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2. M. RivuLAEis Welw. ex Hiern, Cat. Welw. Afr. PL 452 

 (1898). 



Angola : Huilla, in dense forests by cataracts near Lopollo, 

 Wehuitsch, 1118 ! Hb. Mus. Brit. 



A stout shrub, climbing extensively to a height of 30 ft. 



3. M. Afzelii G. Don, Syst. iii. 490 (1834). 



Sierra Leone : Afzelius ! Don, 130 ! et s. n. ! Barter ! Hart ! 

 Smythe, 14 ! Smeathmann ! Scott Elliot, 4166 ! South Nigeria : 

 Ibu, Vogel, 7 ! Hbb. Mus. Brit., Kew. 



A shrub or tree, reaching about 20 ft. high, growing near 

 streams. 



4. M. monticola Krause in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xlviii. 406 (1912). 

 Uluguru : Holtz, 1720. 



5. M. Buntingii Wernham, sp. nov. Frutex ramulis puberulis, 

 foliis ellipticis v. oblongis ca. 10-12 cm. x 4*5-6 cm. basi saepius 

 acutis breviter acuminatis acuto apice, supra scabrello-pubescenti- 

 bus subtus discoloribus in venis sparse strigillosis aliter nisi 

 minute papillosis glabris, venis secundariis utrinque ca. 12, petiolo 

 gracili puberulo 1-1-5 cm. ; stipulis diutius persistentibus trian- 

 gularibus apice bifido ad 4-5 mm. longis; infiorescentia trichotoma 

 pedunculis ad 5 cm. longis puberulis, cymulis ca. 6-8-floris ; 

 calycis ut ovarium sparsiuscule strigillosi lobis brevissimis pler- 

 umque triangularibus apice subsetaceo, uno in laminam ovalem 

 petiolo ad 2-5 cm. nonnunquam producto ; corolla tubo gracili ad 

 2*5 cm. vix ampliato, extus insuper saepius strigilloso nonnun- 

 quam glabro, limbo patente 1 cm. diam. excedente lobis ovalibus 

 acutissimis nee acuminatis. 



Liberia : Gola, Begwai, in farm-scrub, Bunting, 144 ! Kaka- 

 town, Whyte ! Hbb. Mus. Brit., Kew. 



Resembles M. tenuiflora, but at once distinguished by the 

 short calyx-lobes. 



6. M. Chippii Wernham, sp. nov. Frutex ramulis ferrugineo- 

 puberulis ; foliis ellipticis v. oblongis ca. 10-12 cm. x 5-6 cm., 

 basi brevissime acutis v. subrotundatis, apice breviter acuminatis 

 obtusiusculis, supra aspero-hispidulis subtus in venis strigillosis 

 aliter minute papillosis aliter glabris discoloribus, petiolo dense 

 ferrugineo-pubescente, stipulis ad basin in stipellis duobus trian- 

 gularibus acutis distantibus bifidis; infiorescentia 2-plo tricho- 

 tomis, pedunculis primariis 4-5 cm. longis ; calycis lobis brevibus 

 triangularibus apiculatis ovarium subaequantibus strigillosis nisi 

 uno in laminam ellipticam candidam petiolo 3*5 cm. longo 

 dilatato ; corollce extus sparsissime puberulae tubo insuper parum 

 ampliato nee gracillimo 2*5 cm. excedente, lobis ovatis brevissime 

 acuminatis acutissimis ca. 4-5 mm. x 4 mm. ; ovario brevissimo 

 subglabro. 



Gold Coast : Amokokrom, W. Apollonia, in tall evergreen 

 forest, Chijip, 323 ! Hb. Kew. 



Near the Liberian M. Buntingii, but distinct in the relative 

 length of the ovary, &c. 



7. M. abyssinica Chiovenda in Ann. Bot. Roma, ix. 67 (1911). 



