942 | CXXII, EUPHORBIACEE (PRAIN). | Macaranga. 
ovate, subtending several flowers. Female flowers unknown.—Th. & 
Heél. Durand, Syll. Fl. Congol. 496. 
Lower Guinea. Belgian Congo: Stanley Pool district; Kisantu, Gillet, 1840. 
Evidently very closely allied to, if not a form of, MZ. Poggei. 
21. M. Laurentii, De Wild. Hiudes Fl. Bas- et Moyen-Congo, ii. 
282. <A small tree; branches glabrous. Leaves petioled, elliptic- 
obovate, somewhat acuminate, base rounded, margin entire, 3-54 in. 
long, glabrous, shining above, dull and gland-dotted beneath; petiole 
#-1} in. long; stipules triangular, acute, caducous, Male flowers in 
small lateral panicles ; bracts large, ovate, acute, irregularly toothed, 
finely pubescent and glandular. Female flowers unknown.—Th. & 
Heél. Durand, Syll. Fl. Congol. 496. 
South Central. Belgian Congo: Equatorial district; Eala, Laurent, 1304; 
Pynaert, 1278. 
22. M. Barteri, Mill. Arg. in Flora, 1864, 535. A small tree; 
branches glabrous. Leaves long-petioled, oblong, acute, narrowed to 
two very minute lobes at the base, margin entire, 5-6 in. long, 2-3 in. 
wide, firmly membranous, glabrous on both sides; petiole 24-4 in. 
long; stipules caducous. Male flowers in small peduncled axillary 
panicles; bracts large, ovate, acute, subtending numerous flowers. 
Stamens 2. Female flowers in axillary corymbose racemes ; bracts as 1n 
the males. Calyx very small, lobed. Capsule irregularly ovoid or 
globose ; pedicels very long —DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 1015. IM. Heudelot, 
var. nitida, Beille in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, lv. Mém. viii. 79. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone: Limba, Scott-Elliot, 5668! Ivory Coast: 
Bingerville district ; Abidjean and Dabou, Chevalier, 15161! 15274! 15414! 
16197 bis! Zaranou, Chevalier, 16297 bis! Bouroukrou, Chevalier, 16830! and 
without precise locality, Jolly, 137! Gold Coast: Aburi Hills, Johnson, 296! 
Akwapim Hills, Johnson, 748! Togo: Baumann, 162! Southern Nigeria: Lagos, 
Millen, 28! 125! Onitsa, Barter, 1654! Cross River Expedition, Johuston ! 
Lower Guinea. Spanish Guinea: Nkolentangan, 1500 ft., Tessmann, 9! 
23. M. Rowlandii, Prain in Kew Bulletin, 1910, 127. A small 
tree ; branches glabrous. Leaves petioled, oblanceolate-oblong, abruptly 
and shortly acuminate, base cuneate, margin entire, 3—4 in. long, 13- 
12 in. wide, glabrous and dull above, paler, glabrous and sparingly 
gland-dotted beneath ; petiole 3-14 in. long ; stipules lanceolate, cadu- 
cous. Male flowers in small narrow lateral panicles; bracts ovate, 
cuspidate, shortly toothed, finely pubescent, subtending several flowers. 
Stamens 2. Female flowers unknown. 
Upper Guinea. Gold Coast, Farmar, 454! Western Lagos, Rowland ! 
24. M. lancifolia, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xiii. 322. A medium- 
sized tree ; branches glabrous. Leaves petioled, lanceolate or oblong- 
lanceolate, acute, base cuneate, margin entire, 4—5 in. long, 1}-13 ae 
wide, coriaceous, rather shining and glabrous above, paler, glabrous agi 
closely gland-dotted beneath ; petiole 14-1} in. long, with a pair © 
