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obtusus, basi breviter cuneato-angustatus, integer v. repandus, glaber. Glan- 
dulz basilares limbi duc, depressz, parvae. Inflorescentie axillares, pedun- 
culatze. Flores masc. numerosi, breviter pedicellati. Calyces masc. aperientes 
depresso-globosi, glandulis lutescentibus pulveracei. Lacinie calycis masc. 
membranacee, inzquales. Filamenta brevia. Loculi antherarum subhorizon- 
tales. Capsule 5 mm. longz, utroque latere cornubus validis 2-4 mm. longis 
leviter incurvis glabris armate. — Valde similis M. boutonioidi, sed fructu 
diversa. Flores masc. ut in M. boutonioide, i. e. multo densiores quam in M. 
Bailloniana. (v. s.) 
F. Foliorum limbus non peltatus, breviuscule petiolatus, penninervius. 
1^ Foliorum limbus membranaceus. 
Tl. M. BARTERI (Müll Arg. in Flora ratisb. 1864. p. 535), petiolis limbo 
2-3-plo brevioribus, bracteis e basi contracta triangularibus longe acuminatis 
margine glanduloso-subdentatis subferrugineis, staminibus 2. 4 In Africa occi- 
dent. nigritiana prope Onitscha (Barter n. 1654! in hb. Hook.). Ramuli tere- 
tes, cum foliis glabri. Limbus foliorum 15 cm. longus, 7 cm. latus, oblongo- 
elipticus, acuminatus, basi angustata obtusus, tenuiuscule membranaceus, 
subtus minute punctato-glandulosus. Panicule 6-7 cm. longe, axillares, 
pedunculatz, i. e. inferne longe nuda et ananthe, spiciformi-contracte, in 
ramulis post lapsum foliorum spurie paniculatim disposite; ramuli abbre- 
viati, dense bracteati. Rbachis angulosa, rufo-tomentella. Bractee glomeru- 
lorum 5-6 mm. longz, superiores dense imbricata, inferiores modice dissitze, 
omnes ferruginez, dense et brevissime tomentella. Glomeruli masc. multi- 
flori. Flores fcem. et fructus ignoti. (v. s.) 
2» Foliorum limbus coriaceus. 
78. M. OoBLONGIFOLIA (Baill. Etud. gén. Euphorb. p. 432. t. 21. fig. 5-1), pe- 
tiolis limbo 3-A-plo brevioribus, calyce fcem. oreintegro v. crenato, staminibus 
8-1, ovario molliter elongato-2-A-echinato, capsula cornubus subrectis co- 
nico-cylindricis armata, seminibus ovoideis. 5 In Madagascaria (Pet. Thouars! 
Chapelier! in hb. Mus. paris.). — Baill. Rec. d'obs. bot. vol. 1. p. 261. Ramuli 
teretes, striati, glabri. Stipulae minuta, ovaie, acute, elabre. Petioli 2-4 cm. 
longi, teretes, glabri. Limbus foliorum 6-13 cm. longus, 2-5 cm. latus, 
oblongato-obovatus v. elliptico-lanceolatus, acutiusculus, basi subacutus, inte- 
ger, coriaceus, glaber, nitidus, subtus paulo pallidior et glanduloso-punctatus, 
supra juxta basin glandulis duabus maculiformibüs ellipticis nitidulis 
nigrescentibus ornatus. Flores masc. in spica ramosa glomerati, fceminei 
simpliciter racemosi. Pedicelli fem. circ. 5 mm. longi, graciles, teretes, gla- 
bri. Calycis masc. exigui lacinite ovatz, glabre, glandulis lutescentibus gra- 
nulate. Ovarium globosum crebre glanduloso-granulosum. Stylus ovario 
3-4-plo longior, subulato-acuminatus, sulcatus. Capsula globosa, 5 mm. longa, 
Qu m Aculei capsulz diametro paulo breviores. Semina striata. 
v. $8. 
19. M. HeupErorTir (Baill. Rec. d'obs. bot. vol. 1. p. 69), petiolis limbo 4-6- 
plo brevioribus, bracteis foem. orbiculari-ovatis, calyce foem. cupulari brevis- 
sime 3-A-dentato, staminibus 5-3, capsula inermi, seminibus globosis. 5 In 
Senegambia (Leprieur, Heudelot n. 106! 754! in hb. Mus. paris.) , vulgaris 
presertim ad margines silvarum humidarum circa Albreda (Perrott. n. 725! 
153!) et prope Eppah (Barter n. 3271! in hb. Hook.). Frutex 6-15-pedalis, 
subspinosus, a basi ramosissimus. Rami graciles, divergentes, teretes, demum 
glabrati, fuscati. Stipulee petiolis paulo breviores, subulatee, acute, rufo-pu- 
berule, caduca. Petioli 1-14 cm. longi, puberuli. Limbus foliorum 6-10 em. 
longus, 4-5 cm. latus, oblongo-ellipticus obovatusve, acutiusculus v. acutus, 
integer v. crenatus,rufescens, subtus granulis glandulosis ceraceis lutescenti- 
palldis dense adspersus, junior utraque pagina intense ferrugineo-tomen- 
tellus, demum subglabratus. Flores masc. in spicis ramosis orebre glomerati, 
feminei in racemis fasciculati. Bractez foem. 3-üore, cum inflorescentia 
rufescentes. Calycis masc. 3-A4-partiti lacini membranacec, rufescentes. 
