Myrica, | CXXIV. MYRICACEH (Hutchinson). 311 
5. M. Mildbradii, Hngl. Jahrb. xlv. 278, fig. N. and O. A 
shrub up to 6 ft. high; young branchlets puberulous, at length 
glabrous, densely leafy, ascending at an acute angle. Leaves spread- 
ing or erect, shortly petiolate, oblong, acute, obtuse at the base, 
1}-1} in. long, 3—-} in. broad, coriaceous, entire, glabrous above, 
with immersed glands below ; lateral nerves about 7 ; petiole 1-2 lin. 
long. Flowers dicecious. Male spikes axillary, dense-flowered, 
about half as long as the leaves, about } in. thick; bracts broadly 
ovate, shortly contracted into a stalk 1} lin. long, sparingly glandular 
outside towards the apex, ciliate; stamens 7-8. Female flowers 
not known.—Engl. in Mildbr. Wiss. Ergebn. Deutsch. Zentr.-Afr. 
Exped. ii. 178. 
“oie Distr. German East Africa: Rugege Forest, 5400 ft., Mildbraed, 
5. 2 
6. M. Getzei, Engl. Jahrb. xxx. 290. A shrub 3-6 ft. high ; 
branchlets with grey shining bark, covered with numerous small 
black spots; internodes } in. long or less. Leaves oblanceolate 
or linear-oblanceolate, subacute, obtuse or subacute at the base, 
1-1? in. long, 4-6 lin. broad, simply serrulate in the upper two-thirds, 
rigidly subcoriaceous, shining and very sparingly glandular above 
and with a few hairs on the midrib, more densely glandular but 
otherwise glabrous below; midrib prominent on both surfaces ; 
lateral nerves 10-12 on each side of the midrib, very slender and 
scarcely visible, diverging from the midrib at a wide angle ; petiole 
1-2 lin. long, sparingly glandular. Flowers dicecious. Male spikes 
axillary, solitary, densely flowered, about } in. long ; bracts broadly 
deltoid, ciliolate and glandular, 1-2 lin. long, about 13 lin. broad ; 
Stamens about 8; filaments very short; anthers purple, at length 
yellow, 3 lin. long. Female flowers and fruits not known. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Kinga (Livingstone) Mountains ; 
Ussangu, Goetze, 1256 5! 
%. M. pilulifera, Rendle in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. ii. iv. 43. Main 
branches prominently lenticellate, rather densely pubescent, slightly 
tibbed when dry ; younger branchlets leafy towards the tips. Leaves 
oblong-lanceolate or elongate-oblong, subacute or obtuse at the 
base, rounded to a shortly mucronate apex, 1-3} in. long, 3-1} in. 
broad, chartaceous or subcoriaceous, entire or serrate in the upper 
half or towards the apex, at first slightly pubescent on both sides _ 
of and near the midrib, at length glabrous, apparently not glandular ; 
midrib very prominent below; lateral nerves 9-15 on each side of 
the midrib, diverging from it at a wide angle, 2-3-furcate near the 
margin, slender, distinct on both surfaces; petiole 1-2 lin. long, 
slightly puberulous. Flowers dicecious. Male spikes axillary, 
solitary, 1-1 in. long; rhachis glandular and pubescent ; bracts 
very broadly ovate, slightly pointed, 1 lin. long, 1} lin, broad, 
