12° 
: : ; ; : eireiter i a 
intra glaber; lobi 6-7, lineari-lanceolati, subobtusi, circi 
ey —4 mm. lati, carnosi, glabri. Apices antherarum leviter 
exsertae; loculi 6 mm. longi. Stylus circiter 3 cm. longus, 
sl 5 a eee 
; 
a 
exsertus, bilobus, lobis 6-7 mm. longis. F ructus a q 
ambitu depresso-globosus, 4 cm. diametro, prominenter et alte 3 
pleriumbonatus. 
Distris.—Sierra Leone through the coast forest districts to | 
Angola and in the N.E. Belgian Congo:—Sierra Leone: Balso 
Farm, Dec., Scott Elliot 4186; near Ninia, Talla Hills, about 
2000 ft. alt., Feb., Scott Elliot 4901; Bagroo River, Apr., JZann ~ 
810; within a belt of 45-70 miles of “Sierra Leone ”’ [ Free- 
town?|, Garrett 28: Kambui Reserve 
Lane-Poole 193; — 
per, | 
various localities, Thomas 113; 5626; 5686; 5748; 8023; 8470; — 
66; 10390. I 
8509; 8840; 9766 
Liberia: within miles of © 
Monrovia, Whyte; without precise locality, Farmer 347. | 
Gold Coast: Aburi, Johnson 1069; sea-beach at Bushua, near 7 
Dixcove, = Chipp 178; Kumassi, Cummins 43. French 
July, fls., Bates 333; without precise locality, Braun. Fernando 
Po: Nov., Vogel, 188. Gaboon: 
East Belgian Congo: N ilamniamland; on the Jura river, Mar., 
Gaboon river, Mann. North | 
Schweinfurth 3334. Angola: Goluago Alto; near Ponte de Felix — 
Si 
imées, Nov., fl., Welwitsch 4757; borders of forests close to the 
river Delamboa, Jan., fls., and by the A 
lungo, Sept., fr., Welwitsch 4758. 
Scott Eh 
Ogidogbo, and is 
recognised as being very efficacious. 
that the Mendi name is Wawae, and a 
used for stomach trouble and is particula 
worms. 
3. M. lucida, Benth. in Hook. Niger Flora, 406 (1849). 
Trop. Afr. iii 
- MM. citrifolia, var. lucida, icv in Cat. Afr 
Welw. i. 492, 
ast to Angola and North-East Tropical 
Africa :—Gold Coast: i hipp 
Axim, white-flowered tree, Nov., 
; i ity, Brass; Evans 25; Togoland : Marsch, 
May, Krause; near Lome, W 
41; Nigeria: Wes 
feet i 
2322; 2521; 2656. French Congo: - 
11200; without precise locality, Sm 
iii, 191, partim, 
me 
mbaca road at Cami- : 
liot says that this plant is known in Sierra Leone as — 
a well-known native medicine for fever, and : 
Mr. Lane-Poole informs us 
decoction of the leaves 1S 3 
tly suitable for expelling — 
om 
arnecke 177; Sokode, Apr., Ker- — 
Province; — 
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