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be. n. o. Forbes’s mw guinea plants 
Ficus frondosa S. Moore, sp. n. Arbor ? vel arbuscnla? glabra; 
ramulis subteretibus cortice brunneo-cinereo obductis; foliis alternis 
ainplis petiolatis (pet. 8-10 mm. long.) oblongo-ovatis breviter cus- 
pidato-acuminatis obtusis basi aequilateraliter obtusis 5-7-nervibus 
(basalibus vero tenuibus) pergamaceis pag. inf. leviter scabriuscula 
exclusa glabris pallide nitidis supra in sicco griseis subtus griseo- 
viridibus sed junioribus ibidem bote brunneis 10-24 x 8-12 cm. costis 
lateralibus utrinque 9-10 prope marginem arcuatis pag. utravis con- 
spicuis costulis reticuloque sat arcto pag. inf. solum facile visis ; 
stipulis lanceolatis acuminatis glabris 2*8 cm. long.; receptaculis 
solitariis axillaribus depresse globosis rugosis glabris circa 12 x 20 mm. 
pedunculo compresso glabro apice minute bracteato 13 mm. long, 
fultis ; floribus <S uti liores gallini pedicello compresso brunneo circa 
2 mm. long, insidentibus; cali/ce inequaliter 8-4-partito segmentis 
ovatis circa 1 mm. long.; anther a subrotunda *0 mm. diam. filamento 
crassiusculo *4 mm. long.; floribus gallinis calyce 4-lobo lobis oblongis 
vel oblongo-obovatis rubro-brunneis circa 2 mm. long.; ovario globoso 
glabro; sfj/lo laterali bifido s:epe usque 2 mm. long.; floribus $ 
sessilibus vel pedicello interdum usque 3 vel etiam 4 mm. long, 
fultis ; calijcc 111. gall.; ovario obovoideo 1*8 x 1*2 mm. glabro ; 
sti/lo laterali (nonnunquam fere basali) bifido. til. sessilium ssepe 
usque 25 mm. long. til. pedicellatorum breviore sc. saepe usque ‘4 mm. 
abbreviato. 
Sogere, 474. 
Affinity with F. Fdelfeltii King, but with shorter-stalked glabrous 
leaves, much longer stipules, and larger differently-shaped figs. 
F. Lawesii King, op. cit. 403. Sogere, 3000 ft., 85. Leaves of 
the Museum specimen smaller than described by King, only 0-10 x 
2‘5-5 cm. and stipules longer (2‘5-3*5 cm.). 
F. caseaimoides King, op. cit. 403. Mt. Gfawada, 5000 ft., 508. 
A moderate-sized tree. Figs dark green. 
§ Syneeda. 
F. Scratctileyana King, op. cit. 404. Meroka Range, 2500 ft., 
900. A large climber. Fruit pale green. 
§ Sijcidium. 
F. Armiti King, op. cit. 404. Sogere, 1750 ft., 009. Climber. 
Figs pale pink with slight green ground-colour. 
Ficus cinnabarina S. Moore, sp. n. Arbuscula fere glabra ; 
ramulis striatis cortice rubescente circumdatis; foliis alternis petio¬ 
latis (pet. circa 1 cm. long, ramentis parvulis brunneis praeditis) 
subaequilateraliter oblongo-cordatis acuminatis apice obtusis margine 
leviter undulatis 7-nervibus (jugo proximali vero vix ejusdem valoris) 
pergamaceis supra in sicco pallide viridi-griseis subtus brunneis 
12-17 x 5‘5-7 cm. costis lat. utrinque 0 costulis uti costae pag. inf. 
prominentibus reticulo nisi sub lente pa rum aspectabili; stipulis 
subulatis dense pubescentibus 3 mm. long. ; receptaculis verisimiliter 
axillaribus solitariisque depresse globosis rugoso-verrucatis piloso- 
