Large tree. Leaves broadly ovate, 4-8 in. long, coarsely dentate; pet.
1-2½ in. long; stip. linear-lanceolate, ¾ in. long, deciduous.
Receptacles 1¾ in. diam., axillary, solitary, pear-shaped; basal bracts
small and caducous; ostiolar bracts numerous coriaceous.
Kassala Prov. (Gallabat: Gendua River); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-
land); Nabambisso River); Belgian Congo (Niamniam-land: Wando River).
=F. gnaphalocarpa= _A. Rich._
Large tree. Leaves orbicular or ovate, cordate, 2-5 in. long,
coriaceous, scabrous at times, obtusely serrate; pet. ¼-3 in. long;
stip. subpersistent, lanceolate-acuminate. Receptacles axillary,
solitary, tomentose, 1½ in. long; basal bracts 3 whorled or scattered
over the receptacle; ostiolar bracts tomentose, ¼ in. long, horizontal
across orifice and retrorse inside it.
Kassala Prov. (Gallabat: Matamma); Fung Prov. (Fazoghli); Bahr El Ghazal
Prov. (Jur; Jur Ghattas); Mongalla Prov. (Bor).
=F. capreæfolia= _Del._ GUEIR or SEYID—Arab; OBA—Hameg.
Riverside shrub. Leaves nearly all opposite, 3-dentate at apex, 1-4 in.
long, scabrous; pet. ab. ¼ in. long; stipules paired, lanceolate, ¼ in.
long. Receptacles axillary, solitary, ¾ in. diam., bracts 3-4, scattered
on ½ in. long peduncle; ostiole open, bracts imbricate descending into
the orifice.
Kassala Prov. (Gallabat: banks of the Atbara River near Matamma);
between Matamma & Shendi; Khartoum Prov.; Fung Prov. (Fazoghli); Blue
Nile Prov. (Wad El Ghazal, Abu Haraz); Kordofan Prov. (Bara); Upper
White Nile Prov. (Fashoda); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: River
Ibba & River Sway, near Dukuttu, Mittu-land: Roah River).
Fruit edible.
=F. urceolaris= _Welw._
Shrub or small tree. Leaves alt., unequally elliptic, caudate, 4-9 in.
long, coarsely dentate; pet. ⅓-¾ in. long; stip. ovate, scabrous, ¼ in.
long. Receptacles axillary 1-3 together on young shoots; basal bracts
minute, scattered on peduncle. Ostiole large, bracts imbricate,
mucilaginous, hyaline.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: on the Nabambisso River).
=F. storthophylla= _Warb._
Shrub or small tree. Leaves obovate-oblanceolate, caudate, 3-6 in. long,
pinnately and laciniately lobed, scabrous; pet. ¼-½ in. long; stip.
deciduous. Receptacles axillary 4 or 2 together, ¼ in. diam., subsessile
with 2-3 basal bracts; ostiole large and slightly protruding, bracts
numerous in and around the orifice.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: Atoboru River).
=F. sciarophylla= _Warb._
Shrub 8 ft. high. Leaves elliptic, coarsely lobulate, acuminate, 6-12
in. long, whitish villous when young; pet. 1-2 in. long or more; stip.
oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, ab. 1 in. long, glabrous. Receptacle not
known.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: River Hoo).
=F. salicifolia= _Vahl._ UMSISI (Baggara)—Arab; TINGALIGALI
(Kadugli)—Nuba.
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