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glabra, sicco straminea et maculata, hand verrucosa; pedunculi 

 graciles, 2 cm, longi, contorti et angulares, minutissiine puberuli, 

 Bracteae hasales parvae et caducae, basi oblique connatae et per- 

 sistentes* Ostiolum leviter productum, minutum, poriforiiie; brac- 

 teae omnes in receptacula descendentes, lineares, acutae, ad 

 4 mm. longae, marginibus membraiiaceis. Flores S stamino 

 solitario inclusi. Flores 2 subsessiles, stigmatibus magnis papil- 

 losis, F. polyhractea, Mildbr. et Burret in Engl. Bot. Jalirb, 

 xlvi. 225, partim. 



Togoland: Sokode; Barariruoba Tamberna village, Kersting 



A 545- 



F, fasciculiflora, Hutchinson; affinis F. Scheffleri, Warb., sed 

 nervis lateralibus paucioribus differt. 



Arbor 15-18 m, alta; corona lata; rami fructiferi teretes, cor- 

 tice cinereo obtecti; ramnli jnniores graciles, glabri, sicco 



Folia obovata vel obovato-oblanceolata , sensim 



3-5-5 cm. lata, 



nigroscentes. 



acuminata, basi cuneata, 7-5-14 cm. 



Ficus 



fasciculiflora, Hidchinson; nat, 



size; base of leaf x 2. 



integra, 



longa 



rigide 



cliartacea, 



glabra, sicco opaca et rubro- 

 brunnea; costa media supra 

 impressa, infra prominens, 

 ad laminae 



attenuata 



J 



apicem sensim 

 nervi laterales 



utrinsecus 7-8, a costa sub 



angulo 



infra 



45 



o 



70^ 



abeuntes, 



prominentes, 



prope 



margmem 



infra 



tenuiter 



sicco nigrescentes ; 



conjunct!; veni 



eticulati, 



tioli 



r 



pe 



2-5~4'5 cm. longi, graciles, 

 glabri 



vel 



minutissime 



puberuli ; stipulae caducae, 

 lineari-lanceolatae. 



longe 



et 



acute acuminatae, 2-2*5 cm. 

 longae, glabrae, Recepta- 

 cula in ramis princibus fasci- 

 culata. 



circiter 



4 - nata, 



pedunculata, 



maculis parvis et magnis 



nigi^o-viridia, 



viridibus 



punctata, 



ellip- 



soidea, basi leviter contracta, 



1-2-1-5 cm. 



longa 



circiter 



0-8 cm. diametro, minute 

 puberla; pedunculi 1-3 cm. 

 longi, satis robusti, minutis- 



Bracteae 



ovatae, submem- 

 branaceae, glabrae, subper- 

 sistentes, demuiu recurvatae. 

 Ostiolum orbiculare, ])arvuiii 



sime puberuli. 

 hasales 



et 



poriforme ; 



bracteae 



paucae, omnes in recepta- 

 cula longitudinaliter desccn- 



