310 OXXIV. MyrIcAcEm (Hutchinson). [Myrica. 
3. M. kandtiana, Engl. Jahrb. xlv. 278, fig. A-C. A shrub about 
- 6 ft. high ; branchlets slender, fairly densely leafy, lenticellate, slightly 
pubescent when young. Leaves shortly petiolate, oblanceolate 
or obovate-lanceolate, subacute, attenuated to the base, 24-3} in. 
long, 1-1} in. broad, subcoriaceous, coarsely and distantly serrate | 
in the upper half, densely covered with minute greyish glands when 
young, shining above when old, paler beneath; lateral nerves 10-15, 
slender, diverging from the prominent midrib at a wide angle, often 
2-furcate towards the margin ; petiole $-1 lin. long. Spikes axillary, 
solitary, androgynous, the lower part male, the upper female, slender, 
a little shorter than the leaves, lax-flowered ; bracts shortly ovate, 
glandular on the back, ciliate ; stamens 4. Female flowers disposed 
in the upper two-thirds of the spike ; bracts as in the male ; hypo- 
gynous scales 3-4, ovate-lanceolate ; ovary ovoid ; styles spreading, 
acute, Fruits ellipsoid, 14 lin. in diam., densely warted.—Engl. in 
Mildbr. Wiss. Ergebn. Deutsch. Zentr.-Afr. Exped. ii. 177. 
Nile Land. Uganda: in swamp at Kirerema, 4000 ft., Diimmer, 124! 
Toro; Kitakwenda, 4000 ft., Bagshawe, 1132! 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Ruanda, Nyanza Mountains, Kant, 
19; Karagwe, Scott Elliot, 7509! in a Papyrus swamp to the west of Lake 
Mohasi, Mildbraed, 551 ; Kiwu volcano, by Lake Ruhonso, and near the waterfall 
of Mkunga, Mildbraed, 1813. 
4. M. Meyeri-Johannis, Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 189. A 
tree 45-60 ft. high; branchlets densely leafy, very sparingly pu- 
berulous, with a few fairly conspicuous lenticels towards the base. 
Leaves small, oblong or elliptic, subacute, rounded or subtruncate at 
the base, 3-1 in. long, 4-2 in. broad, rigidly coriaceous, serrate or 4 
few of the lowermost entire, glandular on both surfaces, at length 
minutely pitted ; midrib slightly prominent ; lateral nerves about 
9 on each side of the midrib, spreading at a wide angle, scarcely 
raised below ; petiole 1 lin. long or less, slightly glandular. Flowers 
dicecious. Male spikes axillary, solitary, 1-4 in. long, dense-flowered ; 
rhachis pubescent ; bracts broadly triangular-ovate, auriculate. 
obtuse, glabrous outside, ciliate; stamens 4-5; filaments connaté 
in the lower part ; anthers rounded, } lin. long. Female inflor; 
escences axillary, lax-flowered, about 3 in. long ; rhachis tomentulos.: 
and glandular ; bracts oblong-elliptic, emarginate, submembranous, 
1 lin. long, sparingly glandular up the middle, ciliate, otherwis¢ 
glabrous ; hypogynous scales 4, unequal, broadly elliptic, fleshy; 
up to } lin. long, glandular on the back, ciliate ; ovary glandular 3 
styles slender, shortly connate at the base, 1 lin. long. Fruits not 
seen.—Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 160; A. Cheval. Monogr. Myric. 151. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: in forest between Marangu endl 
Ye eevamae 4200-5400 ft., Meyer, 332 ; Marangu, Volkens, 951 ¢! 12036 &¢ 
