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valde prominens, frequenter plus minusve flesuosa, infra apicem 

 laminae iurcata; nervi basales inter se et marginem nervnlis 

 lateralibus 5 prominentibus instructi; nerri lateralea utrinque 

 &-4, e costa media angulo 45° divergentes, infra valde promin- 



entes, 2^ cm. intra marginem conspicue furcati, tertiariis 

 flexuosis numerosis infra conspicuisj renis infra arete reticulatis ; 

 petiolus robustus, 5-T-5 cm. longns, oirciter 4 mm. crassus, 

 pilosus; stipnlae caducae, oblongo-ovatae, obtusae, 4-5 cm. 

 longae, 2 cm. latae, membranaceae, in sicco pallide brunneae, 

 paite nuda exteriore jiiloso-pubescentes. Receptacula axillaria, 

 sessilia, geminata, circifer 1 cm. diametro, pilis debilibns pilosa. 

 Bracteae basales parvae, densissime villosae. Ostiolum leviter 

 rostratum, poriforme, bracteis ovato-lanceolatis glabris in recep- 

 tacula recte descendentibus. Florcs 6 subsessiles; stamen 

 unicmuj anthera ellipsoidea, obtusa. — F. vasta, Mildbr. et 

 Burret in Engl. Bot. Jabrb. vol. xlvi. p. 216, partim, non Forsk. 

 German East Africa: Muansa district; Sonjo Sale, Merger 

 430; neighbourbood of Sale Borehoto, Vhlig 254; Victoria 

 Nvanza; Ukerewe, Conrads 405; East Tropical Africa; witliout 

 precise locality, Wakefield 34. 



F. glumosoides, Hutchinson; a F. gluniom, Del., foliis 

 orbicularibus recedit. 



Arbor ad 6 m. alta; ramuli satis graciles, juniores villosi. 

 Folia orbicularia, basi rotundata vel leviter cordata, 5-7-5 cm. 

 diametro, integra, coriacea, supra in costa et nervis lateralibus 

 leviter, infra dense et molliter pubescentia, basi prominenter 

 o-nervia; nervi Literates ceterl utrinscrus 4, a cnsta media sub 

 angulo 45° abeuutes, a margine circiter 1-3 cm. distante bifureati, 

 graciles, infra prominentes ; veni infra graciliter reticiilati; 

 petioli 2-5-3-8 cm. longi, 2 mm. crassi, tenuiter pilosi; stipulae 

 caducae, non visae. Receptacula axillaria, sessilia, ceterum ut m 

 If . glumosae, Del. 



Angola: near native villages in the interior of ^''oro Redondo, 

 (rossiceiler 4450. 



, F. asymmetrica, Hutchinson; species foliis maguis infra solum 

 in costa et nervis lateralibus molliter puberulis, roceptaculis uno 

 latere profunde canaliculatis asymmetricis distlncta. 



aroor magna circiter 22 m. alta; truncus ln<>vis; rami lobust- 



ssimi uorizontales; ramuli juniores robusti, breviter et molliter 



puDeiuii toha ovata vel orato-elliptica, brevissime et obtuse 



acuminata, basi_ leviter cordata, 12-5^1T-5 cm. longa, 7-10 cm. 



f/lnWn • ?""' ^'.^'"^^ cbartacea vel subcoriacea, sui)ra opaca et 

 g aora, intra solum in costa et nervis lateralibus molliter puber- 



hmi-nrf ' '■ "" ''^^'"'^ prominens, basi circiter 2-5 mm. lata, ad 

 TcZl ""^r"^ ''f '"' attenuata ; nervi laterales utrinsecus 10-11, 



Tuclmaliter ^sido.t," -.—'*''' i>^iiuii ^o-'t'o cm. lun^^i, ^^^^r^: 

 stipuh pT, 1 ' r."'"''*''^ 3 mm. cra.si, molliter puberuli; 



eEa 'noTf- ^^7>^«"^?« axillaria. solitaria, sessilia. sub- 

 S o.a, uno latere profunde fissura, molliter tome^tolla, circiter 



