Paivceuea.] oxxii. euphorbiace.e (hutchinson). 627 



with the lobes of the disk, glabrous ; anther-cells distinct, densely beset 

 with minute papillae. Disk thick and fleshy, obconic, pilose on the top. 

 Female flowers pedicellate, solitary or subfasciculate at the ends of the 

 branches; pedicels very stout, fulvous-tomentose, about 2 lin. long. 

 Calyx a little larger than in the male, tribracteate at the base. Disk 

 annular, pubescent. Ovary obovoid, fulvous-tomentose; stigmas 2, 

 sessile, reniform or slightly lobed. Fruit (immature) obovoid or sub- 

 globose, about f in. long and J-3 in. in diam., densely pubescent; 



stigmas persistent. Seeds much compressed ; testa membranous. 



Welw. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvii. 21, t. 7 ; Pax in Enjrl. Hochgebirgsfl. 

 Trop. Afr. 282 ; Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 963; PaX in Baum, 

 Kunene-Samb. Exped. 282. 



Xiower Guinea. Anirola : dry plnces in forests between LopoUo and the River 

 Motnno, Welwitsch, 452 \ Malange district, Qosstveiler, 987 \ 995! 999 1 between 

 Bandeira and Cunene, Qossweiler, 2218 ! Luasenlia River, Kubango River, Qo8$- 

 weiler, 3963 ! I)etween Kubango River and Kassinga, 4200 ft., Baum, 919 ! 



15. MBGABABIA, Pierre ex Hutchinson in Kew Bulletin 



1910, 56. 



Flowers dioecious. Petals present. Male flowers : Sepals 5, imbricate. 

 Petals 5, insert'^d below the disk. Disk-glands 5. Stamens 5, opposite 

 the sepals, inserted between the disk-glands; filaments free; anther-cells 

 distinct, parallel, dehiscing longitudinally. Rudimentary ovary obconic 

 flattened above. Female flowers : Sepals and petals as in the male. 

 Disk shortly cupular, undulately lobed. Ovary 8-celled ; stigmas 3, 

 reflexed, entire; ovules 2 in each cell. * Capsule ellipsoid, entire, locu- 

 licidal, leaving a persistent columella; exocarp crustaceous ; endocarp 

 thin and horny. Seeds ellipsoid; testa composed of three layers, 

 exterior (epidermis) red or reddish- brown, shining, intermediate white 

 spongy, interior crustaceous; albumen scanty; embryo straight; 

 cotyleduns flat and broad. — Trees. Leaves alternate, lax or crowded 

 petiolate, entire, penninerved. Panicles terminal, crowded at the apices 

 of the branchlets. 

 Species 2, endemic. 



Inflorescence hairy I. M. Trillesii. 



Inflorescence glabrous 2. M. ugandentis. 



1. M. Trillesiiy Pierre ex Hutchinson in Kew Btdletin, 1910, 57. 

 A tree ; branchlets terete, glabrous. Leaves obovate or elliptic, obtuse or 

 rounded, obtUwsely cuneate or rounded at the base, 3J-7 in. long, 1 1-4A in. 

 broad, rigidly chartaceous or thinly coriaceous, glabrous and rather 

 dull on both surfaces ; lateral nerves 6-8 on each side, arcuate, branched 

 near the margin, distinct but not raised on the upper surface, prominent 

 below ; tertiary nerves reticulate, veins distinct on both surfaces ; pet iole 

 J-3J in. long, glabrous, usually thickened and wrinkled at the apex; 

 stipules small. Male inflorescences in a terminal cluster surrounded by 

 several leaves, each consisting of a raceme or panicle of Kpikes ; axis of each 

 inflorescence rather stout, up to 3 J in. long, sulcate, densely puberulous ; 



