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2 cm. diametro^ leviter Temicosa, glabra, stipite 5-6 mm. longo 

 fere 2 mm. crasso parce piiberulo; peclunculi 4-6. mm. longi, 

 robusti, glabri vel fere glabri. Bracteae hasales probabiliter 2, 

 plus minusve orato-ellipticae, mox partim deciduae, mem- 

 branaceae, Ostioluin'-p^vwiVd et poriformej circiter 1 mm. latum, 

 Flores $ periantbio membranaceo et stamine unico. Flores j 

 subsessileSj insectiferi pedicellati, ntimerosi. 



Uganda : growing aroimd large trees in tbe Xamalala forest, 

 Fyffe 77, 83, 



H 



SI, 



Hutchinson, quam vidi. 

 Frutea-- epiphyticus, ramis saruientosis; ramuli junioresbreTiter 



strigilloso-pubescenteSj apice circiter 6 mm. diametro, suoteretes, 

 internodiis Ibrevibus. Folia oblong-a vel leviter oblanceolato- 

 oblouga, caudato-acumiiiata, acumine obtusol'3-2 cm. longo, basi 

 leviter cuneata, 10-20 cm. longa, 3-6-5 cm. lata, integra, rigide 

 coriacea, utrinque opaca et glabra, supra pallide viridia, infra 

 nervis pallidis crassis ornata; costa media supra plana, intra 

 prominens, basi circiter 2 mm. lata, ad laminae apicem sensim 

 attenuata; nervi laterales utrinsecus '0-7, a costa sub angulo 

 450 abeuutes, 3-4 mm. intra margiuem prominenter_ conumcti; 

 nervi tertiarii vix evideutes, cum venis infra i-etr^uMionem 

 pallide flavum f ormautes ; petioli 2-2-5 cm. longi, crassi, ^-5-^ mm. 

 longi, breviter pubescentes ; stipulae persistentes, "itrapetioiares, 

 geminatae, basi leviter comiatae et ramum circumdantes, oAato- 

 lanceolatae, subacutae, 2-2-5 cm. longa^, ^^^^'"'^''''^^11' 

 striatae, pallide brunneae, extra minute puberulae .^f ^^^^Jf^'^ 

 viridia, rubro-bnmneo-maculata, axillana, s^l?^^?^; .'f'1,^^' 

 supra bracteas basales stipitata, globosa, supra ^^^^^^^^ff ^^'S' 



circiter 1-3 cm. diametro, tenuiter V^^'^''^''^^'^ '^'^^V "^Z^Teft 

 cylindrioiis, circiter 1-25 mm. diametro. Bmct^ae ^^^^'^^^^^^^^^^^ 



ovato-orbiculares, mucronatae, 2-5 mm. ^o^^S^, ..eterum 

 membranaceae, extra prope basin leviter pjJeuLe, ceterum 



glabrae. O.tiolnv. bilabiatnm, circiter Q-.D ;^?^; 1^;^^^^^^^^^ 

 bracteae omnes in receptacula descemlentes, f F^^i^res P J^^ . 

 inferiores subulato-lanceolatae, livalmae f ^'^^^^^^^^ „,„,f. 



subsessiles; periantbii segmenta 3, l''^^c^e^^''^^^'%'''wT^ ^ntliera 

 branacea, glabra; stamen soHtarium, tilamemo ' ^^ ^^^ 



1 mm. longa obtAsa. Flores 2 pedicellati; V^^^f^^ laevia; 

 4-5, lineari-lanceolata, acuta, membranacea, acliaenia 



stjdus-non visus 3iadhmcd 5689. 



Cameroons: Ebolowa district; Jiivuk, i'/" ^^^^ ^^^ 



F. Rederi, Hutchinson; affinis F. ^^V^^^f^Xh'^^^ receptaculis 

 Bervis lateralibus sub angulo acute ascendentibus, 



glabris differt. . . ,. -^^ angulares, cortice 



Ranndi glabri vel leviter pubeniU, ^^"^^^ ..-^^i^^^ subobtuse 

 einereo obtecti'. Folia obovata vel ''^^]^i^].J lo^iga, 4-0 cm. 

 acuminata, basi plus minnsve cuneata, y ^;,, ^^.^ jj^fra venatione 

 lata, integra, chartacea, utrinque opaca ex. ^ ^ .^^^^^ prominens, 

 pallide flSvo ornata ; costa media ^^P^^r ;'^' .ttenuata; nervi 

 Kasi 2 mm. lata, ad laminae ^picem ens^ ^^^^^ 4.0 abeuntes, 



laterales utrinsecus circiter 5, a co^^,^J.''^;j,^f tertiarii pauci et 

 inarginem versus conjnncti et graci , ^ 



