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1615. Sapium <a ahene leas age [ Euphorbiaceae-Croto- 
neae|; affinis S. faradian , Pax, sed foliis multo angustiori- 
bus linearibus vel ieee Tancsslatie obscure denticulatis differt 
Caules erecti, e rhizomate lignoso gracile orti, e bast ai 
apicem foliati, subsimplices, graciles, suleati, glabri. Folia 
linearia vel lineari-lanceolata, apice acuta, basi obtuse rotun- 
data, 1-5-4 cm. longa, 0°3-0-°8 em. lata, wuninervia, rigide 
chartacea, glabra, margine cartilagineo-incrassato minute denti- 
culato basi utrinque “2.3-clanduloso ; petioli 1-2 mm. longi, 
glabri. Inflorescentiae terminales, circiter 3-5 cm. longae, 
superne floribus masculis laxe dispositis, basin versus floribus 
foeminibus 1-2 instructae, _utriusque sexibus ey issime pedi- 
lanceolato-triangulari acuto mm. longo, abe lateralibus 
crassis carnosis glanduliformibus glabris supra concavis 1 
mm, latis suborbicularibus. Flores Calyx profunde 3-loba- 
Ovarium glabrum ; styli 3: fecuirvati, 15 mm. longi. Ca oe 
‘delapsa tantum visa cm. longa, minute verrucosa. Sem 
late oblongo-ellipsoidea, 5 mm. longa, 4 mm. lata, pallids 
straminea. 
-Trortcat Arrica. Northern Nigeria: Katsina Allah, June, 
Dalziel 749. 
1616. Myrica arborea, Hutchinson | Myricaceae]; affinis . 
Kandtianae, Engl., sed foltis ont truncatis et eseanibale 
inflorescentiis unisexualibus differ 
Arbor 6-9 m. alta; rami ma buts Lene 5 mm. gro 
pica arcte Ada ft et glandulos muli ae den 
chartacea vel subcoriacea, plerumque dentata vel serrulata, rarius 
subintegra, utrinque (infra dense) glandulosa, ceterum glabra; ; 
costa infra prominens ; nervi laterales utrinsecus 12-16, a costa 
distincte bifurcati, tenues, utri rinque prominentes; venae 
ultimae vix evolutae; petioli 4-6 mm. longi, 
breviter pubescentes. Flores monoici. Spicae 6 axillares, 
antherae parce pubescentes. Spicae 2 .ad basin ramulorum 
juniorum dispositae vel axillares et petiolis duplo longiores; 
racteae late triangulares, circiter 2 mm. longae, submembra- 
et. extra mR State et leviter pubescentes, ciliatae; 
um et squamae hypo pubescentes et glandulosae; 
stylicomplanati, lati, pogye verrucosi.—M. salicifolia, A. 
