Macaranga. | CXXII, EUPHORBIACEE® (PRAIN). 935 
shaped sacs. Male flowers in axillary panicles; bracts ovate, acute, 
subtending several flowers ; buds globose. Female flowers unknown.— 
De Wild. Miss. FE. Laurent, 130, tt. 39-41; De Wild. & Durand, Con- 
trib. Fl. Congo, ii. 57; Relig. Dewevr. ii. 212; De Wild. Etudes F). 
Bas- et Moyen-Congo, ii. 283, and Comp. Kasai, 330; Durand «& Schinz, 
Etudes Fl. Congo, 246; Th. & Hél. Durand, Syll. Fl. Congol. 496. 
Lower Guinea. Gaboon: Libreville, Klaine, 3080! Lower Congo: 
Cataract district; between Matadi and Leopoldville, Laurent ! 
South Central. Belgian Congo: Madibi, on the River Kwilu, Sapin; 
Equatorial district; near Kala, Pynaert, 717, 1047, Laurent, 1133, Bokakuata, 
Dewevre ; Bangala district ; near Buinba, Sevet, 35 ; Mjolo, Laurent, 258 ; Seret ; Aru- 
wimi; Patalongo (Yambuya) Laurent. Kasai; Kondue, Laurent ; Batempe, Laurent; 
between Lusambo and the Lomami, Laurent ; M ukenge, Pogge, 1335! 1363! 
2. M. Schweinfurthii, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xix.92.  Ashrub or 
tree, sometimes very lofty, reaching 150 ft. in height (Chevalier); trunk 
and branches armed with spines, branches glabrous. Leaves long- 
petioled, ovate, shallowly 3-lobed, lobes oblong or triangular, acute, 
margin irregularly toothed, base narrowly deep-cordate, 6-18 in. long, 
nearly as wide, membranous, becoming firmer with age, gland-dotted 
beneath, with a pair of glandular processes at the junction with the 
petiole ; petiole 8-16 in, long; stipules large, ovate, acute, 1} in. long. 
Male flowers in lateral panicles fascicled in the axils of fallen leaves ; 
bracts concave, thick, entire, subtending many flowers. Stamens 2-5 
(usually 3). Female flowers in short lateral racemes; pedicels short, 
stout. Sepals ovate, obtuse. Ovary glabrous, 2~3-celled; stigmas 
Spreading. Capsule usually 2-coecous; cocci $ in. across.—Durand & 
Schinz, Etudes Fl. Congo, 246; Th. & Hél. Durand, Syll. Fl. Congol. 
496. M. Lecomtei, Beille in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, lv. Mém. viii. 78. 
M. calophylla, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xliii. 221. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Tibati, Ledermann, 2425! Songalong, Leder- 
mann, 2108 3} 
North Central. Darbanda: Boro Valley, Chevalier, 7057 ! 
yas Land. Uganda: very common, Scott-Elliot, 7351! Bagshawe, 7761 
! 
Lower Guinea. French Congo: Brazzaville, Chevalier, 4207! 
South Central. Belgian Congo: Ituri district; Fort Beni on the Semliki, 
Mildbraed, 2214! Niamniam; by tne River Diagbe, Schweinfurth, 3315! by the 
River Yuru, Schweinfurth, 3336! Monbuttu; Munza, Schweinfurth, 3500! 
3. M. rosea, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xxvi. 328. A tree; branches 
Stout, sometimes armed with spines, glabrous. Leaves long-petioled, 
ovate, shallowly 3-lobed, lobes oblong or triangular, acute, margin 
obscurely toothed, base wide-cordate, 6-12 in. long, nearly as wide, 
membranous, becoming firmer with age, gland-dotted beneath, with a 
pair of glandular processes at the junction with the petiole; petiole : 
4-10 in. long; stipules large, ovate, acute, 1 in. long. Male flowers in 
lateral panicles fascicled in the axils of fallen leaves; bracts small, con 
Cave, subtending many flowers. Stamens 2. Female flowers unknown. 
