74 
3. F. poe gar nent ex Schlechter, West-Afr. Kautschuk-Exped., 
236. m. (50-100 ped.) alta. Truncus erectus, basi ad 
lm. saree 3 do diaii ; coma circiter 10 m. (35 ped.) a solo 
remota; ramuli superne magis minusve compressi, caeterum 
teretes, minutissime pubescentes vel subglabri, Adolat ndo nigri- 
spars issi ube 
margine integerrima, undulata, exsiccando vix revoluta, subtus 
in axillis inter costam et nervos secundarios efoveolata, nervis 
secundariis utrinque 10-15 (plerumque 12), tertiariis venisque 
inconspicuis ; petiolus 6-10 mm. (3-5 lin.) longus. Cymae breviter 
pedunculatae, multiflorae, congestae, minutissime puberulae; pe- 
us 4-6 
tra brevia, elongato-conica, circiter 12-14 mm. (6-7 lin.) 
onga, extus magis minusve minutissime velutina. Calyx mm. 
(11-15 lin.) longus; segmenta ovata, obtusa vel subacuta, margine 
minute ciliolata, dorso sparsim minute 'pubescentia glandulae 
mm. 4 
filamenta minute tomentella, antherae acuminatae, apice puberulae 
Discus 5-lobus, lobis integris vel crenulatis late rotundatis, ovarii 
: : 
3 aeq uti 
12-145 em. (5-6 poll.) longi, aperti 3-4 cm. (1j-1$ poll.) lati, 
dorso acute bicarinati, carinis a sutura 6 mm. (3 lin.) distantibus, 
tenuiter lignosis. Semina sparse longe sura -pilosa, 18-20 mm 
(9-10 lin.) longa, arista 22-24 mm. (11-12 lin.) longa, a basi 
plumosa, pilis ad 5 cm. (2 poll.) longis. Stapf in Hook. Ic. PI. 
sub tt. 2694-2695. Kickxia lati folia, Siapf in MN Bull., 1898, 
307, in Ann. Mus. Congo, sér. 2, I. i. 42, and ii. 41, and in 
Fl. Trop. Afr. iv. Iu: Preuss in Notizbl Boi. noc u. Mus. 
Beide i. Meu fig. A-H on p. 356; Schlechter in Tropenpfl. 
est-Afr. Kautschuk-Exped, 63, 64, 236, 307, fig. on 
xd 335; d Wildeman in Rev. Cult. Col. vii 633, 634. 
AC Scheffleri, K. Schu an in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. u. Mus eter 
iii. 81. K. congolana, De Wildem. l. e 
WEsT TROPICAL AFRICA : Congo Free State, Lower Congo, 
Kisantu, Gillet, 387! near Nouvelle-Anvers, Duchesne, 14! near 
Coquilhatville, Gentil! Schlechter, 12,596 ! Bangala, Dewévre, 867 ! 
Lake Leopold II. District, Kutu Ibali, valley of the Kiri, Bollé? 
Mission Delhez, Delhez ! Kassai Distr., near Lusambo, "i / 
Zanzibar 
Nyasa, a follicle, communicated by ihe AA pes? Cor- 
poration ! 
Bolle says it occurs throughout the Lake Leopold lI. District. 
Mes pees name, Bolé or Bobolé (Bolle). 
Schefflert was compared by K. Schumann with Funtumia 
latifolia, from which he stated it differed in having smaller, 
