800 _CXXII, EUPHORBIACEZ (HUTCHINSON). [ALildbredia- 
Lower Guinea. Gaboon: Gaboon River, Mann, 926! near Libreville, 
Klaine, 846! 1129! 1261! 1926! 2929! 
2. M. paniculata, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xliii. 319. A tree; young 
branchlets stellate-tomentellous, at length glabrous or nearly so. Leaves: 
undivided, lanceolate-obovate or oblanceolate-elliptic, shortly and acutely 
acuminate, very obtuse at the base, 14-6 in. long, 4-24 in. broad, 
repand-dentate with acute teeth, membranous, sparingly setose with 
simple hairs on the upper surface when young, slightly stellate-pubescent 
below, at length glabrous ; lateral nerves 7-10 on each side, distinct 
and raised on both surfaces; tertiary nerves subparallel, distinct on 
both surfaces; petiole }-1} in. long, subterete, stellate-tomentellous ; 
stipules subulate, 1} lin. long, setulose. Male cymes few-flowered : 
peduncle slightly supra-axillary, slender, about 12 in. long, stellate- 
puberulous; bracts linear-subulate, 14 lin. long, pubescent; pedicels 
about 1 lin. long, shortly pubescent: Sepals broadly oblong, truncate 
at the apex, 1 lin. long, ? lin. broad, stellate-puberulous on the lower 
half outside, submembranous and glabrous around the margin 1n the 
upper part, glabrous within. Petals orbicular, striate, glabrous, about 
2 lin. in diam. Disk-glands fleshy, pubescent. Stamens 20 ; filaments 
glabrous. Receptacle shortly setulose. Female cymules arranged in 
a lax raceme, the terminal flower of each cymule developed, the rest 
abortive; peduncle 4-7 in. long, stellate-pubescent ; bracts subulate- 
filiform, up to } in. long; branches spreading, slender, up to 2 1». 
long ; pedicels } in. long, stellate-puberulous, Sepals ovate, rounded 
at the apex, 14 lin. long, } lin. broad, subcoriaceous, stellate-puberulous 
outside, glabrous within. Petals ovate, obtuse, 1} lin. long, 1f lin. 
broad, membranous, striate, glabrous outside, shortly pubescent 1n the 
lower half within. Disk saucer-shaped, densely setulose-pubescent. 
Ovary slightly trilobed, setose and stellate-pubescent ; styles spreading, 
bilobed to near the base, glabrous, lobes slightly flattened. Mature 
fruit not seen.—Pax in Engl. Pflanzenr. Euphorb.-Cluytiex, 11, fg. 2, 
Croton cavalliensis, Beille MSS. 
Upper Guinea. Ivory Coast: Cavally River basin, between Oubi and Fort 
Binger, Chevalier, 19283 bis! Keeta village, Chevalier, 19332! between the Greater 
Sassandra and the middle Cavally Rivers, Chevalier, 19259! 19286! 
South Central. Belgian Congo: Ituri District; Njiapanda, Mildbraed, 
2920! 3189! 3197. 
3. M. fallax, Hutchinson. Branchlets densely and atellatey 
pubescent. Leaves undivided, obovate or oblong-elliptic, very acutely 
acuminate, rounded or slightly narrowed to a very obtuse or suboonts 
base, 1}~7 in, long, 4-3 in. broad, remotely denticulate or repand-denta 
in the upper part, entirein the lower fourth, chartaceous or er ay 
shortly and rather densely stellate-pubescent below, the same at age 
above but at length glabrous; lateral nerves 5-8 on each side, acer 
and raised on both surfaces; tertiary nerves lax, subparallel, ecerete 
on both sides; petiole 4-12 in. long, stellate-tomentellous ; a5 oe 
linear-subulate, 24 lin. long, pubeseent. Male cymes axillary, pedune 
