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Tropica AFrica. British East Africa : Nairobi, Battiscombe, 
27, 54; Hutchins. 
€ species is named in compliment to Mr. D. E, Hutchins of 
the British East African Forestry Department. 
Mr. E. Battiscombe has supplied the following information 
regarding this tree: Native name “Muhugu”; Lbean Sandal 
ood ; a tall tree, 90-100 feet high in the forests, at an elevation 
of 5000-6000 feet ; occurs also in the coast forests; bark smooth, 
light grey to almost white, peeling off in long narrow shreds. 
Timber white, hard, easily worked, scented when freshly cut ; splits 
easily, durable and not eaten by termites. Weight 60 lbs. per 
cubic ft. when air-dried; no visible heartwood, annual rings and 
medullary rays not visible. Crown thin, confined to upper fourth 
of the stem; branches upright, not spreading. 
1082. Macaranga Paxii, Prain [Huphorbiaceae - Crotoneae] ; 
affinis M. Zenkeri, Pax. sed foliis longius acuminatis, parce sed 
persistenter pilis longiusculis albis subtus secus nervos obsitis, 
—pen majoribus, bracteis masculis ‘minoribus obtusis crenatisque 
ilfert. 
Frutex vel arbuscula, ramis glabris hine inde spinis rectis ad 
s.  Foli i 0 
8 mm. longis armati a longe petiolata, ovata, 10-20 cm. 
ovatae, acutae, margine ciliatae, 2°5-2'7 cm. longae. Flores masculi 
in paniculas laterales 10 cm. longas, ramis plurimis 2°5 cm. longis 
dispositi ; rhachis minute lepidoto-puberula ; bracteae suborbiculares, 
obtusae, grosse crenatae, florum fasciculos subtendentes, Alabustra 
globosa, minuta, puberula, Stamina saepissime 2, raro 1. Flores 
Jeminez ignoti. 
ROPICAL Arrica. Lower Guinea: Cameroons; Yaunde, 
Zenker § Staudt, 106. 
Very nearly related to M. Zenkeri, Pax, and its allies 
M. monandra, Muell.-Arg., and M. togoensis, Pax, but readily 
distinguished from all three by its larger stipules and its crenate, 
not dentate, bracts, which are much smaller than in M. Zenkeri or 
M. monandra, but in size much resemble those of M. togoensis. 
1083. Macaranga Rowlandii, Prain [Euphorbiaceae-Crotoneae] ; 
species M. Barter’, Muell.-Arg., quam maxime affinis, sed petiolis 
brevioribus et foliis basi manifeste cuneatis differt. 
im ntegra, ba U , SUT 
viridia subtus pallidiora et glandulis parce obsita, penniventa ; 
petiolus 2-3°5 cm. longus; stipulae lanceolatae, caducae. Flores 
4-6 mm. longis dispositi ; rhachis glabra vel minute parce puberula ; 
bracteae ovatac, cuspidatae, breve dentatae, minute puberulae, 
5mm. longae. Flores feminei ignoti. 
TropicaL Arrica, Upper Guinea : Western Lagos, Rowland ; 
Gold Coast, Farmar, 454, 
