810 cxxiv. MYRicACE^ (Hutchinson). \Mynca, 



3. M. kandtiana, Enql. Jahrh. xlv. 278, fig. A-C. A shrub about 

 6 ft. high ; branchlets slender, fairly densely leafy, lenticellate, slightly 

 pubescent when young. Leaves shortly petiolate, oblanceolate 

 or obovate-lanceolate, subacute, attenuated to the base, 2^-3^ in. 

 long, 1-lJ in. broad, subcoriaceous, coarsely and distantly serrate 

 in the upper half, densely covered with minute greyish glands when 

 young, shining above when old, paler beneath ; lateral nerves 10-15, 

 slender, diverging from the prominent midrib at a wide angle, often 

 2-furcate towards the margin ; petiole J-l lin. long. Spikes axillary, 

 solitary, androgynous, the lower part male, the upper female, slender, 

 a little shorter than the leaves, lax-flowered ; bracts shortly ovate, 

 glandular on the back, ciliate ; stamens 4. Female flowers disposed 

 in the upper two-thirds of the spike ; bracts as in the male ; hypo- 

 gynous scales -3-4, ovate-lanceolate; ovary ovoid ; styles spreading, 

 acute. Fruits ellipsoid, IJ lin. in diam., densely warted. — Engl, in 

 Mildbr. Wiss. Ergebn. Deutsch. Zentr.-Afr. Exped. ii. 177. 



Nile Land. Uganda : in swamp at Kirerema, 4000 ft., Dummer, 124 ! 

 1'oro ; Kitakwenda, 4000 ft., Bagshave, 1132 ! 



Mozamb. Distr. Oerman East Africa : Ruanda, Nvanza Mountains, Kandt, 

 19; Karagwc, Scott Elliot, 7501) ! in a Papyrus swamp to tlie west of Lake 

 Mohasi, Mildhraed, 551 ; Kiwu volcano, by Lake Ruhonso, and near the waterfall 

 of Mkimga, Mildhraed, 1813. 



4. M. Meyeri-Johannis, Engl. Hochgehirgsfi. Trop. Afr. 189. A 

 tree 45-60 ft. high ; branchlets densely leafy, very sparingly pu- 

 berulous, with a few fairly conspicuous lenticels towards the base. 

 Leaves small, oblong or elliptic, subacute, rounded or subtruncate at 

 the base, |-1 in. long, J-| in. broad, rigidly coriaceous, serrate or a 

 few of the lowermost entire, glandular on both surfaces, at length 

 minutely pitted ; midrib slightly prominent ; lateral nerves about 

 9 on each side of the midrib, spreading at a wide angle, scarcely 

 raised below ; petiole 1 lin. long or less, slightly glandular. Flowers 

 dioecious. Male spikes axillary, solitary, J-| in. long, dense-flowered ; 

 rhachis pubescent ; bracts broadly triangular-ovate, auriculate, 

 obtuse, glabrous outside, ciliate ; stamens 4-5 ; filaments connate 

 in the lower part ; anthers rounded, J lin. long. Female inflor- 

 escences axillary, lax-flowered, about J in. long ; rhachis tomentulose 

 and glandular ; bracts oblong-elliptic, emarginate, submembranous, 

 1 lin. long, sparingly glandular up the middle, ciliate, otherwise 

 glabrous ; hypogynous scales 4, unequal, broadly elliptic, fleshy^ 

 up to h lin. long, glandular on the back, ciliate ; ovary glandular ; 

 styles slender, shortly connate at the base, 1 lin. long. Fruits not 

 seen.— Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 160; A. Cheval. Monogr. Myric. 151. 



Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa : in forest between Marangu and 

 Madschame, 4200-5400 ft., Mej/er, 332 ; Marangu, Volkevs, 951 6 ! 1203 dC & ? ! 

 1872 9 ! 



