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parvuiu et poiifornle, bracteis omnibus iu recei)tacula desceudeuti- 

 bus. Flores 6 satis longe pedicellati, antliera solitaria obtusa. 

 Flores 9 pedicellati ; stigmata papillosa. 



Liberia : Mano River bank in tlie Gola Forest, Bunting in 

 Herh. Mus. Brit. 



According to tlie collector the latex and fruits of this species 

 are worthless . 



F. Ugandensis, Hutchinson; affinig F, Gossweileri,TL\\ii;\nn- 



son, foliis laxe reticulatis basi late rotundatis, receptaculis basi 

 rotundatis differ t. 



Arbor 10 m. alta vel ultra; ramuli cortice cinereo glabro 

 obtecti. Folia elliptica vel oblongo-elliptica, basi rotundata, 

 breviter acuminata, 5-11-5 cm. longa, 2-5-5-5 cm. lata, integra, 

 cliartacea, supra pustulata, infra glabra et leviter uitida; costa 

 media supra plana, infra prominens, basi 1 mm. lata, ad laminae 

 apicem sensim attenuata; nervi laterales utriusecus 9-11, a costa 

 sub angulis 45°-G0'^ abeuntes, suboppositi, utrinque prominentes, 

 niarginem versus conjuncti et ramosi; nervi tertiarii venique 

 infra laxe reticulati ; petioli 2-3 cm. longi, valide sulcati, glabri ; 

 stipulae caducae. Eeceptacula in ramis j^rincipibus fasciculata, 

 pedunculata, ellipsoideo-globosa, circiter 3 cm. longa, puberula; 

 pedunculi 2 cm. longi, circiter 2*5 mm. crassi, minute puberuli. 

 Bracteae hasales mox deciduae, non visae. Ostiolum bilabiatum, 

 subinconspicuum, bracteis omnibus in receptncula descendenti- 

 bus. Flores S breviter pedicellati ; perianthii segmenta 4-5, 

 lineari-lanceolata, subacuta, membranacea, glabra; stamen 

 solitarium, filamento breve; antbera ovoidea, obtusa. Flores 

 insectiferi longe pedicellati. 



Uganda : Buddu, 1200 m., Dawe 256. 



F. Gossweileri, Ilutchimon; affiuis F. ucjandcnsi, Hutchinson, 



quam vidi. 



Arhor 16 m. alta, trunco irregulare et corona lata; rami patuli, 

 supra ramulis efoliatis fructiferis 5-10 cm. longis ornati; ramuli 

 juniores breves, glabri vel interdum tenuiter puberuli. Folia 

 oblonga vel oblongo-elliptica, subabrupte acuminata, acumine 

 1-5-8 mm. longo, obtusa, basi truncata vel leviter rotundata, 

 5-10 cm. longa, 2-5-5 cm. lata, integra, chartacea, sicco utrinque 

 opaca, infra arete et tenuiter reticulata ; costa media supra leviter 

 impressa, infra prominens, basi 11-5 mm. crassa,^ ad laminae 

 apicem attenuata et pergracilis ; nervi laterales utrinsecus 9-10, 



mar- 



a costa media sub angulo 60° abeuntes, pergraciles, prope 

 ginem conjuncti, utrinque distinct!; nervi tertiarii laxi et incon- 

 spicui; petioli 2-5-7-5 cm. longi, graciles, minute puberuli; 

 stipulae caducae, lanceolatae, longe acnniinatae, circitei_ l-~ cm. 

 ■ ngae, subcoriaceae, glabrae. Eeceptacula fasciculata, m ramu- 

 s brevissimis ox ramis nrinciplbus ortis disposita, pedunculata, 



lo 

 lis b 



Jis Drevissimis ex ramis prmcipious or us uio^^uoxiai, ^--"-^ — - 

 obovoidea, basi contracta, 3-5 cm. longa, 2-2-5 cm diametro, 

 urcte maculata, molliter pubescentia ; pedunculi 2-2-5 cm. longi, 

 circiter 1-5 mm. crassi, :sicco angulares et contorti, molliter 



pubescentes. Bracteae hasales mox deciduae. Ostwlum leviter 

 elevatum, subtomentosum, bilabiatum: bracteae omnes ^ recep- 

 tacula descendentes, duae prope orificem lineares, obtusae b mm 

 longae, subcarnosae. glabrae, ceteris acute aciimmatis. I^ (ores 6 



