668 CXXII. EUPHORBIACEZ (HUTCHINSON). | Meesobotrya. 
3-celled, ovoid, densely white-tomentose. Styles 3, linear, undivided, 
glabrous. Fruits (immature) ellipsoid, about 3 lin. long, 1} lin. in 
diam., sparingly adpressed-pubescent. Pedicels in the fruiting stage 
reflexed, minutely puberulous.—Baccaurea bipindensis, Pax in Engl. 
Jahrb. xxxiv. 368. Mareya micrantha, De Wild. Etudes FI. Bas- et 
Moyen-Congo, ii. 285, not of Miill. Arg., nor of Pax in De Wild. & 
Durand, Relig. Dewevr. 213. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Bipinde, Zenker, 1878! 2598! 3010! 
South Central. Belgian Congo: Lusambo, Laurent ! 
8. M. oblonga, Hwichinson. Branchlets sparingly hirsute when 
young, terete. Leaves oblong, somewhat acutely triangular-acuminate, 
slightly rounded or subcuneate at the base, 24-54 in. long, 1-1} im. 
broad, rigidly membranous, margin entire, glabrous on both surfaces; 
lateral nerves 8-10 on each side, distinctly locped a little distance from 
the margin, prominent only on the lower surface; tertiary nerves lax 
and branched ; petiole 2-4 lin. long, sparingly hirsute ; stipules lanceo- 
late-subulate, about 1 lin. long, soon falling off. Male flowers not: 
known. Female racemes solitary and axillary on the young leafy 
branchlets, 34-5 in. long; axis rather densely puberulous ; bracts 
linear, pubescent, 4 lin. long; pedicels scarcely 1 lin. long, puberulous. 
Calyx-lobes 3 or more rarely 4, ovate, rounded at the apex, ciliate and 
sparingly pubescent. Disk annular, densely ciliate. Ovary obliquely 
ovoid, very sparingly setulose or almost glabrous ; styles 3, very short, 
deeply bifid, glabrous. 
Upper Guinea. Liberia: within 20 miles of Kakatown, Whyte! 
9. M. Staudtii, Hutchinson. A tree; branchlets hispid. Leaves 
elliptic or slightly obovate-elliptic, slightly acuminate, rounded or only 
very slightly narrowed to the base, 44-54 in. long, about 25 in. prog 
membranous, hispidulous on both surfaces; lateral nerves 7-9 on eac. 
side, faintly looped and reticulate towards the margin, slightly con- 
spicuous on the lower surface; petiole 14—24 in. long, slightly cule 
hispid with yellowish-brown hairs; stipules small, subulate. Male ie 
florescences simple or subsimple, crowded on the older wood at 
base of the young shoots; bracts ovate, densely pubescent ; pedicels very 
short. Calyx-lobes 5, ovate, obtuse, ciliate. Disk-glands large na 
fleshy, contiguous, densely pubescent. Stamens 5; anther-cells distine 
Rudimentary ovary columnar, very hairy. Female racemes in Sse 
arising from the old wood, up to 34 in. long; axis rather dense 
puberulous, somewhat stout ; bracts ovate-triangular, acute, pubescen ; 
pedicels scarcely 1 lin. long, glabrous. Calyx 5-partite ; segments ome 
triangular, sparingly ciliolate. Disk somewhat fleshy, cupular ith 
enclosing about half of the glabrous ovary, sparingly pubescent on. d. & 
sides,—Baccaurea Staudtii, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xxiii. 521; De Wild. 
Durand, Reliq. Dewevr. 205. 
is, 
3 Upper Guinea. Cameroous: Lolodorf, S/audt, 333! Abonando, Rudatis, 
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