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F. namalalensis, Hutchinson; affinis l\ eholoivensi, Mildbr. et 



Hulcliinson^ sed ramulis glabris, folium venatione iufra gracile 

 diff ei't. 



AfhoT parva; ramuli circiter 5 mm. crassi, cortice laeve pallido 

 obtecti. Folia oblcnga A'el oblongo-elliptica, ad. basin leviter 

 angustata vel basi rotundata, apice caudato-aciiminataj 14-22 cm. 

 loiiO\a^ 5-8 cm. lata, acumine 1-3-2 cm. longo, Integra, rigide 

 conacea, utrinque glabra, infra venatione pallide stramineo; 

 nern laterales iitrinsecus 5-6, leviter arcuati, a costa sub angulo 

 circiter 60^ abeuntes, infra valde prominentes, intra marginem 

 conjunct!; ^ixoW ^2-5-4 cm. longi, robusti, cortice deciduo 

 brunneo obtecti; stipulae persistentes, lanceolatae vel oblongo- 

 lanceolatae, acut-ae, basi raraulos semi-circumdantes, 2-2-5 cm. 

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

 Rccepfaciila axillaria, probabiliter solitaria vel geminata, 

 depresso-globosa, supra bracteas basales longe stipitata, circiter 



Ficus namalalensis, nuichinson, nat.size; base of leaf x 2 



