323 



0-5 mm. lata, ad laminae apicem senshn atteiiiiafa ; nervi laterales 

 utrinsecus 6-7, a costa sub angiilo 90'^ abemites, prope marginem 

 conjuncti, graciles, infra clistincti; veni infra laxi et distincti; 

 petioli 0'8-2 cm. longi, pergraciles, glabri ; stipulae decidnac, non 

 visae. ^ Iiecej)tac%da in trnnco gesta, in ramis efoliatis bre- 

 vissimis fascicnlata, circiter 6-nata, peduncnlata, ellipsoidea vel 

 obovoideo-ellipsoidea, basi leviter contracta, 2 cm. louga, 1-3 cm. 

 diametro, tenuiter verrucosa, minutissime puberula; pedunculi 



robusti, 1-3 cm. longi, 



crassi, 

 Brae- 



2 mm. 



conipressi, 

 minute puberuli. 

 teae hasales mox caducae. 

 Ostiolum minimunij bila- 

 biatum, non productum ; 

 bracteae omnes in recep- 

 tacnla descendentes, plus 

 minusA'e sububito-lanceo- 



latae, acutae, glabrae. 

 Flores <?pedicellaii; peri- 

 antbii segmenta 3, ellip- 

 tica, subacuta ; stamen 



solitarium; 



filamentum 



satis robustum ; antliera 



ovoideo-ellipsoidea, 



ob- 



tusa, Flores ? subsea- 



siles; perianthii segmenta 



laneeolota ; acliaenia ob- 



" lique ellipsoidea; stylus 



lateraliter insertus, acliae- 



brevior, stigmate 

 longe papilloso. Flores 

 insectiferi nunierosi, pedi- 



niis 



cellati. 



Angola : 



Flcus rudens, Hutcldnsoyi; nat. size 



base of leaf X 2. 



eastern sloj^es 

 of Monte de Lau and 

 Monte Bello, Gossiceiler 



4597. 



F. maculosa, Hutchinson; affinis F. Pynaerti, De Wild., sed 

 foliis basi obtusis ne€ rotundatis, nervis basalibus asccndentibus, 



pedunculis longioribus differt. . . 



Arbor parva; rami teretes, fructiferi 1-3-2 cm. erassi, cortice 

 cinereo et parce lenticellato; ramuli juniores foliosi, satis graciies 

 ^ ^ * - - - vel oblongo-elliptica, obtuse acuminata, 



oblong<a 



labri. Folia ^^.^..^.. .w. ^...^^^^^ ^ . . , j. -i 



asi obtusa, 9-17 cm. longa, 5-6-5 cm. lata, Integra, tenuiter 



chartacea, utrinque opaca et glabra; €osta media supra plana, 



infra prominens, basi circiter 1-5 mm. lata, ad laminae apicem 



sensim attenuata; nervi laterales utrmsecus b-8, ^ ^^^^^ -^^^ 



a 



glabrf; stipulae mox caducae, lineari-kriceolatae, 

 acuminatae; 2 cm. longae, subcoriaceae, glabrae, Receptacnia 

 ^5-nata, in ramis efoliatis fnsciculata, ;- "^ 

 obovoideo-ellipsoidea, basi stipitata, «+i-ite 2-2-5 mm. loi^go, 



pedunculata, ang 



uste 



stipite 2-2-5 mm. 



