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Plate 2353. 



TEECULIA AFFONA, N, E. Br. 

 Urticace^. Tribe Artocarpe^. 



W. 



loiiis petiolatis oblongo-ellipticis v. oblanceolato-ellipticis breviter et 

 obtuse acuminatis basi anguste cuneatis vix obliquis pergamentaceis 

 marginibus leviter sinuatis, venis primariis utrinque 9-12, stipulis 

 parvis deciduis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis, capitulo fructifero T, 

 ctfricancE magno globose, bracteis apice squama peltata puberula 

 ciliata decidua coronatis, nuculis ellipsoideis v, oblique ovoideis. 



Hab, Niger Territory ; Yoruba, Millson, 



Folia 31-6 (21-7^) poll, longa, li-2i (1-3) poll, lata; petiolus ^-^ 

 poll, longus. Siijmlce ^~\ i^oWAong^, " Capitulum fructiferum 11-12 

 poll. diam. NucuIcb 4-6 lin. longie, 2^3 lin. crassse. 



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Allied, as pointed out in my notice of new species of Treculia (Lc), 

 to T. africana, from which it differs materially in the form and texture 

 of the leaves. The fruit-lxeads of the two species are very similar ; the 



Affi 



Affc 



tree in Nigritania. The seeds are probably used as food, as in the case 



ifricana. — N. E. Brown. 



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-.c*v,u:s. ^. oraminate fiower. o. i5iime Jaid open, o, uvarj miu ujj^u. i. x..ii«.jm. 

 8. Longitudinal section of same. 9. Embryo showing the smaller cotyledon, the 

 distal portion of the larger cotyledon removed. Except fig. 1, all enlarged. 



