Ficus.] cxxiiic. MORACii^E (Hutcbinson). 207 



Style filiform. Call iiowcis very luimeruus, pcdicellale.— De Wild, 

 in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. lii. 204. 



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163. F. ardisioides, Warb. in Evf/I. Ja/irb. xx. 171. Branchlets 

 more or less angular, glabrous. Leaves elli})tic or oblong-elliptic, 

 shortly and obtuselyacuniinate, obtuse at the base, 2.1-5.1 in. -long. 1-2^ 

 in. broad, entire, with slightly recurved margins, rigidly coriaceous, 

 slightly shining and glabrous on both surfaces, ])roniinently and 

 closely reticulate especially below ; midrib not raised above, promi- 

 nent below, about 1 lin. broad at the base, gradually tapeied to the 

 apex ; lateral nerves about 5 on each side, looped some distance 

 from the margin, distinct on both surfaces, prominent below ; veins 

 forming a close network ; petiole J in. to nearly J in. long, sulcate, 

 glabrous ; stipules caducous, lanceolate, subobtuse, about 2 lin. 

 long, glabrous, ashy-grey. Receptacles axillary, 2-3 in each cluster, 

 shortly pedunculate, globose, very slightly mammillate, about J in. in 

 diam., glabrous ; peduncle 2 lin. long, fairly stout, glabrous. Ba.sal 

 bracts 2, almost free from each other, ovate, obtuse, 1 lin. long 

 and broad, submembranous, glabrous. Ostiole very small, 2-lipped, 

 slightly prominent ; bracts all descending into the receptacle, 

 lanceolate, acute, J lin. long, membranous, glabrous. Male and 

 female flowers with 3 perianth-segments. Stamen solitary ; anther 

 obtuse. Style filiform, with an oblique acute stigma. — Mildbr. & 

 Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 233. 



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164. F. Scott-Elliotii, Mildbr. & Burret in Ev<il. Jahrb. xlvi. 

 234. Branchlets longitudinally sulcate when dry, glabrous. Lcave.s 

 oblong-elliptic, rounded or very shortly and obtusely acuminate at 

 the apex, acumen ^-IJ lin. long, rounded at or slightly narrowed to 

 the base, 3-|-6 in. long, 1|-2| in. broad, entire, rigidly cliartaceous, 

 dull and glabrous on both surfaces ; midrib flat above, prominent 

 below, about 1 lin. broad at the base, gradually tapered to the apex 

 of the leaf or sometimes divided below the apex ; lateral nerves 

 5-6 on each side of the midrib, diverging from it at an angle of 45°- 

 70°, looped some distance from the margin, prominent but rather 

 slender below and slightly raised above ; tertiary nerves very slender 

 and laxly reticulate below ; veins finely reticulate, inconspicuous ; 

 petiole J-IJ in. long, \\-X\ lin. thick, glabrous ; stipules deciduouis 

 lanceolate, obtuse, 5 lin. long, glabrous. Rece})tacles }»robably 

 a^iillary, shortly pedunculate, subglobose, rounded at the base, 

 J-1 in. in diam., wrinkling like a dried plum when dry, glabrous ; 

 peduncle 3-4 lin. long, 1^ lin. thick, glabrous. Btisal bracts 2, 

 deciduous, ovate-orbicular, about 2^ lin. broad, glabrous, connate 

 at the base into an orbicular plate-like body which persists. Ostiole 



