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4. F. rubra, Vahl Enum. ii. 191. A shrub, glabrous in all its parts, 
with slender terete branchlets. Leaves obovate- oblong, 2 in. long, 
coriaceous, obtuse, narrowed through the lower half to a cuneate or 
slightly-rounded base, green on both surfaces, with 6-8 pairs of distinct 
erecto-patent main veins ; petiole J-l in. long ; stipules lanceolate, 
red-brown, persistent, \ in. long. Keceptacles copious, sessile, glabrous, 
i in. thick, subtended by 3 small deltoid bracts, and by the persistent 
stipules. Urostigma rubrurn, Miguel in Hook. Lond. Journ. vi. 559, in 
part. 
Var. sechellen sis, Baker. Leaves equally coriaceous, oblong, 
deltoid at the apex, with 10-12 distinct pairs of distinct main veins ; 
stipules of the type. 
Var. amblyphyllum, Baker. Leaves the same shape and veining 
as in the type, but more membranous ; stipules |-1 in. long, 
lanceolate acuminate, very persistent and conspicuous. Urostigma 
amblyphyllum, Miguel in Hook. Lond. Journ. vi. 569. 
The type Mauritius, in mountain woods of the Pouce; the second variety 
gathered in the Seychelles by Dr. Percival Wright ; and the third, which matches 
an East Indian plant, by Dr. Balfour in Rodriguez. La Fouche. 
5. F. nautarum, Baker. A large tree, glabrous in all its parts 
with stout terete branchlets. Leaves obovate-oblong, 6-9 in. long, 
subcoriaceous, entire, obtuse or deltoid at the tip, narrowed through 
the middle half to a rounded base, with about half-a-dozen distant 
distinct erecto-patent main veins on a side, and very fine raised reticu- 
lated venules; petiole 1-1 J in, long; stipules ^ in. long, lanceolate, 
caducous. Keceptacles glabrous, sessile, globose, \ in. thick, red when 
ripe, subtended by three large persistent roundish bracts 
Seychelles, common in the woods in Mahe, Wright , 102 ! Horne , 343 ! Very 
durable canoes are made from its wood. Near F. obtusifolia of Tropical Asia. 
6. F. pyrifolia, Lam. Encycl. ii. 497. Glabrous in all its parts, 
with moderately stout terete branchlets. Leaves oblanceolate-oblong, 
very coriaceous, 2-3 in. long, obtuse, narrowed through the lower half 
to a cuneate base, with 8-10 distinctly impressed erecto-patent main 
veins on a side, with distinct anastomosing intermediate venules ; 
petiole \-l in. long ; stipules minute, lanceolate, caducous. Keceptacles 
copious, globose, sessile, glabrous, i in. thick, clasped by three minute 
deltoid bracts. 
Mauritius, in mountain woods, Commerson, Boivin , 1517 ! Also Bourbon, and 
perhaps Madagascar. 
7. F. terebrata, Willd . Sp. Plant, iv. 1145. A tree 15-25 feet high, 
glabrous in all its parts, with moderately stout terete branchlets. 
Leaves 2-4 in. long, oblong or obovate-oblong, obtuse or slightly 
cuspidate, deltoid or a little rounded at the base, coriaceous, with 10- 
12 distinct erecto-patent ribs on a side ; petiole J-l in. long ; stipules 
small, lanceolate, caducous. Keceptacles globose, glabrous, sessile, 
