340 



crassi, longitudinaliter sulcati, molliter ijubesceutes, sicco nigres- 

 ceiites; stipulae caducae, nou visae. Receptacula axillaria, 

 sohtaria vel geininata, breviter fiedunculata, oblongo-eliipsoidea, 

 basi leviter coiitracta, circiter 1-r) cm, longa et 1-3 cm. diametro, 

 puberub^; pediiueuJi G mm. longi, robustisiimi, circiter 4 mm. 

 crassi, sulcati, fore toraento.si. Bracteae hasales basi in cupulo 

 leviter lobato vel imdulato conuatae, coriaceae, extra pnbescentes, 

 intra glabrae et nitidae. Ostiolum vix evidens, poriforme; 



1^ ^eeexjtacula descendeutes, lineari-lanceolatae. 



glabrae. Flores 6 "antliera solitaria. 

 Uganda : Buddu, 1300 m., Daice 290. 

 Tlie vernacular name in Buddu is " Kokauwe." 



F. Ledermannii, Hutchinson; affinis F. mittuensi, Warb., et 

 t discifeme, "Warb., ab ilia ranuilis junioribus et foliis infra 

 molliter _ tomentosis, ab liac indumento, ostiolo prominente et 

 mvolucri ambitu differt. 



Mor magna 14-16 m. alta, corona lata; ramiili jiniiores friic- 

 titeri prope apicem circiter 6 mm. diametro, molliter tomentosi. 

 J^oha supra cmerco-viridia, infra cinereo-alba (Ledermannt), 

 ovato-orbicnlaria,^ leviter et obtuse acuminata, basi cordata et 

 smu lato, 6-5-ll-i3 cm. longa, 5-11 cm. lata, Integra, coriacea, 

 supra opaca glabra et delicate reticulata, infra breviter et molli- 

 ter pubescentia vel fere tomentella ; costa media supra plana, 

 intra prommens, basi circiter 1-5 mm. lata, ad laminae apicem 

 graciJlinia et sensim attenuata ; nervi lateraies utrinsecus circiter 

 », mteriores recurvati, ceteri a costa sub an^ulo 45° abeuntes, 

 intra margme^ bifurcati, infra prominentes; nervi tertiarii 

 tiexuosi, graciles, distincti; petioli 3-6-5 cm. longi, breviter et 

 molliter pubescentes, longitudinaliter sulcati ; stipulae caducae, 

 o^ato-lanceolatae, acute acuminatae, 2 cm. longae, extra albo- 

 sericeo-pubescentes, intra glabrae et rubescentes. Receptacula 

 axiuaria, geminata, pedunculata, obovoideo-ellipsoidea, circiter 



r>pdi.^r,'r,;T rf *"* diametro, maculata, glabra, sicco laevia; 

 pedunculi 6-8^mm. longi, teretes, circiter 1 mm. crassi, tenuiter 

 et molliter pubescentes. Bracteae hasales mox caducae, basi in 

 annulo parvo pubescente persistente connatae. Ostiolum pro- 

 mmens parvum oilabiatum; bracteae paucae, in receptacula 



se 'monf . 1 ' t^'""- ^^r'' ^ l^^^^-i««n^e pedicellati ; periantliii 

 obt ?%/ S "^embranacea, glabra! antbera solitaria, 



M?r?i;+ ^'^''^r^ ^^^^^i^s; achaenia subglobosa, laevia; stylus 



iSw 3-^"fi' F^'^'i''' r^^^^"^° P^-^^^ brevier. Flores 



En^l Bo ^T l' K^^1'—o;. ^'^'^^folia, Mildbr. et Burret in 

 i^.n^l. Bot. Jahrb. xlvi. 214, partim, non Miq 



Cameroons: Lagdo mts., Z..Z,rm«nn 4378 



^alde affinis F. vast^e, Forsk., 



foliis infr. £ - «»^'^6/ti07i; vaide atbnis F. vastae, Forsk., 



majoriburdfff" t " *"' tou^entosis, receptaculis et pedunculis 



F^? puWrntef ' >:r"^^ T'^r ^''^^''' tomentosi, aemum 

 cordata 1^0^";. 1 / °— "" ^^^ o^'ato-elliptica, basi leviter 



' '^''' ^otimdata, circiter 15 cm. longa et 11 cm. lata, 



