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the lower part, obtuse or truncate at the apex, membranous, gla- 

 brous ; stamen solitary with mostly a rudimentary female flower at 

 its base ; female flowers in separate receptacles, very numerous, 

 sessile ; perianth-segments 6, linear, acute, glabrous ; achene smooth ; 

 style lateral, slender, longer than the achene, with a purple stigma. 

 WarK in Warh. d; Be Wild. Fie. FL Cong. 36, t. xxii. ; Warh, in Engl 

 Pfl. Ost-Afr. a 161 ; Engl, t£ Brude, Veg. Erde, ix. 1, pL i. 118, /j. 

 100 ; Miidhr. & Barret in Engl Jahrh, xlvi. 202 ; Hutchinson in 

 Prain, FL Trop. Afr, vi. ii. 107. F. tridentata, Fenzlin Flora, 1844, 

 311, name only. F. antitlietoplnjlla^ Steud. ex Mig, in HooJc, Land. 

 Jonrn. BoL vii. 236, <. v. B ; A. Ttich. Tent. FL Abyss, ii. 272. F. 

 palustris, Sim, For. FL Port. E. Afr. 99, ^arf?^, incL t. xc. jig. G. 



Easter^t Region : Natal, Gerrard, 1631 ! 

 Occurs also in Tropical Africa. 



7. P. sansitiarica (Warb. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 171); a tree with 

 large spreading main branches on which are borne numerous 

 clusters of figs ; leaves oblong or lanceolate-oblong, obtuse at both 

 ends, 3|-5^ in. long, 1^-2^^ in. broad, entire, firmly chartaceous, 

 finely verrucose above, otherwise dull and glabrous on both surfaces ; 

 midrib slightly impressed above, prominent below, about 1 lin, 

 broad at the base, gradually tapered at the apex of the blade ; 

 lateral nerves 8-9 on each side of the midrib, the lowermost pair 

 opposite and sharply ascending, the others diverging from the mid- 

 rib at a wifle angle and mostly arcuate, slender, prominent below, 

 looped close to the margin; tertiary nerves very lax and branched, 

 distinct below ; veins closely reticulate and distinct on the lower 

 surface; petiole lf-2:j in. long, glabrous; stipules deciduous ; recep- 

 tacles borne in clusters on the old main branches, globose, f— 1 in. in 

 diam., green when fresh, minutely puberulous, wrinkled like a plum 

 when dry, with a basal stipe 1^ lin. long; basal bracts not seen; 

 ostiole bilabiate, with no bracts visible from the outsi<le, all descend- 

 ing into the receptacle ; male flowers with a solitary stamen. 

 Miidhr. d Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 223 ; Hutchinson in Prain, 

 FL Trop. Afr. vi. ii. 130. F. Langcnhurgii, Warh, in Engl. Jahrh. 

 XXX. 293. F. delagoensis, Sim, For. FL Port. E. Afr. 99, t xcii. 

 F. libertiana, Warh. ex Miidhr. <& Burret, Lc, name only. 



Kalahabi Regiox : Transvaal, without precise locality, Legat, 5873 I 

 Eastern Region : Delagoa Bay, iSim, 5171 ! 



Occurs also in Eastern Tropical Africa. 



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8. F. polita (Vahl, Enum. ii. 182) ; a large tree about 50 ft. 

 high ; branchlets rather slender, very minutely puberulous when 

 young ; leaves ovate or ovate-oblong, slightly cordate or rounded at 

 the base, caudate-acuminate, 3-6 in. long, 2-41 in_ broad, entire, 

 membranous or subchartaceous, glabrous and dull on both surfaces, 

 5-nerved at the base ; midrib flat on the upper surface, prominent 

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



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