536 MOEACE.E (Hiitchiiison). [Flciis. 



12. F. Stuhlmannii (Warb. in Engl. Jahrb. xx, 161 ) ; a tree about 

 30ft. high ; stem about 2 ft. in thickness; branchlets fairly stout, 

 ribbed, pilose with -svliitish or slightly fuscous hairs especially when 

 young ; leaves oblong, rounded at the apex, cordate at the base, 

 3-e^?> in. long, l:x^2f in. broad, entire, rigidly chartaceous or sub- 

 coriaceous, thinly pubescent especially near the midrib and witli 

 slightly impressed venation on the upper surface, softly tomentose 

 or densely pubescent below ; lateral nerA^es 4-5 on each side of the 

 midrib, diverging from it at an angle of 45°, nearly straight, looped 

 some distance from the margin, prominent below; tertiary nerves 

 few, forming with the veins a close prominent venation below ; 

 petiole f— H in. long, stout, grooved above, otherwise subterete, 

 softly pubescent ; stipules deciduous, those surrounding the terminal 

 bud more or less lanceolate, adpressed villous outside, glabrescent 

 towards the margin : receptacles axillary, probably solitary, sessile, 

 globose, ^ in. in diam. or slightly more, densely tomentose ; basal 

 bracts connate at the base, adpressed villous outside, glabrous 

 within ; ostiole bilabiate, glabrous, scarcely produced, about |- lin. 

 wide ; bracts all descending into the receptacle, the middle two 

 broader and more fleshy than the others, oblong, 1^ lin. long, 

 glabrous, the others lanceolate, acute, 1 lin. long or less ; male 

 flowers shortly pedicellate ; perianth enclosing the solitary anther ; 

 anther-cells slightly superimposed ; female flowers sessile ; perianth- 

 segments 3, ovate-lanceolate, acutely acuminate, glabrous ; achene 

 ovoid-globose, smooth ; style nearly as long as the achene, with a 

 rather broad flattened stigma ; gall-flowers long-pedicellate, with a 

 short style ; receptacular scales lanceolate, acute, membranous. 

 Mildhr, <£' Barret in Engl, Jalrh. xlvi. 220, partly; Hutclunson in 

 Prain, Fl. Trop. Afr. vi. ii. 170. F, howardiana, Sim, For,FL Port. 

 E, Afr, 100, /. xcii. A. F. IlomUei, De Wild, in Fcdde, Eepert, 

 xii. 195, and in Bull Soc. Bot. Belg. hi. 212. 



Kalahari Region: Tran-svaal ; on the Lebombo Flai^, Bu rtt- Da ry, 10496! 



Spelonken. Zoutpansberg, Menne, 3043 ! Nelspniit Hotel, Barbei-ton, Bitvtt-Davy, 

 524G! 



Eastern Region : Lorenzo Marques, Sim, G3C8 ! 

 Occurs also in Tropical Africa. 



. 13, F, craterostoma (AYarb. ex Mildbr. k Burret in Engl. Jahrb. 

 xlvi. 247 partly); a shrub or small tree; branchlets slender, 

 glabrous; leaves obovate or triangular-obovate, truncate at the 

 apexj shortly cuneate at the base, more or less rounded in the upper 

 half, l|-2^ in. long, |-1| in, broad, entire, thinly coriaceous, 

 glabrous ; midrib prominent and straw-coloiued below, divided about 

 ^ in. below the apex ; lateral nerves about 7 on each side of the mid- 

 rib, diverging from it at an angle of 45°, distinct on both surfaces, 

 rather slender, but prominent below ; veins prominent ; petiole ^— | 

 in. long, smooth : stipules persistent or subpersistent ; receptacles 

 axillary, sessile, subglobose, about 4 lin. in diam., glabrous ; basal 

 bracts puberulous outside; ostiole large and gaping, smooth ; bracts 



