236 cxxTiic. MORACEiE (Rendlc). [Myrianthus. 



ovoid, about 7 lin. long and 5-6 lin. in diam., fleshy wall of perianth 

 about 1 lin. thick, endocarp about J lin. thick. — Engl. Mon. Morac. 

 Afr. 40, t. xvii. fig. C. Dicranostachys serrata, Trecul in Ann. Sci. 

 Nat. ser. 3, viii. 85, t. 1, figs. 1-8. 



Upper Guinea. French Guinea : near Futa Jallon, Heudelot, 840 ! Ditinn, 

 Chevalier, 12971 ! Sierra Leone : various localities, Scott Elliot, 4439 ! 4560 ! 

 4811 ! 5059 ! 5267 ! 5881 ! Thomas, 157 ! 181 ! 2128 ! 3438 ! 3782 ! 6545 ! 6632 ! 

 6682 ! 8243 ! 8653 ! 8747 ! 9459 ! 9720 ! 9736 ! 10124 ! 10490 ! Liberia : Sinoc 

 Basin, Whyte ! Ivory Coast : Zaranou and Yaou, Chevalier, 162761 ! Gold 

 ( -oast : Atanaso, Chipp, 229 ! Tano River, Chipp, 341 ! Togo : Bismarck- 

 burg, J5iiffwer, 689. Nigeria: various localities, Vogell Barter, llOO I Mann, 

 2273 ! Dalziel, 915 ! 



7. M. cuneifolius, Emjl. Monoqr. Morac. Afr. 40, t. xvii. D. A 

 bush or small, tree " 12 ft. high '" {Mann) ; branchlets cylindrical, 

 clothed when young, like the petioles and inflorescence, with short 

 stiff pointed upcurved hairs ; internodes |-2 in. long, J in. thick, 

 becoming hollow. Leaves leathery, elliptical-oblanceolate, apex 

 acuminate, narrowing below the middle to the obtuse somewhat 

 truncate base, sometimes deeply 3-5-lobed, the two outer lateral 

 lobes much smaller than the median, margin sinuate-dentate, teeth 

 short, pointing upwards, becoming fewer at the base, varj'-ing greatly 

 in size, 6-14 in. long, 2J-6 in. wide, in the lobed leaves the median 

 lobes to 16 in. long, 4|- in. wide, the lateral lobes to 9 in. long and 

 2| in. wide, upper face glabrous and shining, with a dense white 

 tomentum beneath, midrib with ascending lateral veins (about 15 

 on each side) and connecting veinlets prominent beneath ; petioles 

 reddish when dry, very unequal but much shorter than the blade. 

 2-4f in. long. Male inflorescences as in M. serratus, peduncle J-J in. 

 long, the short branches of the last two grades, 3-5 lin. long, bearing 

 a continuous mass of flowers ; bracteoles overtopping the flower- 

 buds, somewhat club-shaped, the broad concave upper part ciliolate ; 

 flowers 2-4-merous ; segments of perianth distinct, with a broad 

 base and a broader rounded concave upper part which is ciliolate 

 on the back ; stamens with filaments sometimes united. Female 

 inflorescence and flowers as in M. serratus, the ovoid perianth covered 

 wn'th stifiish appressed upwardly directed brown hairs. — M. serratus, 

 var. cuneifolius, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 150. 



Lower Guinea. Spanish Guinea : Kongui River, Mann, 1819 ! Gaboon : 

 River Gaboon, Mann, 1051 ! Sibange, Soyaux, 381 ! 



8. M. libericus, Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1915, 354. A bush ; young 

 branchlets, petioles and inflorescence bearing a greyish-brown pubes- 

 cence. Leaves thinly leather}^ broadly oblong-elliptical or 3-fid 

 with a large elliptical-oblong middle segment and small lateral 

 segments, apex abruptly and sharply acuminate, base obtuse, margin 

 unequally toothed, teeth sharp, pointing upwards, 11-12 in. long, 

 5J in. wide, upper face sparsely hairy, lower tomentose as in ilf. 



