breviter j^edicellati ; periantliii segmenta obovato-oblauceolata, 

 apice rotnndata, glabra; stamen solitarium, ad filamenti basin 



stylo gracile evoluto; filamentum 1 mm. longum; antlierariim 



loculi basi divergentes, apice connectivo leviter producto. Flores 



■ " " ■" ■ • ■• .1 gracilis^ 



2 periantliii 



acute acuminatis ; stylus 



segmentis 

 stigmatibns Horum numerosorum colierentibus. 



Angola: MalangeT district; M'Bango woods, Gossiveiler 1006. 



Ficus Gossweileri, Hiitdiinson ; nat. size; base' of leaf X 2. 



F. rudens, H 



affinis F. treviulae, Warb., 



Alricae onentalis mcolae, sed foliis ambitu, receptaculis majori 

 bus, peclTiTiciihs robustioribus differt. 



Scandens; caules molles, rudentiformes (Gosswciler), usque ad 



18 m. alti; raniuli graciles, glabri. Folia oblon-o-elliptica vel 



eviter obovuto-elhptica, acute acuminata, acumme 6-10 mm. 



l?,^"""' ^'' ^^^^^^^^ 3;5-7-5 cm. longa, 2-3-5 cm. lata, Integra, 



s^bmembranacea, utrmque glabra et opaca ; costa media supra 

 leMter impressa, gracilis, infra satis prominens, basi circiter 



