325 



imn. 



denies, Flores 6 subsessiles ; periantliii segineuta oblanceo- 

 lata, inembranacea, glabra ; stamen solitarium ; lilnmentum 1 

 longum; antliera ovoidea, obtusa. Flores 2 subsessiles. Flores 

 insectiferi longe pedicellati. — F. Gilletii^ Mildbr. et Burrct in 

 Engl. Bot. Jabrb, xivi, 229, partim, 



Cameroons : Tibati Lake, Ledermann 2410'. 



F. praticola, Mildbr. et Hutchinson; species nffinis F. stipu- 

 liferae, Hutchinson^ sed foliis latioribns, recej)tacnlis minoribus 

 distincta. 



Fi'utex epipliyticus, ramnlis subacute angulatis circiter 3 mm. 

 diametro glabris cortice cinereo laeve obtectis. Folia oblongo- 

 elliptica, longe acuminata, acuniine 2-5-3 cm. longo ad a])icem 

 subobtusum angustato, basi obtusa velleviter rotnndata, 15-19 cm. 



longa, 4-5-6 cm. lata, Integra, coriacea, utrinque glabra, supra 

 pallide viridia, infra flavescentia; costa infra prominens, infcrne 

 acute carinata, basi 1-5 mm. lata, aj^icem versus sensim angus- 

 tata; nervi laterales utrinque circiter 11, sub angula 90^ a costa 

 abeuntes; infra prominentes, prope marginem jungentes; nervi 

 tertiarii quam laterales parum minus prominentes, leviter flexuosi, 

 venis infra crassis; petiolus gracilis, l'3-2-5 cm. longus, supra 

 anguste canal iculatus, lenticellis parvis nigris maeulatus, glaber; 

 stipulae persistentes, intrapetiolares, ramulos circumdatae, 

 anguste lanceolatae, acute longe acuminatae, 2-2-5 cm. longae, 

 membranaceae, sicco rubro-purpureae, glabrae. Reccptacula 



Ficus praticola, Mildhr. et Hutchinson^ nat. size ; base of leaf X 2. 



