312 CXXIV. MYRICACEm (Hutchinson). | Myrica. 
submembranous, glabrous outside, ciliate; stamens 5-6; anthers 
rounded, $ lin. long, glabrous. Female inflorescences not seen. In- 
fructescences solitary in each leaf-axil, numerous, up to 14 in. long; 
axis densely and shortly pubescent ; fruits ovoid-ellipsoid, 2 lin. 
long, often tipped by two slender styles about 1 lin. long, closely 
and coarsely warted.—Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 160 ; A. Cheval. Monogr. 
Myric. 142; Engl. Jahrb. xlv. 279, fig. GI. 
Mozamb. Distr. Nyasaland: Mount Mlanji, Whyte @! Blantyre, Buchanan 
in Herb. Medley Wood, 6829! Buchanan, 234 8! and without precise locality, 
Buchanan, 350 &! 939 9! Gazaland: Mount Pene Forest, 6500 ft., Swynner- 
ton, 580 9! 6084 9! near Chirinda, Swynnerton, 1735 $! near Melsetter, 
Swynnerton, 623 2! Nvyahovi River, Swynnerton, 610a ?! 
8. M. usambarensis, Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr.C.160. Branchlets some- 
what densely fulvous-pilose. Leaves very shortly petiolate, oblong, 
obtuse at both ends (according to Chevalier 14-13 in. long, 1-1} in. 
broad), coriaceous, slightly shining above, sparingly long-pilose and 
with numerous yellow glands below, doubly serrate, with about 
7-8 pairs of spreading nerves which are impressed above and very 
prominent below and 3-fid near the margin. Flowers not known.— 
A. Cheval, Monogr. Myric. 151. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Usambara; forests near Mlalo, 
4350 ft., Holst, 513. 
9. M. kilimandscharica, Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 188. A 
shrub; branches fairly stout, very markedly lenticellate, rather 
densely puberulous and glandular especially when young. Leaves 
petiolate, rather dense, oblong or oblong-elliptic, rounded at the 
apex, subacute or rounded and somewhat unequal-sided at the 
base, 1-3 in. long, $-1} in. broad, entire or slightly toothed in 
the upper part, often with conspicuously recurved margins when 
dry, coriaceous, glabrous and rather closely reticulate above, densely 
covered below with small yellowish glands ; midrib very prominent 
below ; lateral nerves about 10 on each side of the midrib, diverging 
from it at a very wide angle, mostly 2-furcate towards the margil, 
usually distinct on both surfaces ; petiole 2}~4 lin. long, glandular. ~ 
Flowers dicecious. Male spikes numerous, axillary, three or fout 
times as long as the petiole, dense-flowered ; rhachis glabrous; 
bracts broadly ovate-rhomboid, 3 lin. long, about 1 lin. broad, sub- 
membranous, glandular on the back, sparingly ciliolate; stamens 
6-8; anthers 4 lin. long, very sparingly pubescent or glabrous. 
Female inflorescences numerous, axillary, solitary, slender, usually 
about half as long as the leaf; rhachis densely glandular; bracts 
broadly rhomboid, submembranous, 3 lin. long, 1} lin. broad, with 
an area of glands up the middle outside, ciliolate ; hypogynoUs 
scales 3-4, rounded, fleshy, glandular outside, ciliate; ovary PU 
bescent and glandular ; styles spreading, free to the base, slender, 
1 lin. Jong. Fruits ellipsoid, 2 lin, long, densely warted, warts 
