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possibly therefore the species is a dioecious one. In the other species 
the spikes have female flowers only towards the bases of the spikes, 
with males in clusters higher up. 
1326, Macaranga gabunica, Prain [Euphorbiaceae-Crotoneae| ; 
species M. Klaineanae, Pierre, proxime accedens, sed foliis 
majoribus ambitu triangulari-ovatis nec elliptico-oblongis, petiolis 
elongatis, stipulis caducis, capsulisque multo majoribus stylis minus 
lateralibus facillime distinguenda. 
eccentros, Capsula 1-cocca, 1-sperma, 2-valvis, subglobosa, dense 
rufo-puberula, basi styli minopere lateralis persistente coronata, 
1 cm. lata. , 
Tropican Arrica. Lower Guinea: Gaboon; Libreville, 
Klaine, 642; 643; 1152; 1153. French Congo: Niouneron, 
Lecomte, 
1327. Macaranga Klaineana, Pierre Mss. ex Prain [Euphor- 
biaceae-Crotoneae]; species ut videtur M. Pynaerti, De Wild., 
affinis, differt tamen stipulis persistentibus, tomento rufo-puberulo, 
bracteis flores subtendentibus quam eae sub panicularum ramulis 
-majoribus. 
Frutex scandens, 5-6=metralis. Ramuli graciles, rufo-puberuli, 
Sparsim spinulosi; spinuli brevissimi, conici. Folia distincte 
petiolata, ovata vel elliptica, longiuscule caudato-acuminata, 
margine integra; basi rotundata, 4-7°5 cm. longa (acumine 
0°7-1°5 em. longo incluso), 2-3 cm. lata, chartacea, supra saturate 
viridia, exsiccando bruimea, glabra, subnitida, subtus pallida, secus 
nervos parce rufo-pubescentia, ceterum glabra, glanduloso-punctata; 
nervi primar utrmsecus 4-5, a scendentes, sub margine anastomo- 
