Macaranga. OXXII, EUPHORBIACEH (PRAIN), 937 
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orbicular, obscurely 3-lobed, cuspidate, margin subentire, base cordate, 
6-12 in. long, nearly as wide, subcoriaceous, glabrous, white-pruinose 
and gland-dotted beneath; petiole 6-8 in. long; stipules triangular, 
tomentose. Male flowers in dense lateral panicles, axillary or from the 
axils of fallen leaves; bracts large, orbicular, laciniate, subtending 
several flowers. Stamens 2-5. Female flowers in laxer panicles. 
Calyx tomentose, shortly lobed. Ovary glandular; stigmas densely 
papillose—M. Preussii, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 92. Mappa 
occidentalis, Miill. Arg. in Flora, 1864, 467. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Ambas Bay; Victoria Mountain, 2500 ft., 
Mann, 771! Cameroon Mountain, 2000-3000 ft., Mann, 1189! 2155! Buena, 2700- 
3300 ft., Preuss, 601! Deistel, 152! 287! Lehmbach, 216! Soppo, 2300-3200 ft., 
Preuss! Fernando Po: at 4000 ft., Mann, 303! 
7. M. angolensis, JMJiill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 994. A sub- 
scandent shrub or a short-stemmed tree with long spreading branches ; 
branches often armed with spines, densely pubescent. Leaves long- 
petioled, orbicular-ovate, usually slightly 3-lobed, acute, base shallow- 
cordate, margin with thickened teeth, 4-7 in. long, nearly as wide, sub- 
coriaceous, glabrous except on the main-nerves above, persistently and 
closely pubescent on the nerves and veins and gland-dotted beneath ; 
petiole pubescent, 3-5 in. long; stipules lanceolate, acute, pubescent. 
Male flowers in lax lateral panicles, axillary or from the axils of fallen 
leaves; bracts ovate, abruptly acute, entire, subtending many flowers. 
Stamens 2-3. Female flowers in rather dense panicles. Calyx cupular. 
Ovary pubescent. Capsule, usually 2-celled. Seeds small, orbicular.— 
Ficalho, Pl. Uteis, 257; Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 981; De Wild. 
Etudes Fl. Bas- et Moyen-Congo, i. 277, ii. 281; Th. & Hél. Durand, 
Syll. Fl. Congo]. 495. I. mildbrediana, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xii, 522. 
Mappa angolensis, Miill. Arg. in Journ. Bot. 1864, 337. ZTanarius ango- 
lensis, O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. ii. 620. 
Lower Guinea. Lower Congo: Kisantu, Gillet, 166. Angola: Golungo 
Alto; Serra de Alto Queta and ascent from Sango, Welwitsch, 449! 450! Cazengo ; 
near Monte Bello, Gossweiler, 664! Granja de 8, Luiz, Gossweiler, 4809 ! 
South Central. Belgian Congo: between Tumba and Kimpese, Gillet ; 
Ituri district ; Fort Beni, on the Semliki, Kwa Muera, Mildbraed, 22784! 2376! 
: Var. mollis, Prain. Leaves more distinctly cordate at the base.—M. mollis, Pax 
in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 93; Durand & Schinz, Etudes Fl. Congo, 246; Th. & Hel, 
Durand, Syll. Fl. Congol. 496. WM. Guignardi, Beille in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, 
lv. Mém. viii. 77. 
Lower Guinea. French Congo: Brazzaville, Chevalier, 4048 ! 4153! 4183! 
Gaboon: near Libreville, Klaine (specimens much less pubescent) ! 
1) ge Central. Belgian Congo: Lualaba-Kasai district ; Mukenge, Pogge, 
2! 
8. M. magnistipulosa, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xliii. 222. A shrub, 
Perhaps sometimes scandent; branches glabrous. Leaves long-petioled, 
orbicular-ovate, shallowly -3-lobed, acute, base deep-cordate, margin 
Sparingly toothed, 8 in. long, nearly as wide, coriaceous, glabrous above, 
persistently but sparingly pubescent beneath, not gland-dotted, with a 
pair of small glandular processes at the junction with the petiole ; petiole 
