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longa, 3-4*5 cm. lata. Integra, chartacea, supra teniiiter verru- 

 cosa, iafra glabra; costa media supra leviter elevata, infra 

 prominens, ad laminae apicem sensim attenuata ; nervi laterales 

 utrinsecus 6-7, a costa sub angulo 45° abeuntes, arcuati, intra 

 marginem conjuncti, utrinque paulum prominentes; veni infra 

 satis arcti et prominentes; petioli 1-3 2 cm. longi, graciles,- 

 glabri; stipulae caducae, lineari-lanceolatae, acute acuminatac, 

 1 cm. longae, glabrae, minute ciliatae. Keceptacitla axillaria, 

 geminata, sessilia, globosa, 8 mm. diametro, glabra. Bracteae 

 hasales 2, basi connatae, ovatae, obtusae, mox in partibus duabis 

 inaequalibus fissae, 4 mm. longae, coriaceae, extra minute 

 puberulae. Ostiolum paulum productum, bilabiatum; bracteae 

 in receptacula descendentes, duabus oblongis obtiisis quam 

 ceteris longioribus crassioribusque. Flares S subsessiles; peri- 

 antliii segmenta 3-4, oblongo-elliptica, membranacea, glabra; 

 stamen .solitarium. Flores 2 subsessiles; pcrianthii segmenta 

 quam in flores 6 ; acbaenia ellipsoidea, glabra ; stylus achaenio 

 aequilongus, gracilis, stigmate lato comi)lanato. 



Annobon Island: on dry hills in the north, above the Pale 

 village, Mildhraed 6G39. 



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F. leonensis, Hutchinson; affinis F. aganopMae, Hutchinson, 

 sed folns minoribus basi distincte cordatis apice obtuse acuminatis. 

 Frutex; ramuli sicco bruunescentes, conspicue Icnticellati, 

 cortice tenue deciduo glabro obtecti. Folia obovata vel subor- 

 bicularia, basi leviter cordata, apice obtuse acuminata, 5-12-5 cm. 

 longa, 3-6-5 cm. lata, Integra, rigide subcoriacea, utrinque opaca 

 et glabra, sicco supra nigrescentia, infra brunnescentia, infra 

 arete reticulata; costa media supra plana, infra prominens, basi 

 circiter 1-5 mm. lata, ad laminae apicem sensim attenuata ; nervi 

 laterales utrinsecus 9-12, a costa sub angulo lato abeuntes, 

 mteriores oppositi vel suboppositi, conjuncti, infra leviter 

 prominentes; nervi tertiarii infra distincti, cum lateralibus sub- 

 paraJleli; petioli 1-3-2-5 cm. longi. glabri, cortice deciduo obtecti; 

 stipulae caducae, Imeari-lanceolatao, 3 mm. longae, glabrae. 

 Keceptacula axillaria, in foliorum superiorum axillis solitaria, 

 sessiUa globosa, circiter 7 mm. diametro, glabra. Bracteae hasales 

 1 T ' ^^^^% rotundatae, circiter lb mm. longae, coriacene, 

 glabrae. Ostiolum bilabiatum, leviter prominens; bracteae in 

 receptacula descendentes, subulatae vel subulato-lineares, acutae, 

 1 ID mm_. longae, carnosulae, glabrae. Flores 6 ]^s.Mci, subsessiles; 

 perianthn segmenta, elliptico-oblanceolata, glabra; stamen soli- 

 tarium; hlameutum 1 mm. longum; antbera post anthesin 

 hori^ontaliter patula. Flores $ sessiles; perianthii segmenta 



triangulana acuta; achaenia subglobosa, laevia; stylus brevis. 

 J^ Lores insectiipTi r,(^^^op^^',r, ' ^ 



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i^iench <5uinea: neighbourhood of Kindur, PoUguin 1282. 



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quam vidi.^ ' ^^"^^^^'"^^'"^>' affinis F. leoncnsi, Hutckinson, 



pu^stntls "^.ll^f ' TV-"* iT^^^^^ Juniores sicco sulcati, pur- 

 puiascentes, glabn. Foha elliptica vel oblongo-elliptica, basi 



