312 cxxiv. MYRicACEiR (PTutcliinson). [Myrica. 



submembranouR, glabrous outside, ciliate ; stamens 5-6 ; anthers 

 rounded, J lin. long, glabrous. Female infiorescenees not seen. In- 

 fructescences solitary in each leaf-axil, numerous, up to IJ in. long ; 

 axis densely and shortly pubescent ; fruits ovoid-ellipsoid, 2 lin. 

 long, often tipped by two slender styles about 1 lin. long, closely 

 and coarsely warted. — Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 160 ; A. Cheval. Monogr. 

 Myric. 142"; Engl. Jahrb. xlv. 279, fig. G-I. 



Mozamb. Distr. Nyasaland : Mount Mlanji, Whf/if ? ! Blantyro, Buchanan 

 in Hprb. Medley Wood, 0829 6 I Buchanan, T.W 6 ! and without prccisp locality, 

 Buchanan, 350 cf ! 930 9 ' Cazaland : Mount Pent' Forest, 0500 ft., Swynncr- 

 ton, 530 9 ! G084 9 ! near Chirinda, Swynnerlon, 1735 i ! near Mels^it^r, 

 Swynnarlon, 023 9 ! Nyahovi River, Swynnerion, {)iOa 9 ! 



8. M. usambarensis, Enr/l. PJl. Ost-Afr. C. 160. Branchlets some- 

 what densely fulvous-pilose. Leaves very shortly petiolate. oblong, 

 obtuse at both ends (according to ChevaUer H-l| in. long, 1-lJ in. 

 broad), coriaceous, slightly shining above, sparingly long -pilose and 

 with numerous yellow glands below, doubly serrate, with about 

 7-8 pairs of spreading nerves which are impressed above and very 

 prominent below and 3-fid near the margin. Flowers not known. — 

 A. Cheval. Monogr. Myric. 151. 



Mozamb. Distr. German Ea«t Af>ica : Usambara ; forests near Mlalo, 

 4850 ft., iloUt, 513. 



9. M. kilimandscharica, Er}fjl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trap. Afr. 188. A 

 shrub ; branches fairly stout, very markedly lenticellate, rather 

 densely puberulous and glandular especially when 3^oung. Leaves 

 petiolate, rather dense, oblong or oblong-elliptic, rounded at the 

 apex, subacute or rounded and somewhat unequal-sided at the 

 base, 1-3 in. long, -i-lj in. broad, entire or slightly toothed in 

 the upper part, often with conspicuously recurved margins when 

 dry, coriaceous, glabrous and rather closely reticulate above, densely 

 covered below with small yellowish glands ; midrib very prominent 

 below ; lateral nerves about 10 on each side of the midrib, diverging 

 from it at a very wide angle, mostly 2-furcate towards the margin, 

 usually distinct on both surfaces ; petiole 2J:-4 lin. long, glandular. 

 Flowers dioecious. Male spikes numerous, axillary, three or four 

 times as long as the petiole, dense-flowered ; rhachis glabrous ; 

 bracts broadly ovate-rhomboid, J lin. long, about 1 lin. broad, sub- 

 membranous, glandular on the back, sparingly ciliolate ; stamens 

 6-8 ; anthers | lin. long, very sparingly pubescent or glabrous. 

 Female inflorescences numerous, axillary, solitary, slender, usually 

 about half as long as the leaf ; rhachis densely glandular ; bracts 

 broadly rhomboid, submembranous, f lin. long, \\ lin. broad, with 

 an area of glands up the middle outside, ciliolate ; hypogynous 

 scales 3-4, rounded, fleshy, glandular outside, ciliate ; ovary pu- 

 bescent and glandular ; styles spreading, free to the base, slender, 

 ] lin. long. Fruits ellipsoid. 2 lin. long, densely warted, warts 



