Myrianthus.] CXXIIIc, MORACEZ (Rendle). 237 
serratus, midrib and veins prominent beneath, lateral veins about 
10 on each side, strongly ascending ; petiole about half as long as 
the leaf. Stipules protecting the bud densely silky-hairy, } in. Jong. 
Male inflorescences ,in pairs, about 24 in. broad; peduncle 2~23 in. 
long, barely 1 lin. thick, dividing into 3 or 4 repeatedly forking slender 
branches ; ultimate branchlets, of the 5th or 6th grade, densely 
covered with flowers forming oblong or roundish clusters, 2-3 lin. 
long, which are sometimes confluent at the base. Bracteoles 
narrower than the perianth-segments, concave and ciliolate above ; 
perianth divided to the base ; segments 4, with a broad blunt thick- 
ened concave apex, ciliolate on the back, and tapering below to the 
base ; stamens 34, filaments united. Female plant unknown. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Unwin & Smythe, 2! Liberia: Mount Barclay, 
Bunting ! 
Allied to the last two species but distinguished by the larger male inflorescence 
with slender branches and small more or less distinct clusters of flowers on the 
ultimate branchlets. 
9. M. Holstii, Engl. Monogr. Morac. Afric. 41, t. xvii. E. A tree 
ft. or more high, the young portions densely covered with fine 
brown hairs ; internodes of branches 7-10 lin. long, 3-5 lin. thick. 
Leaves leathery, more or less deeply 3-5-lobed, lobes elliptical- 
oblong, or completely divided into 5 or 7 oblong-elliptical or 
elliptical-oblanceolate to obovate leaflets, apex of lobes shortly 
acuminate, base truncate or subcordate, margin serrate-dentate, 
teeth small, upper face smooth, densely tomentose beneath between 
the closely reticulate veins, segments or leaflets 8-20 in. long and 
3-7 in. broad, the median lobe and leaflet longer and slightly broader 
than the lateral, secondary nerves springing from the main nerve of 
the leaf-lobe at an angle of 45° and 5-7 lin. apart ; petiole about 
half to three-quarters the length of the leaf, slightly furrowed. Male 
Inflorescence with a peduncle 134 in. long, about 4 in. broad ;, 
branches slender, those of the last two grades covered with a con- 
tinuous mass of flowers, ultimate branchlets with flowers 23-3} lin. 
long and 24 lin. thick; flowers generally 4-merous ; sepals about 
- long, broadly obovate, about equal in length to the narrower 
Tacteoles ; stamens with narrowly linear filaments, overtopping 
the perianth. Female inflorescences with a stalk to 1} in. long, and 
@ head 7 lin. in diam., many-flowered. Head of fruit 14-2 in. in 
diam., stalk 2 in. long ; fruits numerous, ovoid, slightly compressed, 
enclosed in the fleshy perianth, about 5 lin. long and 4 lin. broad.— 
rar. quinquesectus, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xxx. 295. M. arboreus, 
8. Moore in Journ, Linn. Soc. Bot. xl. 206 (not of Beauv.). 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Usambara; Lutendi Forest, 5000 ft., 
Holst, 3308! near Muafa, 3500 ft., Buchwald, 26! Nderema, 3000 to 3300 ft., 
Volkens,1191! Kondeland, Goetze, 1312! Nyasaland: Milanji, Brown! Shire 
Highlands, Buchanan, 69! Gazaland: Chirinda Forest, 3700-4000 ft., Swyn- 
nerton, 111! Mount Pene Forest, 6500-7000 ft., Swynnerton, 1052 ! 
