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Integra, rigide coriacea, supra in costa jsuberula, ceteriim o-labrn 

 jnfra mojliter toiuentosaj costa supra plana, infra proimueus' 

 basi circiter 2-D mm. lata, ad apiceni sensim attenuata; ncrvi 

 basaJes 0, laterales utrinsecus circiter 7, inferiores oppositi, 

 supcriores subalternati, a costa sub ang-ulo 45°abeuntes, 1-3-2 cm 

 intra marg-mem bifurcati, supra distinctissimi, infra promiuentes • 

 nervi tertiarn mconspicui, laxi, flexuosi; petioli 3-4-5 cm. longi, 

 molhter et subdense pubescentes ; ^ipulae caducae, non visae 

 Receptacula asillaria, 2-3-nata, pedunculata, ^lobosa, circite 



2 cm. diametro, laevia, tenuiter puberula; pedunculi 9 mm. 

 longi, robusti, tomentelli. Bracteae hasales mox deciduae, basi 

 connatae, extra tomentellae. Ostiolum bilabiatum, sicco liiaus, 

 leviter productum, circiter 2 mm. latum; bracteae Jiumerosae, 

 omnes in receptacula deseendeutes, subaequales, lineari-subulatae, 

 acutae, 2-5 min. loiigae, submemljranaceae, glabrae. Flores ^ 

 parvi, subsessiles ; periantbium raembranaceum ; stamen soli- 

 taj'ium; filamentum usque ad 1-5 mm. longum; antliera sub- 

 obtusa, 0-75 mm. longa. Flores 5 subsessiles; perianthii seg- 

 menta subulato-Iauceolata, acute acuminata, membrauacea, 

 glabra; acbaeuia oblonga, 1-5 mm. longa, laevia; stylus acliaenio 

 fere aequilongus, stigmate crasso oblongo-lineare. 

 Uganda ; Buddu, 1200 m., Daice 234. 



F. zambesiaca, Hutchinson; affinis F. flatyphyllae Del., sed 

 foliis supra pubescentibus differt, 



_ Arbor 20-25 m. alta ; truucus 1-5 m. supra basin circiter 2-5 m. 

 diametro; ramuli robusti, internodiis brevibus, juniores molliter 

 tomentosi. Folia oblonga vel oblongo-elliptica, basi brevitercor- 

 data, apice obtusa, 7-5-20 cm. longa, 4-9 cm. lata, iutegra, rigide 

 chartacea, utrinque praecipue in costa et nervis lateralibus pube- 

 scentia; costa media supra leviter immersa, infra prominens et 

 pilosa, basi 2-5-4 mm. lata, ad laminae apicem sensim attenuata; 

 iiervi laterales utriusecus 8-11, a costa sub augulo 45° abeuntes, 



iitrin 



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• v^i iiJi-ia iuconspicui ei icnuiier reucuiuu, pcium f^—u --j 



pilosi; stipulae- caducae, parvae, glabrae vel fere n-labrae. 

 taenia ramulorum juniorum bases versus axillana, pedunculata, 

 obovoideo-globosa, 2-2-5 cm. diametro, tonicntosa; pedunculi 

 1-3-2-5 era. longi, dense pubescentes. Bracteae hasales deciduae, 

 tasi in annulo irregulare unilaterale persisteute connatae. 

 Ostiolum leviter productum, bilabiatum, glabrum, bracteis omni- 

 l^us in receptacula descendeutibus. Flores perfecti non visi. 



Kvasaland: Sliire Valley at Katunga, Scott Portuguese 

 East Africa : opposite Senna, on the Zambesi, Kirk; Sliubanga, 



Kirk 6. 



F. tettensis, Hutchinson; species foliis parvis subreniformibus 



pubescentibus distinctissima. . . .. , 



Ramuli juniores divaricati, dense tomentosi, mternodiis brevis- 

 simis. Folia subreniformia vel transverse oblongo-e iiptic^i, basi 

 cordata, 2-5-4 em. longa, 2-5-5-5 cm. lata, Integra vel marginibus 

 ^ndulato-crenatis, rigide coriacea, utrinque molhter tomentosa, 



