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Leaves small, strongly ciliate. . : : . 22. M. gabonica, 
Leaves large, not ciliate. 
Corolla 3 in. long . : : : . 23. M. Schweinfurthii. 
Corolla 2 in. long . : : : : . 24, M. angolana. 
Calyx-lobes linear, very unequal : < . 25. M, poggeana. 
1. M. microphylla, Gilg in Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 310. A 
shrub; young branchlets pubescent. Leaves ovate or ovate-oblong, 
subacute, petioled, chartaceous, glabrous, $ in. long. Cymes 4-7- 
flowered, terminal ; pedicels }-+ in. long. Calyx campanulate, gla- 
brous, 71, in. long; lobes acute. Corolla 4 in. long. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usaramo; Kiserawe (Kiserawa), 
1000 ft., Stuhlmann, 6172. 
2. M. penduliflora, Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xxiii. 198. A shrub; 
young branchlets hispid. Leaves obovate, }—1 in. long, rounded at the 
base, narrowed to a petiole 54-1} in. long, membranous, glabrous, 
opaque. Flowers solitary, axillary, pendulous; pedicels slender, 1 in. 
or more long. Calyx-segments nearly free, equal, ovate, acute, slightly 
hispid. Corolla white, 4-3 in. long; lobes broadly ovate. Stamens 
subequal, nearly us long as the corolla. Capsule pendulous or sub- 
erect. 
South Central. Congo Free State: Lunda; in fore-t by the Lulua River, 
Pogge, 886, 1129. 
3. M. Brunonis, Didr. in Vidensk. Meddel. Nat. Foren. Kjob. 1853, 
87. Ashrub; branchlets smooth with very short internodes. Leaves 
very shortly petioled, obovate, rarely ovate, 1 in. long, 4 in. broad, 
narrowly revolute at the edges, pubescent only on the midrib above 
and principal veins beneath. Peduncle slender; pedicels and flowers 
glabrous. Calyx ;}, in. long; lobes ovate. Corolla } in. long; lobes 
orbicular, } the length of the tube. Pericarp parchment-like, brown, 
subpuberulous. Seeds brown, opaque; testa fragile. 
Lower Guinea. Lower Congo, Smith. Tondoa, Bittner, 400, 401. . 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Mount Mlanji, Whyte. 
This species is the type of the genus. 
4. M. Thomsoni, Benth. in Hook. Ic. Pl. sub t.1196. A shrub ; 
branchlets slender, obscurely pubescent. Leaves ovate, obtuse, about 
1 in. long, cuneate at the base, glabrous; petiole very short ; stipules 
very small. Cymes axillary, few-flowered, shortly peduncled; pedicels 
very short; bracts minute. Calyx ;'; in. long; lobes ovate, acute, as 
long as the tube. Corolla 4-1 in. long; lobes orbicular, Capsule with 
two divaricate oblong lobes.—Leptocladus Thomsoni, Oliver in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. viii. 160, t. 12, fig. 3. 
Upper Guinea. Southern Nigeria: Old Calabar, Thomson, 44! 
5. M. Buchholzii, Hngl. in Enyl. Jahrb. vii. 339, A shrub 
4-5 ft. high; branchlets very slender, slightly hairy. Leaves oblong, 
