M(jbsoboivya.\ cxxii. eupiioubiace^ (hutchinson). 665 



branchlet, 3 lin. long, IJ lin. broad, with a strong pubescent nerve 

 parallel to the concave margin. Male flowers not known. Female 

 racemes axillary on the leafy shoots, solitary, IJ in. long at the time of 

 flowering ; axis puberulous ; bracts minute, triangular, acute, denj-ely 

 pubescent ; pedicels very short. Calyx-lobes 5, broadly ovate, obtuse, 

 cihate, otherwise almost glabrous. Disk annular, short, minutely ciiio- 

 late. Ovary ovoid, 2-celled, glabrous ; styles very short, bifid, spreading. 

 Fruits (immature) ellipsoid, 3 lin. long, 2 lin. broad, glabrous, covered 

 with a glaucous bloom like that of a grape ; pedicels 1 lin. long, puberu- 

 lous.— J/. Sapini, De Wild. Etudes Fl. Bas- et Moyen-Congo, ii. 268 

 (from description). M. Sapmi, var. brevipetio/ata, De Wild. I.e. 2G9. 

 Staphysora Sapini, De Wild. I.e., name only. 



South Central. Belgian Congo : Muene-Putu-Kassongo, -Bu^^wer, 259! valley 

 of the Dyinna lliver ? GentiL Madibi, Kwibu, Kasiii, Bangala, and Dima, Saptn. 



3. M. floribunda, Benth. in Hook. Ic. Fl. xiii. To, t. 1296. 

 Branchlets terete, at first when quite young sparingly setulose- pubes- 

 cent, very soon becouiing entirely glabrous. Leaves elliptic or slightly 

 oblong-elliptic, shortly and rather abruptly acuminate, rounded or very 

 rarely subcuneate at the base, 3-6 in. long, 2-3J in. broad, membranous 

 when young, thinly chartaceous when older, the margin remotely 

 repand-dei I ticulate, glabrous on both surfaces; lateral nerves 6-9 on 

 each side, looped and anastomosing near the margin, prominent below ; 

 tertiary nerves distinct, distant, subparallel ; veins lax, scarcely con- 

 spicuous ; petiole ^-1 J in. long, rather stout, sparingly pilose along the 

 groove on the upper side, otherwise glabrous ; stipujes subulate, about 



2 lin. long, setulose pubescent, subpersistent. Male racemes crowded 

 in the If-af -axils, about 2 in. long ; axis almost glabrous or very spar- 

 ingly puberulous ; bracts small, triangular, acute. Calyx ij-6-lobed ; 

 lobes ovate, obtuse, J lin. long, glabrous. Disk-glaiids large, fleshy, 

 sparingly pilose or almost glabrous. Stamens 5-0; filaments quite 

 free, glabrous ; anther-cells parallel. Rudimentary ovary almost equal- 

 ling the filaments, subentire, slightly pubescent. Female racemes 

 solitary or geminate in each leaf-axil, about 3 in. long ; bracts acute ; 

 pedicels in the fruiting stage about 1 lin. long. Calyx-lobes ovate 

 or obliquely ovate, obtuse, strongly imbricate, glabrous. Disk cupular, 

 short, sparingly ciliolate. Ovary ovoid, glabrous ; styles 2, very short, 

 bilobed, glabrous, the lobes a little recurved. Infructescences slender, 

 3-4 in. long, bearing many fruits. Fruits purple, ovoid or ovoid-globose, 



3 lin. long, 2 lin. in diam., tipped by the persistent styles, glabrous and 

 slightly glaucous. — Antidesma Schiveinfurthii, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 

 530. 



South Central. Belgian Congo : Niamniam ; by the Assika River, SchweinfurU , 

 3124 ! 3322 ! Monbuttu : Munza, Schtceinfurth, 3472 ! 



4. M. sparsiflora, Hutchinson. A climbing shrub or small tree ; 

 young branchlets sparingly setulose, older ones glabrous. Leaves 

 elhptic or oblong-elliptic, rather acutely and somewhat abruptly acumi- 

 nate, rounded at the base or rarely slightly cuneate, very variable in size,. 



