319 



periauthii segmeutis acutis; stamen unicum, filameiito breve: 

 anthera lata. Flores ? perianthio ut in floribus 6. Flores 

 insectiferi pedicellati. 



Northern jN'igeria : Katagiim district, Dalziel 305. 



F. kawuri, Hutchinson; affinis F. ingentei, Miq., receptaculis 

 dense albo-tomentosis differt. 



Arhor magna; ramuli foliosi, molliter dense tomentosi. Folia 



oblonga vel oblongo-lanceolata, basi plerumque truncata, vel 



interdum leviter cordata, apice obtuse et breviter acuminata, 



7-18 cm. longa, 3-7-5 cm. lata, Integra, tenuiter cbartacea, 



utrinque costa media supra excepta glabra et opaca; costa supra 



in parte inferiore pubescens, infra prominens, basi circiter 



2-5 mm. lata, ad laminae apicem sensim angustata; nervi laterales 



utrinsecus 8-10, a costa sub angulo 45°— G0° abeuntes, utrinque 



prominentes sed subgraciles, intra niarginem conspicue bifurcati; 



veni utrinque prominentes, conspicue reticulati; i^^tioli 2-5 era. 



lougi, sulcati, molliter pubescentes; stipulae caducae, extra 



tomentosae. Receptacula in asillis defoliatis disposita, solitaria 



vel gominata, peduuculata, subglobosa, circiter 1 cm. diametro, 



molliter et dense albo-tomentosa ; pedunculi 5 mm. longi, teretes, 



tomentosi. Bracteae basales sub2)ersistentes, extra rubro-pubes- 



centes. Ostiolum extra bracteatum; bracteae interiores patulae. 



Flores 6 circum ostiolum conferti, sessiles; periantbii segmenta 



membranacea, glabra ; antbera solitaria, subsessilis. Flores 2 



breviter pedicellati; acbaenia obovoidea, laevia; stylus lateralis, 



stigmate sublacerato. Flores insectiferi pedicellati. 



Nortbern JVigeria : Lokoja, and commdn in all Nortbern 

 Nigeria, Dalziel 910. Cameroons: between Kanjang and Boki, 

 Ledermann 3G91. 



F. ingentoides, Hutchinson; a F. kaicuri, Hutcbinson, recep- 

 taculis subsessilibus recedit. 



Ramidi juniores molliter tomentosi, foliosi. Folia oblongo- 

 lanceolata, vel ovato-oblonga, basi rotundata vel leviter cordata, 

 apice breviter et obtuse acuminata, 6-13 cm. longa, 2-5-6 cm. lata, 

 Integra, tenuiter coriacea, utrinque opaca et glabra vel supra 

 nitidula; costa media utrinque distincta, ad laminae apicem 

 sensim angustata; nervi laterales utrinsecus 8-10, a costa sub 

 angulo 80° abeuntes, utrinque distincti, intra margmembifuicati; 

 veni utrinque reticulatiouem gracilem formautes; petioli 2-3 cm. 

 longi, pubescentes, demutn glabri vel fere glabri,; stipulae 

 caducae, coriaeeae, extra pubescentes. Receptaczda in axillis 

 defoliatis disposita, breviter pedunculata, globosa vel leviter 

 obovoideo-globosa, circiter 1 cm. diametro, molliter tomentosa ; 

 pedunculi 2 mm. longi vel subnulli, robusti, tomentosi. Bracteae 

 hasales persistentes, extra leviter pubescentes, intra g/abrae 

 Ostiolum e^irci parce bracteatum,. bracteis pubcrulis t lores 6 



subsessiles; periantbii segn^enta ^^^^^?^_^f 1^;?!^'?!..'°^ 

 tariiim; antliora longior qiiara lata. 



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laevia; stylus gracilis, stigmate ^o^iio.Florcsm^^^ 



cellati. 



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Jalirb. XX. 162. F. lutea, HiWbr. et Burret m EngL Lc, xlvi. 

 209, partim, non Yalil. 



