418 FICACEAE. 



DROSTIGMA. 



culis integerrimis coriaceis glabris, venulis distinctioribus utrinque fere 12-nis; re- 

 ceptaculis axillaribus geminis breviter pedunculatis globosis, versus basin pilosulis v. 

 glabris; involucri trilobi lobis rotundatis puberulis etciliatis,— Ficus microcarpa Vahl, 

 Enumer. II. 188. (nec Linn.) — Ficns Thonningii Blume. — Habitat in Africa tropica 

 occidentali, Guinea (ad 11. Nun.) 



6. U. ILICINDM Sonder, Linnaea XXIII. 136. f — Glaberrimum : ramis ramulisque sulcato- 

 angulatis lutescentibus; foliis modice petiolatis oblongis obtusis, basi obtusis vel sub- 

 angulatis integerrimis coriaceis pallidis, supra laevissimis lucidis, subtus costulis 5—8 

 reticulatis, petiolis crassis supra sulcatis ; stipulis ovatis acutis convolutis. — In Pro- 

 montorio bonae spei. 



1859^. SYCOMORITS Gasparrini. 



(Miquel in Wlprs. Annal. 1. 702.) 



1. S. VOGELIANA Miqu. in Hook. Niger Flora 522. -f- — Ramis glabris ; ramulis, petiolis 

 foliisque subtus praesertim in nervo medio costisque subbarbato-hirtis, his breviter 

 v. longe petiolatis obOvato-oblongis acutis v. breviter apiculatis, versus basin attenua- 

 tis ipsaque basi leviter emarginatis v. subtruncatis, praesertim versus apicem crenato- 

 serratis v. repandis , coriaceo-membranaceis trinerviis et utrinque 5—6 - costatis, ju- 

 nioribus pilis raris longiusculis conspersis, dein glabris laevigatis, subtus fuscescentibus 

 et sub lente punctulatis; receptaculis supra ramos aphyllos racemoso - paniculatis, ju- 

 nioribus ovatis v. globosis, parce hirtellis ; bracteis tribus ovatis pedunculoque hirtis. 



— Arbor 30— 40- pedalis, petioli y 2 — 2 pollic. longi, folia 3— 7 - pollicaria, 2— 4 poll. 

 lata. — Habitat in insula Fernando Po (et in Quorra). 



2. S. GUINEENSIS Miqu. in Hook. Lond. journ. of bot. VII. tab. 14. fig. B. (absq. diagn. ) 



— Wlprs. Annal. I. 704. no. 8*. — Hook. Niger Flora 523. f — Ramulis, petiolis foliis- 

 que subtus in nervis pilis parcis fugacibus conspersis, his longiuscule petiolatis ob- 

 longis acutis v. obtusiusculis, basi acutis, praesertim versus apicem dentato - serratis, 

 membranaceo - coriaceis laevibus v. senectule asperiusculis trinerviis et utrinque 4 — 

 5-costatis; stipulis lanceolatis, dorso appresse hirtis, marginibus ciliatis; receptaculis 

 supra ramos laterales e trunco v. vetustis ramis protrusis racemosis, maturis rubris. 



— Ficus Brassii R. Br. Transact, of the hortic. soc. V. 448. — Petioli V 2 — 2 -pollica- 

 res, folia 3—5 poll. longa, 2— 2y 2 poll. lata. — Habitat in Sierra Leone, Cape Palmas. 



3. * S. THONNINGIANA Miqu. in Wlprs. Annal. I. 704. no. 6. nuntiata, in Flora Nigritiana 

 non descripta est. 



4. S. HIRSDTA Sonder, Linnaea XXIII. 137. f — Ramis petiolisque hirsutis; foliismodice 

 petiolatis obovato - orbiculatis obtusis retusisve, basi cordatis integerrimis v. subrepan- 

 dis trinerviis et paucicostatis coriaceis, supra pilosis, demum glabris laevibus, subtus 

 reticulatis raolliter pubescentibus; stipulis latis ovatis acuminatis, dorso hirsutis; re- 

 ceptaculis confertis sessilibus obovato - globosis hirtulis, apice demum glabris, ore 

 prorainulo linea transversali instructo. — Port Natal. 



5. S.?(FICDS) CAPREAEFOLIA Delile, Ann. sc. nat. (2. Ser.) XX. 94. - Ferret & Galin. 

 Voy. en Abyss. III. 158. — Ramis summis gracilibus; stipulis geminatis diu persisten- 

 tibus; foliis obovatis asperis, breviter petiolatis ; pedunculo petiolis longiore; fructibus 

 solilariis globosis. — Ficus antithetophylla Steudel. — Crescit in Abyssinia. 



6. S. ? (FICDS) DAHRO Delile 1 c. - Ferret & Galinier 1. c. 159. tab. 15. - Bamis ter- 

 minalibus digito crassioribus: stipula terminali brevi acuta, basi tomentosa , foliorum 



