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racemis ? masculid sequilongia p;iitcifloris ; Jlorihus solitariis vel binis 

 pedicellis deorsum filiformibns siirsuin incrassatis 12 mm. sub fructu IS- 

 IS mm. long, fultis ; sepalis 3 tnangulanbus oblnsiiisciilis vix 1 mm. loDg. ; 

 disco in glandulis 3 oppositisepalis stipitatis siiborbicularibus constito ; 

 ovario globoso 2 mm. diam. iiti sepala minulissimc lepidoto ; sUjUs 2-3 infenie 

 connatis adusquo medium divisis dense papillosis saturate roseis 12 mm. long. 

 Ignnmbi ; intermodiato forest ; 300 £t. ; gneiss. 1705. Small tree, 

 irregularly spreading brandies. Leaves toothed only for l'5-3 cm. from 

 the apex. 



Remnrkable for ihe leaves with only apical toothing nnd the glands of the 

 female flowci's. 



Maoaranga alciiorneoides Pax & Lingelsh. (ox descript.). Bale Ba, 

 wet seashore woods among swamp niuoulis ; schists. 1402. Small tree, 

 15 ft. Flowers green. Answers the description well : the male spikes never 

 exceed 25 cm. in length. The female flowers of this plant still remain to be 

 discovered. 



Moore, sp. nov. Arlor fere omnino glabra ; /( 



21xG'5-9 cm. Juxta apicem ramuloruni approximatis longlpetiolatis (pet. 

 7-12 cm. long.) late ovato-lanceolatis rarius ovato-oblongis apice obtusis 

 retiisi^svo basi eglaadulosis breviter poltatis truiicato-rotuudatisque inaroino 

 nii(lulatis teiiuiter coriaceis leviter nitentibus supra gbibrls siibtus in nervis 

 mlcroscopicc puberulis alibi minute pu^tulatis ; slipulis subulatis cito dcciJuis ; 

 racemis J modo coguitis ±30 cm, long, glomerulis luimcrosis paucifloris in 

 axi gracili glabro sedentibus ; fiorihus subscssilibus dilute viridibus; sepalis 

 3 ovato-oblongis obtusis 1*5 mm. long. ; stamlnibus 1-5 antheris quadratis 

 quam filamenta parum brevioribus "5 mm. long. 



River Ngoye ; forest ; 500 ft. ; serpentine. 2098. 



Close to M. alciiorneoides Pax & Lingelsh., but scarcely conspecific on 



account of the differently sliaped leaves nnd the 

 longer and narro%ver sepals and only 4-5 stamens. 



(male) 



M. COUIACEA Miill. Arg, River Ngoye; 400 ft,; serpentine. 2104. 

 Small tree, 15 ft. Stigmas dull red. Antliers whitish. The characteristic 

 glands at the base of the leaf are, if at all, never well developed in 

 Mr. Compton's specimens. 



M. MisTA S. MoorOj sp. nov. Arhuscida innovntionibus minute 

 ferrugineo-lepidotis citissinie glabrescentibus ; ranmVis subteretibus sjiperne 

 foliosis cortice cinereo subtiliter rimoso necnon lenticellifero prominenlerquo 

 oicatricifero obductis ; foliis 10-13 X 5-7 cm. sat longij 



5 cm. long.) ovalis apice cuspidato-acuminalis i[)So obtusis vel obtusissimis 

 nonnunquam emarghiatis basi obtusis levissimo cordatis glandulisque 



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