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primum hirsutus; rami elongati, ascendentes, hirsiiti, foliosi. 

 tolia obovata vel elliptico-obovata, apice rotimdata vel paulum 

 acuminata, basi cordata, 18-28 cm. longa, 11-18 cm. lata, basi 

 1-7 dentata, dentibus magnis obtusis, ceterum Integra, siibmem- 

 branacea, supra parce pilosa, infra pilis patulis albis louge pilosa, 

 basi 7-nerTia; nervi laterales utrinsecus 8-9, a costa sub 



1-4 



distincti, infra prominentes; nervi tertiarii laxe flexuosi, infra 

 prominentes; petioli 2-5-12 cm. longi, robusti, hirsuti; stipulae 

 ovato-lancoolatae, acuminatissimae, l'3-3 cm. longao, purj)ur- 

 ascentes, deciduae. Reccptacula ignota. F. sp., Hiern in Cat. 



Wei 



Angola : 



Quet 



Psevdospondias microcarpa, Engl., Welwitsch 6409; Cuaiigo 

 river, Welwitsch 6347. 



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Subgenus Sycidium, Mig^. 



F. acutifolia, Hutchinson; affinis F. capreacfoliae^ Del., sed 

 foliis alternis apice integris acuiuinatis iiervis laieralibus patulis 

 differt. 



Ramuli graciles, foliosi, sicco purj^urascentes, primuin parce 

 liispidi. Folia lineari-lanccolata, sensim et obtuse acuminata, 

 basi rotundata vel obtusa, 9-12 cm. longa, 2-r3 cm. lata, integra, 

 tenuiter cbartacea, utrinque paulum scabrida ; costa media 

 uiiinque piominens, supra angusta, infra latior, basi circiter 

 1 mm. lata, ad laminae apicem sensim angustata; nervi laterales 

 utrinsecus 9-10, a costa sub angulo 75^-90^ abeuntes, utrinque 

 distincti, infra prominentes, marginem versus subrecti; ^ nervi 

 tertiarii laxe reticulati, infra prominentes; veni infra incon- 

 spicui; petioli breves, 4-6 mm. longi, paulum setuloso-pubes- 

 centes; stipulae caducae, lineari-lanceolatae, subacutae, 2'5 mm. 

 longae, coriaceae, glabrae vel fere glabrae, ^ Keceptacula 

 axillarin, solitaria, pedunculata, subglobosa, circiter r3 cm. 

 diamctro, breviter setulosa; pedunculi graciles, circiter 8 mm, 

 longi, setulosi, bracteis 2-3 parvis sparsis muniti. Ostiolum sub- 

 prominens, conspicue bracteatum, bracteis trans orem liorizontal- 

 iter patulis. Flores 6 longe pedicellati, pedicellis glabris; pen- 

 antliii segmenta lanceolata, subacuta, membranacea, glabra; 

 stamen solitarium ; antliera obtusa. Flores 2 breviter peflicellati; 



aenia 



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Cameroons : Bipinde, Zenker 1709. 



Chevalier's ?fo. 12228 from Kollangui, Frencb Guinea, seems to 

 he this species; there are no receptacles on the Kew specimen. 



Subgenus Ukostigma, Gasp. 



F. katagumica, Hutchinson; a F. ingentei, Hiq., receplaculis 



mollitor et dense tomentosis recedit. 



Arbor umbrosa; ramuli foliosi, molliter tomentosi, suJcati 



Folia ovato-oblonga vel oblongo-elliptica basi l^^^^f.^^^^''^*^ jf 

 rotundata, apice rotundata, 6-10 cm. longa U-6-5 cm. lata, 

 integra, rigide subcoriacen, utrinque glabra et ^J^^g^^^^^c^ ' J^^^*^ 

 media utrinque prominens, infra basi circiter 2 mm. ^J'^; f^ 

 laminae apicem sensim angustata sed furcati; nervi laterales 



