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axillaria, sessilia, estipitata, leviler depresso-globosa, 1-3-2 cm, 

 diametro, ostiolo glabrescente producto, vernicis linguiformibus 

 glabris instructa, strigilloso-pubesceutia. Bracteae hasales 2, basi 

 connatae, ad receptaculum adpressae, suborbiculares, 3 mm. 

 latae, membranaceae, glabrae. Ostiolum bilabiatum, extra non 

 bracteatum; os circiter 1-5 mm. latum; bracteae omnes descen- 

 dentes, lineares, membranaceae, glabrae. Receptaculi 'paries cir- 

 citer 2 mm. crassus, caruosus. FloresS subsesslles; periantbii seg- 

 meuta 3, ovato-lanceolata, membranacea, glabra, circiter 1-5 mm. 

 loiiga; stamen tinicum; filamentum 1 mm. longum; antbera 



1 mm. longa, mucronata. Flores 2 pedicellati, pedicellis ad 



2 mm. longis; periantbii segmenta 3, lanceolata, acuta, 1-5 mm. 

 longa, membranacea, glabra. Achaenia laevia; stylus gracilis, 

 stigmate magno papilloso. Receptaculi sqnamae subulato-lanceo- 

 latae, acutae, 2 mm. longae, superne membranaceae. 



Fernando Po : grasslands of Moka, in the soutb-east of tbe 

 island, 1200-1800 m., Mildhraed 7106. 



F. stipulifera, Hutchinson; aiEnis F, praticolae, Mildbr. et 



Hutchinson, quam vidi. 



Frute^x yel arbor parva ; ramuli augulares, parcissime pubes- 

 centes cortice cinereo obtecti. Folia lanceolata vel lineari-lanceo- 

 lata, sensim et obtuse acuminata, basi angustata, 7-5-13 cm. 

 lono-a, 2-5-3 cm. lata, Integra, chartacea, supra punctata, 

 utrinque glabra et opaca vel infra leviter nitida; costa media 

 supra x)lana, infra prominens, basi circiter 1-5 mm. lata, ad 

 laminae apicem sensim angustata; nervi laterales utrinsecus 9-11, 

 a costa sub angulo 90° abeuntes, fere recti, prope marginem 

 conjuncti; nervi tertiarii quam laterales minus promiuentes, 

 leticulati, satis laxi, infra distincti; veni infra subindistincti et 

 laxi; petioh 1-3 cm. longi, graciles, glabri, circiter 1 mm. crassi; 

 .stipulae persistentes, ramulos juniores subdense indutae, lanceo- 

 latae, acutae, usque ad 2 cm. longae, membranaceae, glabrae. 

 Receptacula probabiliter axillaria, sessilia? subglobosa, 2-5 cm. 

 diametro, prommenter verrucosa, verrucis sicco rubris, breviter 

 ^trigilloso-pubescontia. Bracteae hasales 2, basi connatae, ovato- 

 orbiculares, apice rotundatae, circiter 2-5 mm. longae, fere 4 mm. 

 latae, membranaceae, glabrae. Ostiolum baud prominens, 

 bilabu\tum, bracteis omnibus in receptacula descendentibua. 

 Jf lores 6 pedicellati; periantbii segmenta subulato-lanceolata, 

 merabransicea, glabra; stamen solitarium, filamento breve, 

 antbera 1-1-25 mm. longa, minute mucronata. Flores ? pedi- 

 cellati; periantbu segmenta 3, inaequalia, subulato-lanceolata, 

 acutissima, membranacea. Achaenia ellipsoidea, laevia; stylus 

 achaenio paullo brevior, bifidus. 



Uganda: South Buddu, 1100 m., Dawe 301. 



F camptoneuroides, Hutchinson; affinis F. camptoneurae 

 iMilclbr., sed receptacuhs dense et breviter 



