stipules deciduous, those around the terminal bud 

 lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, about 2 lin. long, glabrous or 

 nearly so. Receptacles axillary, crowded on the young shoots, 

 pedunculate, globose or ovoid-globose, 4-6 lin. in diam., tomentose ; 

 peduncle 2-2 J lin. long, sparingly tomentose. Basal bracts 2. 

 soon falling off, leaving a rounded flat base, puberulous on the 

 outside. Ostiole 2-iipped, sometimes rather protruded, with none 

 of the bracts visible from the outside ; ostiolar bracts few, all 

 descending into the receptacle, shortly subulate from a broad ovate- 

 triangular base, submembranous, glabrous. Male flowers with 3 

 obtuse perianth-segments and a solitary stamen {Warlnirfi). Female 

 flower sessile : perianth similar to the male. Achene rounded, 

 smooth ; style very slender, about as long as the achene, with a small 

 stigma. — Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 262. F. bonffoensis, 

 Warb. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 166; Mildbr. & Burret, I.e. 256. F. 

 persicifolia, vars. depressa, longipes, and pubkarpa, Warb <\ 

 Mildbr. & Burret, I.e. 257, names only. 



Upper Guinea. Senegal: Cayor, Leprieur \ and without precise locality, 

 Perrottet, 917! Northern Nigeria: Katagnm district, /M/c/V/, 21() ! S<ikoto, 

 Dalzlel, 398 ! 



North Central. Baguirmi ; near Mossenia, Chemlirr, 9r.«)7 ! Xiellims, 

 Central Chari, Chevalier, 8522 ! Koulfe, C/irvalier, 8733 ! 



Nile Land. Kordofan : Honira, near Kadugh, /?/o»w. 1349 ! Jiir : (ihattns' 

 Soriba, .Schweinfnrth, 1509 ! 



According to Dalzlel this plant fiimi.'ihe.s food for goats. 



