524 ; FLÓRA NIGRITIANA. 
lidiores. Stipule vix 4 lin. longæ, exteriores perulaceæ gla- 
briores dorso versus basin hirtæ ciliatæque, interiores bre- 
viores imbricatæ subsericeæ. Inflorescentia stricta, aphylla, 
6 poll. longa, ramulis subsericeis racemoso-dispositis serius 
glabrescentibus. 
Dr. Miquel observes that this is most nearly allied to the 
Sycomorus Capensis, but is not only much larger in stature, but 
differs also in its pubescence. Don’s specimen, without fructi- 
fication, which Miquel had not seen, resembles still more the 
South African ones. 
The Ficus umbellata, Vahl, from Guinea, is referred by Miquel 
to Sycomorus. 
1. Ficus (Sycidium) asperifolia, Miq. (Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. 
7. t. 15. f. B.) ; foliis ellipticis breviter acuminatis v. acutis 
subdenticulatis integris v. utrinque sinu diversiformi excisis 
coriaceis utrinque scabro-asperrimis supra nitidulis demum 
subareolatis, subtus in sicco lutescentibus costulisque venosis 
5-6 patulis reticulatis, receptaculis axillaribus plerumque 
geminis pedunculatis obovato-turbinatis verrucosis asperulis 
basi in stipitem constrictis tribracteatis, ore prominule brac- 
teato.—Abóh, often growing in the water, Vogel. 
Frutex ramis teretibus glabris levibus, ramulis angulatis gla- 
briusculis. Petioli antice sulcati, 4-6 lin. longi. Folia 2-3 
poll. longa, 1-2 poll. lata, pleraque integra, preesertim versus 
apicem minute et zqualiter denticulata v. fere integerrima, 
alia ad dimidium altitudinis utrinque sinu acuto v. obtuso 
excisa, hinc subtriloba, omnia zquilatera, basi acuta. Pedun- 
culi parce puberuli 2 lin. longi. Receptacula pilis minutis 
rigidissimis scaberrima, ore prominulo puberula, basi stipiti- 
formi bracteis 3 basi cohzerentibus puberulis deciduis instructa, 
3-5 lin. diametro, intus sub ore bracteis occlusa et inter flores 
bracteolata. Flores feminei sessiles v. pedicellati, perigonil 
phyllis 5 lineari-lanceolatis coriaceis ovario arcte applicitis, in 
floribus sessilibus parieti receptaculi partim adnatis. Ova- 
rium subsessile, stylo laterali sursum muriculatum. Achenia 
levia, pallide lutescentia. Flores masculos non reperi. 
Miquel observes that this species is very near the East 
