628 cxxii. KurjiouBiACE.t (hutciiixson). [Megaharla. 



bracts at the base of each spikelet coriaceous, very broadly ovate, rounded 

 at the apex, about 1 h Hn. broad, ciliate and puberulous ; spikelets witli a 

 puberulous stalk up to 2 lin. long ; bracts surrounding the flov.-er several, 

 densely puberulous. Calyx .^-partite ; lobes broadly ovate, obtuse, J lin. 

 broad, membranous towards the margin, very sparingly and minutely 

 puberulous outside, margin shortly ciliate. Petals small, more or less 

 elliptic or obovate, 2-:;-toothed towards the apex. Stamens 5 ; filaments 

 equalling the petals; anther-cells parallel. Disk-glands glabrous. 

 Rudimentary ovary columnar, exp.mded at the top, glabrous. No 

 young female flowers seen. Fruiting panicles up to 6 in. long ; axis 

 angular, sulcate, minutely puberulous. Capsules subsessile or shortly 

 pedicellate, ellipsoid, | in. long, about 7J lin. in diam. ; exocarp crusta- 

 ceous, I lin. broad; endocarp thin and horny. Seeds ellipsoid, about 

 h in. lopg, T) lin. broad, red, shining. — De Wild. Etudes Fl. Bas- et 

 Moyen-Congo, ii. 2S4, name only ; Th. tt Hel. Dur. Syll. Flor. Congol. 

 497, name only. 



Upper Guinea. Caniernoiis : Hipiiule, Zenker, 1083! 2572! 2603! 28-iG ! 

 3550! 



Iiower Guinea, (iaboon : Batii, Triiles, 157 ! Spanish Guinea : Nscliadiun, 

 Tessiuann, 2H5 ! Alon, Tessmann, 138 ! 



Soutb Central. Hclfjian Congo : islands in the Luhinga River, Detckvre, 

 856. Kala, Laurent, 2035. Holouibo, Laurent. 



2. M. ugandensis, JIutcJnnson in Kev; Bulletin, 1910, 57. A 

 forest tree, 50 ft. or more high ; branchlets rather stout, glabrous. 

 Leaves usually clustered towards the ends of tie branchlets, broadly 

 elli})tic or ovate-elliptic, obtuse or shortly acuminate, rounded or very 

 slightly cuneate at the base, ^1-11 in. long, 2-6 in. broad, chartaceous 

 or thinly coriaceous, glabrous and dull on both surface's ; lateral nerves 

 (t-14 on each side, arcuate, tapering and branched towards the margin, 

 prominent on the lower surface ; tertiary nerves reticulate, lax, distinct 

 below; petiole \-i\ in. long, terete, glabrous, thickened and wrinkled 

 at the apex ; stipules present only on the very young shoots, oblong, 

 obtuse, 2 lin. long, \- lin. broad, with a distinct midrib, membianous 

 towards the margin, glabrous. Male inflorescences paniculate ; 

 panicles crowded at the ends of the branchlets; axis of each panicle 

 ()-S in. long, somewhat angled, slightly sulcate, glabrous ; bracts rather 

 broadly ovate-triangular, the largest about 2 lin. long and l^ lin. 

 broad, membranous towards the niargin, glabrous ; primary branches of 

 each inflorescence slender and elongated, the lowei- ones up to A^ in. 

 long; spikelets stalked or sessile, up to J in. long, with a membranous 

 bract at th'e base of each. Calyx 5-partite ; lobes broadly ovate, mem- 

 branous, glabrous. Petals 5, small, elliptic, membranous, glabrous. 

 Stamens 5 ; filaments twice the length of the sepals. Disk-glands 5, 

 alternating with the stamens, fleshy, glabrous. Rudimentary ovary 

 columnar, thick, flattened and expanded at the top, glabrous. Female 

 inflorescence a jianicleof racemes ; bractsas in the male ;' flowers shoitly 

 pedicellate, pedicels elongating in fruit. Calyx and petals as in the 

 male. Disk slioitly eu])ular. undul-.vtely lobed. glabrous. Ovary ovoid. 



1 1- 



