194 LXXXIV., APOCYNACEE (STAPF). [ Mascarenhasia, 
longer than the ovary, slightly 5-lobed. Carpels and style fulvo- 
puberulous. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Mount Mlanje, 6000 ft., 
Whyte, 108! 
2. Mf. elastica, K. Schum. in Notizbl. Kénigl. Bot. Gart. Berlin, 
i. 268 with fig. <A tall tree with slender branches, perfectly glabrous. 
Leaves oblong, obtuse or obtusely and shortly acuminate, acute at the 
base, 3-10 in. long, 14-24 in. broad, coriaceous ; secondary nerves about 
10 on each side; petiole up to 14 lin. long. Cymes axillary and ter- 
minal, few-flowered; peduncle about 4 lin. long; pedicels short. 
Calyx 1} lin. long; segments triangular-ovate, acute. Corolla-tube 
much constricted below the middle, subglobosely widened at the base, 
finely tomentose without, 4 lin. long; lobes oblong, subacute, up to 2 
lin. long. Anthers 1$ lin. long, inserted at the middle. Disc of 5 seg- 
ments, distinct or connate in pairs, exceeding the ovary. Ovary 
puberulous at the top; style slightly hairy. Follicles purplish-black, 
glabrous, subsulcate, 3-34 in. long.—Warb. in Tropenpfl. iii. (1899), 
183, 220, 221, with fig.; Kautschukpfl. 115, and Plant. 4 Caoutch. 
215; Vilb. in Warb. Plant. 4 Caoutch. 216; Busse in Tropenpf. iv. 
(1900) 581; K. Schum. in Notizbl. Kénigl. Bot. Gart. Berlin, iii. 48. 
M. caustica (by error), K. Schum. Le. ii. 268. 
Mozamb. Dist. (German East Africa: between Dar-es-Salaam and Mbaffu, 
near Vikindo, in Vilansi District, Stuklmann; Sachsenwald, near Dar-es-Salaam, 
Hedde; Kola, Busse. 
The “ Mgoa tree” of the natives of Usaramo. It is used for making rubber ; but 
the product is of inferior quality. The wood is said to be excellent timber. 
34. MALOUETIA, A. DC.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ii. 708. 
Calyx small, subcoriaceous or herbaceous ; sepals almost free, obtuse 
or subacute, imbricate, with 1-2 basal glands within. Corolla salver- 
shaped; tube cylindric, slender, somewhat abruptly constricted at the 
middle or higher up (often close to the mouth) and slightly wider 
above the constriction, or with 5 or 10 small scale-like or subconfluent 
callous tubercles at the mouth. Stamens inserted at the constriction 
of the corolla-tube; anthers conniving in a cone, included or more 
less exserted, subsessile, lanceolate, sagittate; appendages hard, stout; 
tails very acute; foot of the connective with an abruptly projecting 
ridge with stiff hairs on the flanks. Disc annular or cupular, entire OF 
5-lobed. Carpels 2, free, or connate at the base ; style filiform ; stigma 
oblong, clavate, densely papillose, with a minute 2-lobed glabrous 
apiculus, agglutinated to the foot of the connective; ovules numerous, 
2-4-seriate. Mericarps follicular, linear, acuminate, slightly constri¢ 
between the seeds, more or less spreading. Seeds linear-lanceola : 
not comose, more or less concave on the ventral face; endosperm scanty ; 
cotyledons thin, flat or concavo-convex; radicle cylindric.—Glabrovs 
trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite, subcoriaceous or papery; axillary 
