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Arbor usque ad Vom. alta; TamuYi jumores apice foli.tf 

 robustissim: yUlosi Folia magna, elon^ato-elliptica^ cl .,?; s ^ 

 oblougo-elhptica, breviter et obtii.se° acin^inata, ^ 



U-»-l-d^cm longo, basi^ rotundata et emarginata, 20-^0 



acumme 



Joiio-a, o-o-lo cm. lata, Integra, cliaitacea vel "tenuiter coriacea, 

 supra glabra reticulata et opaca, infra praecipue in co^ta et 

 nervis lateralibus pilosa; costa supra plana vel leviter impressa. 

 mira valde prommens, basi 4 mm. lata, sicco arete et lon-i- 

 tudinahter costata, ad apicem sensim attennata; nervi laterales 

 utrinsecus 12-14, a costa sub angulo lato abeuntes, leviter anuati 

 prope margmem conjuncti, utrinque distincti, infra promiuentes • 

 nervi tertiam sublaxi, flexuosi ; venation utrinque satis arctus et 

 conspicuiis; petioli 2-5-7-5 cm. longi, compressi, circiter 5 mm. 

 lati, juniores pihs reflesis villosi, demum puberuli; stipulae 

 caducae ovatae, longe et acute acuminatae, circiter 2 cm. longae, 

 submembranaceae, extra basin versus pubescentes. Heccptncula 

 ramulorum apices versus conferta, sessilia, depresso-globosa, 

 1-tJ 2 cm. diametro, tenuiter longe pilosa. Bracteae basal es 

 uiagnae, receptaculos juniores omnino involventes, extra ] 

 pilosae. Ostiolum parvum, poriforme; bracteae omnes in i\. 

 taenia descendentes, glabrae, Floren $ breviter pedicellati; 

 stamen solitarium. Flores ?sessiles; stylus gracilis. Flores 

 inscctiferi pedicellati. 



Uganda : Buddu, 1100 m., Dawe 288. 



longe 

 ecep- 



infra apicem circiter 1-3 cm. 



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F. clarencensis, Mildbr. ct Hutchinson; aflfinis F. eriu: 

 hotryoidei, Ktli. et Bouclie, differt receptacuiis glabris nee 

 tomentosis. 



_ Arbor magna ; ramuli robusti, 

 diametro, parce pilosi. Folia oblongo-elliptica, breviter et obtuse 

 acuminata, basi breviter cordata, 15-20 cm. longa, 7-5-10 cm. 

 lata, Integra, tenuiter coriacea, supra glabra, infra solum in costa 

 lia pubescentia; costa media supra plana, infra vafde pro- 

 Tuinens, basi circiter 4 mm. lata, ad apicem sensim attenuata; 

 nervi laterales utrinsecus 10-12, a costa sub angulo 00*^-70° 

 abeuntes, vsupra leviter impress!, infra prominentes, prope mar- 

 ginem conjuncti; nervi tertiarli Inter ncrvos laterales conjuncti et 

 flexuosi, infra distincti, graciles; veni vix evidentes; petioli 

 2-5 cm. longi, 4 mm. crassi, cortice deciduo; stiiiulae caducae. 

 Ueceptacula in calyptro subcoriaceo pubescente inclusa, axilluj ia, 

 sessilia, depresso-globosa, 2-2-5 cm. diametro, minute et par- 

 cissime pubescentia. Bracteae hasales magnae, receptaculos m- 

 volventes, extra dense villosae. Ostiolum leviter clevahira, 

 bilabiatum; bracteae omnes in receptacula descendentes, glabrae. 

 Flores 6 breviter pedicellati; perianthii segmenta lanceoiata, 

 glabra; stamen solitarium. Flores $ sessiles; stylus brevis. 



Flores insectiferi pedicellati. 



Fernando Po : Clarence Peak, to the nortli of Pico banta 



Isabel, 1100-1400 m.,3/i7J&w6'<ZG408. ., ., , , 



Allied to F. eriohotryoides, Kth. & Belie., with quite glabrous 

 receptacles similarly eiclosed in large calyptra until nearly ripe, 

 and not tomontose as in tbat species. 



