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Flora of Tropical Africa the species Lave, therefore, been 

 re-arranged into series and subseries as follows: — 



Series I._ Fasciculatae. Eeceptacula in ramis efoliatis 



breyissimis fasciculatim disposita vel in trunco Tel 



• _ ramis primariis fasciculata; stipulae plerumque caducae. 



Series 11.. Axillaees. Eeceptacula axillaria, solitaria vel 



gemmata; stipuke persistentes vel caducae, 



Subseries i. Stipulares. Stipulae persistentes, 



plerumque magnae et conspicuae. 

 Subseries ii. Caducae. Stipulae caducae, plerumque 

 parvae et incons^HCtiae. 

 The FascLculatae form a very natural group of 28 species in 

 which the receiitacles are arranged in fascicles either on the main 

 trunk or on the primary branches. So far as I am aware they 

 never occur m these positions and also in the leaf-axils. The 

 ^asciculatac embrace the sections Caulocarpae, Fasciculatae and 

 tlegantes of Mildbraed and Burret. 



The Amllaren represent the remainder of the Bihmcteatae in 

 wJiich the receptacles are borne either singlv or in pairs in the 

 leat-axils of the young shoots. They are readily divided into two 

 groups; the firstthe Stipulares ( = section Cyathistipulae, Mildbr. 

 & turret) containing 23 very closely allied species distinguished 

 by the persistent stipules, which are almost invariably la?ge and 

 conspicuous. Associated with this striking feature is a usually 

 thick and more or less straw-coloured nervation of the leaves, 

 llie second group the Caducae ( = sections PlatyphyUae, 

 trasswostae and CUamydodorae, Mildbr. & Burret), contains 

 a arge number of species, in all of which the stipules 

 fall off immediately on the unfolding of the voung leaves. It 

 may be lurther separated into several smaller "groups mostly on 

 leaf-characters, to which I have not assigned special names. 

 About seven species form a small group with i^. L^prieurii, Miq. 



llTi.b ^""Y ''' ^""'S «f g'^rflens),as a tvpical example, in 

 iv^^uJ^^ IT'' /'! obtnangular in shape,' Vith the Lidrib 

 PTnlL ^'^}^'''\^^^^l^^ the apex. Several species, such as 

 WbL tT 'T' ^^V,*^ Douche, are distinguished by their 

 cniJjf }''^'\'^,^^''^ ior a considerable t?me more or less 

 completely invest the receptacles. About half the remainder 



cnrtterrw % •? 'T^' receptacles, whilst further useful 

 eaves llf ^^^^^^^^^^^lon are derived from the shape of the 



sW «r ""T'-^T' ''''^"*^°° ^^^^ ^'^^^y covering, and the 

 w^?h kw. ' ^^^^"^^i^tum of the receptacles. In contrast 



afford W^rfpff'-^^'i^ 'i *^' ^^^^'-^^^ '^''^'' the African ones 



I m mu 1 ri'r.* w ^'r^P'^ ^^ *^^ ^^^^ ^^<i female flowers. 



acconir t f if ^'"^ ^° ^^''' ^^: ^"^^^^ fo^ the sketches which 

 accompany the following new species. 



Subgenus SYCOMoiirs, Gasp. 



imtrffcte c!'mHa' ,^,^'i'''f',% ^P^cies subgeneris Sycomori 

 aTXH^^ cognita, foliis basi 1-T dentatis inf,n In^n wl,,1nti« 



distincta. 



vi,61";, ^LlJ'^I'}"^''^' i"'""!''" parasitica, laticem 



eas; truncus rectus, erectus, inferiie nuJus, 



