Ficus.] cxxiiic. MORACE^ (Hutchinson). 205 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone: near Siisseni. Scott Elliol. 14'.»'J ! Liberia: 

 Cola, BuntiiHi. \'.\ \ Mano River, below Jai, Bunting) ! 



Mozamb. Distr. CJernian Ea«t Africa : Wau Islanti, in l^iike Kivu. Mil'l- 

 brned, 1 145 ! 



South Central. Belgian Congo: west shore of Lake Albert Kdw.ird 

 Mildhranl, 1967 ! 



160. F. mangiferoides, Hulchinson in Kew Bulletin. 191."). M2. 

 Branchlets fairly stout, angular and prominently marked with 

 blackish lenticels when dry, slightly pubescent wiu'ii voung, at 

 length glabrous. Leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, graduallv 

 and rather obtusely acuminate, rounded or slightly cordate at the 

 base, 5^-12 in. long, 1J-3J in. broad, entire, coriaceous, dull and 

 glabrous on both surfaces or slightly shining above ; midrib flat 

 above, prominent below, 1| lin. broad at the base, graduallv tapered 

 to the apex of the blade ; lateral nerves numerous, 15-20 on each side 

 of the midrib, diverging from it almost at right angles, slendei-. 

 distinct on both surfaces, looped about 1| lin. from the margin ; 

 tertiary nerves only slightly less prominent than the lateral and 

 parallel with them, distinct on both surfaces ; veins fairh' close 

 below ; petiole short, f-1 in. long, lJ-2 lin. thick, slightly verrucosa 

 glabrous ; stipules caducous, lanceolate, acuminate. J in. long, 

 coriaceous, glabrous or nearly so. Receptacles axillary, pedunculate, 

 depressed-globose, about 3J lin. in diam., slightly verrucose and verv 

 sparingly pubescent when dry ; peduncle 4 lin. long, slender, glabrous. 

 Basal bracts caducous, persistent at the base, slightly pubescent 

 outside. Ostiole minute and pore-like ; bracts all descending into 

 the receptacle, linear-lanceolate, glabrous. Male flowers with a 

 solitary stamen. Female flowers sessile. Gall flowers pedicellate. — 

 F. Barteri, Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 231, partly, not 

 of iSprague. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Bipindc, Zenker, lUUO ! 



South Central. Belgian Congo: Monbuttu ; Munza. Sc/nainfuil/i, :i-352, 

 partly ! 



161. F. Barteri, Sprafjue in Ganl. Chron. 1903. xx.xiii. S.')!. A 

 small shrub, at first an epiph}i:e. at length a small self-supj)orting 

 tree up to 25 ft. high ; young branchlets about | in. in diam.. tinged 

 with purple in a fresh state, glabrous. Leaves elougate-oblong- 

 lanceolate or sometimes almost linear, gradually and acutely acu- 

 minate, narrowed and often cuneate at the base, 3i-14 in. long. J -2 J 

 in. (rarely 3 in.) broad, entire, coriaceous, green above, paler below, 

 mostly with the nerves somewhat straw-coloured when dry, glabrou.s 

 on both surfaces ; midrib impressed above, prominent below, in 

 the larger leaves about \\ lin. broad at the base, only slightly tapered 

 to the apex, conspicuous and forming a keel to the acumen ; lateral 

 nerves numerous, 16-20 on each side of the midrib, diverging frcin 

 it almost at right angles, slender, looped, the lot)ps forming an 



