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et utrinque 5-6-costatis, junioribus supra pilis raris longius- 
culis inspersis, dein glabris lævigatis subtus fuscescentibus 
et sub lente punctulatis, receptaculis supra ramos aphyllos 
racemoso-paniculatis junioribus ovatis v. globosis parce hir- 
tellis, bracteis 3 ovatis peduneuloque hirtis.—On the Quorra, 
and Fernando Po, Vogel. 
Arbor 30-40-pedalis cortice albo, paniculis e trunco ramisque 
vetustis erumpentibus, ramis racemosis gracilibus usque ad 
23 pedes longis. Petioli }-2 poll. longi, cum ramulis foliis- 
que subtus in sicco fuscescentes. Folia 3-7 poll. longa, 2-4 
poll, lata, majora dentata v. crenato-serrata, minora quandoque 
fere integerrima ; costæ subtus prominentes, erecto-patulæ, 
prope margines subconfluentes, anastomosibus transversis 
parallelis prominentibus junctæ. Stipule membranaceæ, 
avato-lanceolatæ, 6 lin. longer, demum glabre. Panicule 
rami alterni, juniores hirti, stipulis bracteati, e quorum axillis 
receptacula solitaria, altero nune rudimentario, 
- Sycomorus Guineensis, Mig. (Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. 7. 
t. 14. f. B.) ; ramulis petiolis foliisque subtus in nervis pilis 
parcis fugacibus inspersis, his longiuseule petiolatis oblongis 
acutis v, obtusiusculis basi acutis presertim versus apicem 
dentato-serratis membranaceo-coriaceis levibus v. senectute 
asperiusculis trinervibus et utrinque 4-5-costatis, stipulis lan- 
Ceolatis dorso appresse hirtis marginibus ciliatis, receptaculis 
Supra ramos laterales e trunco v. vetustis ramis protrusis 
racemosis, maturis rubris.—Ficus Brassii, Br. in Trans. Soc. 
Hort. Lond. 5. p. 448.—Cape Palmas, Vogel ; Sierra Leone, 
on. 
A precedente foliis basi magis attenuatis nec excisis, paniculze 
ramis brevibus statim discernitur. Rami vetustiores cylin- 
drici, parce yerrucosi ; ramuli subangulati, parce puberuli, 
dein glabrati quandoque rimulosi. Petioli 4-2 poll. longi, 
antice canaliculati, cito glaberrimi. Folia 3-5 poll. longa, 
2-25 poll. lata, rigidiuseula, subtus pallidiora, versus basin 
integerrima, raro uno alterove dente instructa e nervo medio 
utrinque una costa ad } alt. perducta, relique inde ab } alt. 
ort patulo-adscendentes ; anastomoses tenues, pauce va- 
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