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75. F. nyanzensis, Hutchinson in Kew Bulletin, 1915, 327. Branch- 

 lets ribbed or angular when young, covered with grey finely puberulous 

 bark. Leaves oblanceolate or oblong-oblanceolate, very shortly 

 and obtusely acuminate, cuneate at the base, 2^-4^ in. long, 1-2 in. 

 broad, entire, rigidly coriaceous, glabrous and dull on both surfaces ; 

 midrib flat above, prominent and rounded below, about 1 lin. broad 

 at the base, gradually tapered to the apex of the blade ; lateral 

 nerves about 5 on each side of the midrib, diverging at an angle of 

 about 45°, looped near the margin, rather slender, prominent on the 

 lower surface ; tertiary nerves scarcely distinguishable ; veins finely 

 reticulate below, scarcely raised ; petiole rather stout, ^-J in. long, 

 glabrous ; stipules persistent, lanceolate, acute, up to J in. long, 

 membranous, longitudinally striate, glabrous. Receptacles axillar} , 

 probably in pairs, pedunculate, globose, about J in. in diam., marked 

 with scattered black spots when dry, shortly whitish-pubescent ; 

 peduncle 5-6 lin. long, f lin. thick, shortly pubescent. Basal bracts 

 2, slightly connate at the base, broadly ovate, rounded at the apex, 

 1^ lin. long and broad, thinly chartaceous, glabrous. Ostiole 2-lip}>ed, 

 slightly produced, glabrous ; mouth J lin. broad ; bracts few, not 

 visible from the outside, all descending. Flowers too young for 

 description. 



Nile Land. Uganda : Entebbe, near Lake Victoria, Bag.shawe, 090 ! 



76. F. namalalensis, Hutchinson in Kew Bulletin, 1915, 32S, (nth 

 fig. A small tree; branchlets about 2 J lin. thick, covered with smooth 

 pale bark. Leaves oblong or oblong-elliptic, slightly narrowed to or 

 rounded at the base, caudate-acuminate at the apex, 5J-8J in. long, 

 2-3J in. broad (acumen J-| in. long), entire, rigidly coriaceous, dull 

 and glabrous on both surfaces, with pale straw-coloured slender 

 venation below ; lateral nerves about 5-6 on each side of the midrib, 

 slightly arcuate, diverging from it at an angle of about 60\ very 

 prominent below, looped well within the margin; petiole 1-1 i in. 

 long, stout, covered with flaky deciduous brown bark ; stipules 

 ])ersistent, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acute, half encircling the 

 shoots at the base, |-1 in. long, about J in. or more broad, mem- 

 branous, purple, glabrous. Receptacles axillary, probably solitary 

 or in pairs, pedunculate, depressed-globose, long-stipitate above the 

 basal bracts, about | in. in diam., slightly warted, otherwise glabrous ; 

 stipe 2^-3 lin. long, nearly 1 lin. thick, sparingly puberulous ; 

 peduncle 2-3 lin. long, stout, glabrous or nearly .so. Basal bracts 

 probably 2, more or less ovate-elliptic, soon partially falling <>1T, 

 membranous. Ostiole small and pore-like, about l lin. broad. 

 Male flowers with a membranous perianth and a solitary stamen. 

 Female flowers subsessile. Gall flowers stalked, numerous. 



Nile Land. Uganda: growing around large trees in the Xainalahi Fonst, 

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