‘666 CXXII. EUPHORBIACEZ (HUTCHINSON). | ersobotrya. 
3-8 in. long, 14-3} in. broad, membranous, margin distinctly repand- 
denticulate, glabrous on both surfaces except on the sparingly setulose 
anidrib and lateral nerves below ; lateral nerves 6-8 on each side, looped 
near the margin, prominent on the lower surface ; tertiary nerves distinct, 
-omewhat distant, subparallel or branched ; veins slender, slightly con- 
spicuous below; petiole 1-2 in. long, rather slender, slightly swollen at 
the apex, more or less setulose-pubescent, at length glabrous or nearly so; 
stipules subulate asin I. floribunda, but very soon deciduous and not 
at all persistent. Male racemes solitary when borne in the leaf-axils of 
the young shoots, two or three in a cluster when produced in the axils of 
the lower leaves, 1-1} in. long when young, at length elongating to3 in.; 
axis rather shortly pubescent when young, becoming nearly glabrous 
when older ; bracts ovate, subacute, slightly pubescent ; pedicels scarcely 
3 lin. long. Calyx-lobes 4-5, ovate, slightly pubescent or glabrous at 
maturity. Stamens 4-5, when 4, then one of the filaments much thicker 
than the others. Disk-glands large and fleshy, contiguous, more or less 
pubescent. Rudimentary ovary columnar, terete, pubescent. Female 
inflorescences subsolitary or few together on the second-year wood ; 
bracts, pedicels and calyx as in the male. Disk cupular, short, very 
shortly ciliolate, otherwise glabrous. Ovary oblong-ellipsoid, glabrous ; 
styles 2, very short, bifid, the lobes recurved. Infructescences 24-35 in. 
long, bearing not more than 15 fruits. Fruits ellipsoid, 4 lin. long, 
3 lin. in diam., covered with a fine glaucous bloom. Mature seeds not 
seen.— Baccaurea sparsiflora, Scott-Elliot. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Xxx. 97. 
B. Bonnetii, B. longispicata, B. Gagnepainii, B. Poissonii, B. Glazrovn, 
and B. Caillei, Beille in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, lv. Mém. viii. 58-61. 
B. cavalliensis, Beille, l.c. lvi. Mém. viii. 121. 
Upper Guinea. French Guinea: Fouta Jallon; Kouria, Caille, 14770! 
14699! 14846! between the Santa River and Timbo, Chevalier, 12607 ! 12820! 
Sierra Leone: various localities, Scott-Elliot, 4035! 4543! 4746! 5311! 5813! 
Ivory Coast: Bingerville, Chevalier, 15227! 15229! 15232! 15418! 15511! 
15512! Prolo, Chevalier, 19872! between Grabo and Tate, Chevalier, 19759! 
Gold Coast: Aburi, Johnson, 1067! 
5. M. hirtella, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 21. A shrub 10-14 ft. high 
Leaves oblong, acuminate, acute at the base, about 43 in. long and 2-2 
in. broad, coriaceous, glabrous below except the minute marginal teeth ; 
petiole 1} in. long; setulose; stipules setaceous, pubescent, deciduous: 
Flowers of both sexes racemose ; racemes axillary, females 13-13 in. 
long, males somewhat longer. Male flowers: Calyx-lobes 9, ovate. 
Stamens 5. Disk-glands filiform, Rudimentary ovary depressed, 
hirtellous. Female flowers: Calyx-lobes ovate. Disk shortly urceolate. 
‘Ovary 2-celled ; styles 2, erect, short, undivided. Fruits (immature) 1- 
seeded, ellipsoid, 3 lin. long, sparingly setulose—De Wild. & Durand in 
Bull. Herb. Boiss. 2me sér. i. 836, and Relig. Dewevr. 206 ; De Wild. Miss. 
E. Laurent, 127, and Etudes FI. Bas- et Moyen-Congo, i. 275, 11. we 
Lower Guinea. Lower Congo: various localities, Butaye, Gillet, 1478, ia 
1970, 2037, 2123, 2300, Oddon. 
South Central. Belgian Congo: Dyuma Valley, Gentil, Gillet, 2799, 2819 5 
