320 



glabri. 



Folia elongato- 



Eritrea : neiglibonrliood of Acriir, Schvjeinfurth 1687, Germaii 

 East Africa: Usiilaima; Njangesi, Stuhlmann 4144; Victoria 

 Nyanza; Bussisi, Stnlihnanyi 750; Muansa, Stiildmann 4585. 



Subgenus Bieracteatae, Mildhr. 8f Burret. 



F. Buntingiij Hutchinson; affinis F. tigmidensiy Hutchinson, 



nervis lateralibus numerosioribus ad folii basin dense dispositis 

 differt. 



Epiphytica; canlis usque ad 1 ni. circumdato; raniuli I'uniores 

 elongati, ad apiceni attenuati, costati, 



oblonga, sensim et obtuse acuminata, basi rotundata vel obtusa, 

 10-16 cm. longa, 2-5-4 cm. lata, integra, supra nitida, infra opaca 

 et glabra; costa media suj)ra plana, infra prominens, ad laminae 

 apicem sensim attenuata; nervi laterales utrinsecus circiter 10, a 

 costa sub angulo 75*^ abeuntes, arcuati, prope marginem conjuncti, 

 infra prominentes; nervi tertiarii reticulati, venis infra arete 

 reticulatis; petioli circiter 1-2 cm. longi, glabri, supra sulcati; 

 stipulae mox caducac, parvae, acutae. Receptacula fasciculnta, 

 in ramulis brevissimis efoliatis ex trunco ortis disposita; 

 pedunculata, subgloboso, maturate circiter 4-5 cm., sicco circiter 

 3 cm. diametro, j^arietibus percrassis, basi cordata, strigilloso- 

 pubescentia; pedunculi 3 cm. longi, recurvati, robusti, puberuli. 

 Bracteae hasales caducae, ex icone plus minusve lanceolatae et 

 circiter 1-5 cm. longae, probabiliter membranaceae. OstioUnn 



Ficus Buntingii. machi 



nson; nat. size; base of leaf x 2. 



