327 



acumine fere 2 cm. longo, ad basin leviter angustata vel rotun- 

 clata, 10-16 cm. louga^ 4-7 cm. lata, iategra, cliartacea, utriuque 

 oi^aca et glabra; costa media supra leviter impressa, intra 

 promiuens, basi circiter 2 mm. lata, ad acumiiiis apicem scnsim 

 attenuata; uervi laterales utriusecus 5, a costa sub ano-ulo 

 45° abeuutes, arcuati, iitrinque prominentes, intra niarginem con- 

 juncti; nervi tertiarii ramosissimi, sublaxi, utrinque cum venis 

 arctis prominentes; petioli 1-3-2-5 cm. longi, vix 2 mm. crassi, 

 brevissime et parce pubescentes; stipulae persistentes, lanceolatae, 

 obtiisae, 1-2-1-5 cm. iongae, basi circiter 4 mm. latae, sub- 

 cliartaceae, glabrae. Ueceptacula axillaria, se«ilia, subglobosa, 

 apice paulum comjjlanata, fere 2 cni. diametro, parietatibus 

 tenuibus, breviter et subdense pubescentia. Bracteae hasales 2, 

 basi connatae, ovatae, apice rotuiidatae, subcbartaccae, basi extra 

 leviter puberulae. Ostiolum hand promincns, bilabiatum, circiter 

 1 mm. latum. Bracteae in receptacula descendentes, superiores 

 ovato-lanceolatae, obtusae, inferiores lineari-lanceolatae, sub- 

 acutae, glabrae. Flores S sessiles; periantbii seginenta 2-3, 

 lanceolata; stamen solitarium, antliera fere sessile obtusa. Flores 

 $ robuste pcdicellati; periantbii segmenta 3-4, marginibus 

 membranaccis; acliaenia tenuiter et arete foveolata. Receptaculi 

 squamae oblongo-lanceolatae, acutae, circiter 3 mm. lougae. — 

 F. camptoneura, Mildbr. in Engl. Bot. Jalirb. vol. xlvi. p. 233, 

 partim. 



Fernando Po : north side of Pico St. Isabel, MiUhracd 6411, 



7137. 



Cameroons: Xeu-Tegel, Winkler 16T; Masoso, Buesgen 287; 

 Bangwe, Conrau 208. 



F. nyanzensis, Ilutcldnson; affinis F. campfoneutyidei, 

 HntcLinson, dilfert foliis abrnpte et brevissime acuniinatis, 

 Teceptaculis graciliter pedunculatis. 



Raimdi juniores costati vel angulares, cortice cinereo tenuiter 

 pxiberulo obtecti. Folia oblanceolata vel oblongo-oblanceolata, 

 brevissime et obtuse acuminata, basi cuneata, 6-5-11-5 cm. longa, 

 2-5-5 cm. lata, Integra, rigide coriacea, utrinque opaca et glabra; 

 costa media supra plana, infra prominens et rotundata, basi 

 <nrciter 2 mm. lata, ad laminae apicem sensim attenuata; nervi 



laterales utriusecus circiter 5, a costa s^l^a^^8"^^° _?„^°„/!:^^"_;. 

 prope marg 



tertiarii vix evidente's; vcui infra tenuiter reticulati, vixeievaii; 

 petioli subrobusti, 1-3-2 cm. longi, glabri; stipulae persistentes, 

 laneeolatae, acutae, usque ad 2 cm. Iongae, membranaceae, lougi- 

 tudinnlLter striatae, glabrae. Receptacula axillana, probabiliter 

 geminata, pedunculata, globosa, vix 1 cm. diametro sicco sparse 

 nigro-maculata, breviter albo-pubescentia ; pedunculi ^--^.^ ^m 

 longi, 1-25 mm. crassi, breviter pubescentes ff'^'J''"^^ 

 2, basi leviter connatae, late ovatae, ^F^e rotundatae 2- & mm. 

 Iongae et latae, tenuiter cliartaceae glabrae, ^f;^ ^ actet" 

 biatmn, leviter productum, glabrum, 1 mm. ammet o bracteae 

 paucae, omnes in receptacula descendeutes. Hares pmiorcs 



U-anda : Entebbe, near Lake Victoria, Basshaire OJU, 



