417 



Ordo CCXXI. FICACEAE % 



(MOREAE Endl. Gener. plant. p.277; Suppl. 1. p. 1375; Suppl. II. p.30; Suppl. IV. p. 33. 

 — Meisn. Gen. pl. vascul. I. 350. II. 261. — Wlprs. Annal. I. 669.) 



1859*- CROSTIOMA Gasparrini. 

 (Miquel in Wlprs. Annal. I. 670.) 



1. U. VOGELII Miqu. in Lond. journ. of bot. VII. lab. 12. flg. A. (absq. diagn.) — Hook. 

 Niger Flora 520. + — (Wlprs. Annal. 1. 683. no. 74. ") — Foliis longiuscule petiolatis 

 obovato- vel lanceolalo-oblongis, breviter plerumque obtuse acurainatis, basi obtusis s. 

 leviter emarginatis coriaceis, supra glabris, subtus puberulis trinerviis costulisque 

 utrinque 4—5 patulo - ascendentibus reticulatis; receptaculis axillaribus geminis sub- 

 sessilibus globosis glabriuscuiis; involucri trilobi lobis medio hirtis. — Petioli 1—2- 

 pollicares, folia 6—8 poll. longa, 3—5 poll. lata. — Habitat in Nigritia (Grand Bassa 

 8: Cape Palmas.) 



2. U. RUBICUNDUM Miqu. in Hook. Lond. journ. etc. VII. tab. 12. flg. B. (absq. diagn.) 

 — Hook. Niger Flora 250. + — (Wlprs. 1. c. no. 79.*) — Foliis modice petiolatis ova- 

 tis, ellipticis v. obovato - ellipticis rotundato-obtusis v. breviter apiculatis , basi aequali 

 leviter cordatis integerrimis coriaceis , adultis utrinque glabris, junioribus ciliolatis 

 trinerviis costulisque utrinque 5—7, petiolis antice puberulis glabrescentibus ; slipulis 

 lanceolatis acuminatis convolutis puberulis, anlice deorsum hirsutis; receptaculis axil- 

 laribus gerainis v. solitariis breviter pedunculatis obovato- globosis sericeo - villosis, 

 umbilici rima subhiante; involucro subtrilobo pubescente circumscisse deciduo. — 

 Petioli 6—12 lin. longi, folia 2—4 poll. longa, 1-2 poll. lata. — Habitat in Africa tro- 

 pica occidentali (on the Quorra, atOddoenda). 



3. U. ELEGANS Miqu. in Hook. Lond. journ. etc. VII. tab. 13. fig. A. (absq. diagn.) — 

 Hook. Niger Flora 521. + — (Wlprs. I. c. 684. no. 87.*) — Foliis oblongo -obovatis 

 ovatisve, breviter obluseque apiculalis, ima basi angustata obtusis integerrimis coriaceo- 

 membranaceis glabris, costulis utrinque circiter 10-nis; stipulis lanceolatis acuminatis 

 convolutis glabris; receptaculis (ex Vog. mss.) longe pedunculatis pendulis. — Petioli 

 Va— lVa poll. longi, folia 4—5 - pollicaria, 2— 2 l / 2 poll. lata. — Habitat in Africa tropica 

 occidentali (Cape coast). 



4. U. OTTONIAEFOLIUM Miqu. in Hook. Lond. journ etc. VII. tab. 13 fig. B. (absq. diagn.) 



— Hook. Niger Flora 521. + — (Wlprs. I. c. no. 88.*) — Foliis longiuscule petiolatis 

 oblongis v. obovato-oblongis, breviter et obruse acuminatis, basi acutis integerrimis 

 coriaceo - membranaceis glabris trinervii.s costulisque utrinque 4—7 patulis; stipulis 

 lanceolatis ylabris, apice puberulis, couvolutis; receptaculis axillaribus l — 2 peduncu- 

 latis globosis tenere puberulis glabrescentibus; involucro trilobo demura circumscisso. 



— Folia in petiolo 1— l l /i - pollicari, 3— 4 l /, poll. longa, 1 — 2 poll. lata, fere membra- 

 nacea. — Habitat in Africa tropica occidentali. 



5. U. THONNINGII Miqu. in Hook. Lond. journ. etc. VII. tab. 13. fig. C. (absq. diagn.) — 

 Hook. Niger Flora 532. + — (Wlprs. 1. c. no 89.*) — Foliis longiuscule peliolatis 

 oblongis v. obovato - oblongis obtusis rotundatis v. emarginatis, basi acutis v. obtusius- 



III. 53 



