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Folia breviter yee obovato- vel ee -lanceolata, acuta, basi 
2 connate, nervis saturate Viridibus ae ad 6 lin. longe. Cyathiwm 
subsessile, subglobosum, 11 lin. longum, leve, uno Jatere ad medium 
fissum, 5-lobum, lobis membranaceis dentiewiatis glabris inzequalibus 
glandula subannulari Lees integro recurvo circumdatis et equatis 
Flores ut in M. echinulato. Capsula iene ile 2-3 lin. longa, 
levis. Semina chem verruculis albis obsit 
British Cenrran Arrica. North Nyasaland, between Kondowe 
and actin, at 2000-3000 ft., Whyte. 
The general appearance of the inflorescence of M. leve is rather 
similar to that of certain species of the section Sop geet of Euphorhna, 
on account of the large involucral bracts.—Orro Strap 
Fig. 1, cyathium Ft Laraprucesong. o erage of the same; 3, part of ber 
cyathium, seen from w cym male flowers; 5, fimbri ate radial bra 
All enlarged. Fig. 6, ni hie of M. ae Enlarged, 
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