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F. namalalensis, Hutchinsoji; affinis F, eboloivensi, Mildbr, et 



Hutchinson, sed ramulis glabris, foliinn yeuatione infra gracile 

 difier t . 



Arbor parva; raiiiuli cii^citer 5 mm. cras&i, cortice laeve pallido 

 obtecti. Folia oblonga vel oblongo-ellipticaj ad. basin leviter 

 angustata vel basi rotundata, apice caudato-acuminata, 1^22 cm. 

 longa, 5-8 cm. lata, aciimine 1*3-2 cm. longo, integra, rigide 

 coriacea, ntrinque glabra, infra venatione pallide stramineo; 

 nervi laterales ntrinsecus 5-6, leviter arciiati, a costa sub angulo 

 circiter 60^ abeuntes, infra valde prominentes, intra marginem 

 conjuncti; petioli 2'5-4 cm. longi, robusti, cortice deciduo 

 brunneo obtecti; stipulae persistentes, lanceolatae vel oblongo- 

 lanceolatae, acutae, basi ramulos semi-circumdantes, 2-2-5 cm.- 

 loTigae, circiter 6 mm. latae, membranacae, purpurae, glabrae, 

 Ucccptacula axillaria, probabiliter solitaria vel geminata, 

 depres^jo-globos-a, supra bracteas basales longe stipitata, circiter 



Ficus namalalensis, Humnson, nat.si^e; ba. 



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