Mareya.| CXXII, EUPHORBIACEH (PRAIN). 911 
clusters, usually only 2, with pedicels twice as long as the calyx, with a 
central female with pedicel 3-4 times as long as the calyx in each 
glomerule; bracts and bracteoles minute. Buds globose, under } lin. 
wide; calyx-segments green, obtuse. Stamens longer than the calyx- 
lobes. Female calyx-lobes acute. Ovary puberulous; styles shortly 
connate at the base. Capsule globose, 3-dymous, } in. across. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Bipinde, Zenker, 1794! 
Nile Land. Uganda: Southern Buddu, 4800 ft., Dawe, 970! 
Lower Guinea. Spanish Guinea: Bebao Campo, Tessmann, 723! 
South Central. Belgian Congo: Eastern Prov.; Mawambi, Mokoko, Mild- 
braed, 2942! Awakubi, Abarangu, Mildbraed, 3119! 
2. M. micrantha, Wiill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 792, excel. var. 
leonensis. Shrub, moneecious, 10-12 ft., or occasionally a small tree 
20-25 ft. high; twigs puberulous. Leaves petioled, moderately firm, 
ovate or ovate-oblong, rarely obovate-lanceolate, shortly acuminate, 
slightly toothed upwards, entire and narrowed from about the middle 
to the cuneate base, 4—7 in. long, 14-3 in. wide, quite glabrous above, 
glabrous beneath or sometimes faintly puberulous on the midrib near 
the base; petiole sparingly puberulous, $-} in. long; stipules short, 
triangular, puberulous, deciduous. Spikes numerous, slender, flexuous, 
usually considerably longer than the leaves; rhachis very finely 
puberulous. Male flowers in sessile clusters; bracts ovate, minute. 
Buds globose, under } lin. wide; calyx-segments green, obtuse. 
Stamens longer than the calyx-lobes. Female flowers in the lower 
nodes, usually solitary, sometimes accompanied by 2 or more males. 
Capsule somewhat depressed ; cocci 3, semiorbicular, pale brown, 2 lin. 
wide.—Benth. in Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 1281. Acalypha micrantha, Benth. in 
Hook. Niger Fl. 505. 
Upper Guinea. Southern Nigeria: Oban, Talbot, 45! Cameroons: 
Johann-Albrechtshdhe, Staudt, 494! 760! near Victoria, Preuss, 1876! Winkler, 
604! Babong, 830 ft., Ledermann, 1150! Semukina, 2000-2300 {t., Ledermann, 
1202! Babanga, Dinklage, 1405! Bipinde, Zenker, 2082! 4202! Fernando Po: 
Goderich Bay, Vogel, 210! Mann, 209! 235! 435! 
> pieced Guinea. Spanish Guinea: Bebao, Tessmann, 829! Gaboon; Klaine, 
| 553! 
3. M. spicata, Baill. Adansonia, i. 74. Tree, monecious, reaching 
50 ft. in height ; twigs pubescent. Leaves petioled, moderately firm, 
obovate-lanceolate, shortly and rather obtusely acuminate, slightly to 
Coarsely toothed upwards, entire and narrowed from beyond the middle 
) the narrowly cuneate base, 4-8 in. long, 14-3 in. wide, glabrous or 
with only the midrib slightly pubescent above, often with rather stiff 
Spreading hairs on the nerves beneath ; petiole finely pubescent, 4-1 in. 
long; stipules short, triangular, pubescent, deciduous. Spikes numerous, 
rather stiff, about as long as the leaves; rhachis densely pubescent. 
Male flowers fragrant, in sessile clusters; bracts ovate, minute. Buds 
globose, 3 lin. wide; calyx-segments white, very obtuse. Stamens as 
