214 cxxiiic. HORACES (Hutchinson); [Ficus. 



pedunculate, glabrous, about the size of a grape, involucrate at 

 the base. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia : near Mai Gouaffona, Qnartin Dillon ; near Adowa. 

 Petit ! 



Mildbracd and Burret knew this plant only from de.scription, and suggested 

 that it might be identical with F. snlicifolin, Vahl. 



174. F. elasticoides, DeWihl. in F edde, Repert. x'li. 302. A tree 

 with thick fissured lenticellate bark. Leaves obovate or obovate- 

 elliptic, shortly and subacutely acuminate, cuneate at the base, 

 5-10 in. long, 2|-4 in. broad, entire, coriaceous, glabrous on both 

 surfaces ; midrib slightly convex above, prominent below, about 

 I lin. broad at the base, gradually tapered to and very slender at 

 the apex of the blade ; lateral nerves very numerous, about 25 on 

 each side of the midrib, diverging from it at a wide angle, nearly 

 straight, looped about IJ Un. from the margin, the loops forming 

 a crenate intramarginal nerve distinct on both surfaces ; tertiary 

 nerves only slightly less prominent than the lateral and following 

 their direction ; veins rather lax and somewhat indistinct ; petiole 

 longitudinally wrinkled, li-2f in. long, glabrous ; stipules not seen, 

 probably early deciduous. Receptacles in axillary pairs, peduncu- 

 late, globose, greenish-yellow with white spots, slightly more than 

 -J in. in diam., glabrous ; peduncle 2 J lin. long, puberulous. Basal 

 bracts soon falling away and leaving behind a large circular finely 

 tomentose portion. Ostiole 2-lipped, not prominent ; bracts all 

 descending into the receptacle. Male flowers with a solitary stamen, 

 not seen in a perfect condition. — De Wild, in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. 

 Hi. 207. 



Upper Guinea. Ivory Coast : Aboisso, Chevalier, 16293 ! Camcroons : 

 Molundu district ; old French frontier between 3.35'^ and 4° N., Mildhraed, 

 47(»8 ! between Lokomo, Bumba and Bange, Mildhraed, 4357 ! 4444 ! 



Lower Guinea. Belgian Congo : Illongonga, Sapin ! Lukulela, Lav rent ! 



Imperfectly known species. 



175. F. Afzelii, Don in Loud. Hort. Brit. 416, 7}anw only. 

 Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone. 



This is probably F. eriohotryoides, Kunth & Bouche. 



176. F. argentea, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. iii. 220. 



Described from a garden plant, West Africa being suggested as the native 

 country ; evidently closely allied to F. eriohotryoides, Kunth & Bouche. I 

 have not seen a specimen. 



177. F. CabraB, Warh. in Warb. & De Wild. Fie. Fl. Congo, 9. 

 A tree. Leaves elliptic or oblong-elliptic, shortly and obtusely 

 acuminate, rounded at the base, 9-10 in. Jong, 4-4J in. broad, 



