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F. elastica pm in December and ieee. — tral ihe 
oie ca a the sort a year about the same time. Vernacular 
—Funtum (Johnson); Female Funtum idemitagen Tre 
(Denton, Millen). Wistrasidia (Schlechter, rele Language). 
Dr. Preuss says (Notizbl. Bot. Gart. und Mus. Berlin, II. oy 
that the Lagos specimens which he saw differed from those 
collected by ‘himself in the Cameroons in having smaller and less 
Kary leaves with fewer lateral nerves and narrower fruits. I can 
onfirm this so far as the size of the leaves and the number of 
narves -3 concerned. The same abe also to all the specimens 
which I have seen from outside of the Cameroons with the 
exception of Captain Armitage’s jad some of Holland’s, which 
ave leaves up to 21cm. (9 in.) by 9 cm. Gi in. in.), and usually 9 
(rarely 10 or 11) nerves on each side. A specimen grown in the 
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similar approach to the Cameroons plant. As the flowers an 
- fruits are ahaodutaly identical in both forms, it does ms HEpebe at 
present expedient to distinguish them by varieta 1 nam 
This species is one of the most important sources of West 
African rub 
3. F. latifolia, Stapf ex Sloman West-Afr. Kautschuk-Exped., 
236. Arbor 15-30 m. (50-100 ped.) alta. Trwneus erectus, basi ad 
1 m. (ultra 3 ped.) dimetiens ; coma circiter 10 m. (35 ped.) a solo 
uli superne magis minusve compressi, ceterum 
teretes, ‘minutissime a vel subglabri, exsiccando nigri- 
cantes. Folia petiolata; lamina oblonga vel lanceolato-oblonga 
vel elliptica, basi rotundata yal acuta vel cuneata, apice abrupte 
acuminata, 14-24 cm. (6-10 ao longa, 6-9°5 em. (24-4 poll.) 
lata, in gemma sparsim minutissime pubesce ns, mox glaberrima, 
margine integerrima, — exsiccando vix revoluta, subtus 
in wo inter costam et secundarios efoveolata, nervis 
iis utrinque 10-15. eriegs 12), tertiariis venisque 
cppbibhuldntes petiolus 6-10 mm. (3-5 lin.) longus. Cyme weeseer 
pedunculate, nee congestie minutissime puberule ; pedun 
culus 4-6 mm - (2-3 li mn.) longus; bractez 
1 : 
posed nasa eu ee circiter ot mm. se lin.) 
magis minusve minutissime velutina. Calyx 24-3 mm. 
Cth in) longus ; segmenta ovata, obtusa vel subacuta, margine 
minute ee do orso sparsim minute pubescentia; glandulze 
ace vell, cum unoquoque segmento. Corolle tubus ad 4 supra 
basin coceitiliel: 6-8 mm. (3-4 lin.) longus ; lobi oblongi, obtusi, 
5-8 mm. (24-4 ongi. Stamina medio tubo inserta ; 
filamenta minute tomentella, anther acuminate, apice pubernle. 
Discus 5-lobus, lobis integris vel crenulatis late rotundatis, — 
3 equans. Wructus gees divergentes, clausi lanceolati, ac 
12-145 cm. (5-6 poll.) longi, aperti 3-4 cm. (1}-12 poll.) ati 
dorso acute bioatioats carinis a sutura 6 mm. (3 lin,) distantibus, 
‘tenuiter lignosis. Semina sparse longe sericeo-piloga, 18-20 mm 
(9-10 lin.) longa, arista 22-24 mm. (11-12 lin.) longa, a basi 
