234 CXXIIIc. MORACEH (Rendle). [Myrianthus. 
minute grey hairs, ultimately glabrous. Leaves with 5 leaflets, 
membranous, lanceolate, with a long sharply acuminate apex, 1-1} in. 
long, acute base and entire margin, glabrous on the upper face, 
covered with a minute grey tomentum beneath, the three median 
leaflets 83-103 in. long, 24-3} in. wide, narrowing gradually from the 
upper third to the 7-10 lin.-long stalk; the lateral leaflets about 
4 in. long with a stalk 5 lin. long; petiole 4-63 in. long. Male 
inflorescences much branched, about 4 in. long and broad, the ulti- 
mate branchlets bearing more or less confluent nearly globular 
clusters of flowers 3-1 lin. in diam. on pedicels 3-1 lin. long. Flowers 
3-4-merous ; perianth-segments obovate, ciliolate, shorter than the 
stamens ; anthers didymous. Female plant unknown. 
ee Central. Beni: forest of Muera, north-west of Fort Beni, Mildbraed, 
Near M. gracilis, Engl., but distinguished by the entire leaf-margin and the 
small spherical flower-clusters. 
4. M. Laurentii, De Wild. Etudes Fl. Bas- et Moyen-Congo, iii. 68. 
Branchlets and petioles covered with short appressed. hairs, cortex 
brownish, longitudinally striate ; internodes about 2 in. long. Leaves 
with 5 leaflets which are oblong or obovate-oblong, acuminate at the 
apex with a long sharp point, base wedge-shaped, margin sharply 
serrate-dentate, 54-9 in. long, 13-3} in. wide, sessile except the 
median which is shortly stalked, glabrous on the upper face, with a 
short whitish tomentum beneath ; lateral nerves about 20 on each 
side, more prominent beneath, network between the secondary veins 
more apparent on the upper face; the lateral basal leaflets are very 
slightly asymmetrical ; petiole furrowed, 4-43 in. long and about 
1} lin. thick. Male inflorescences in pairs; peduncle about 2 ™. 
long, hairy like the branchlets ; inflorescence about 3 in. in diam. ; 
flowers in small more or less confluent balls about 14-2 lin. in diam. ; 
perianth about as long as the stamens, lobes with ciliate margin. 
Female flowers and fruit unknown. 
South Central. Belgian Congo: Eala, Laurent, 2002. 
Near M. Preussii, Engl., but differs in having the leaves more narrowly wedge- 
shaped at the base and with shorter stalks, sometimes even sessile or subsessile. 
5. M. Preussii, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 149. Branchlets and 
petioles covered with short appressed hairs, the former cylindrica 
about 23-44 lin. thick with hollow internodes 3-1} in. long. Leaves 
with 5-7 leaflets, which are oblanceolate-oblong, the median 6-10 m. 
long and 2}-3} in. wide, passing into a very long (7 lin.) narrow 
acute apex, base acute passing into the petiole which is 5-10 hn. 
long, margin sharply serrate-dentate, covered with a short grey 
tomentum on the under face between the close network of vels, 
lateral nerves numerous on each side, curving upwards ; petiole 6 in. 
or more in length, with a longitudinal furrow. Stipules large, ovate: 
