066 cxxii. EUPHOiiBiACE^ (hutchinsox). [Moesobotrya. 



3-8 in. long, Ij-SJ in. broad, membranous, margin distinctly repand- 

 denticulate, glabrous on both surfaces except on the sparingly setulose 

 midrib and lateral nerves below ; lateral nerves 6-8 on each side, looped 

 near the margin, prominent on the lower surface ; tertiary nerves distinct, 

 somewhat distant, subparallel or branched ; veins slender, slightly con- 

 spicuous below; petiole 1-2 in. long, rather slender, slightly swollen at 

 the apex, more or less setulose-pubescent, at length glabrous or nearly so ; 

 stipules subulate as in M. florihunda^ but very soon deciduous and not 

 at all persistent. Male racemes solitary when borne in the leaf -axils of 

 the young shoots, two or three in a cluster when produced in the axils of 

 the lower leaves, l-lj in. long when young, at length elongating to 8 in. ; 

 axis rather shortly pubescent when young, becoming nearly glabrous 

 when older ; bracts ovate, subacute, slightly pubescent ; pedicels scarcely 

 J lin. long. Calyx-lobes 4-5, ovate, slightly pubescent or glabrous at 

 maturity. Stamens 4-5, when 4, then one of the filaments much thicker 

 than the others. Disk-glands large and fleshy, contiguous, more or less 

 pubescent. Rudimentary ovary columnar, terete, pubescent. Female 

 inflorescences subsolitary or few together on the second -year wood ; 

 bracts, pedicels and calyx as in the male. Disk ciipular, short, very 

 shortly ciliolate, otherwise glabrous. Ovary oblong-ellipsoid, glabrous; 

 styles 2, very short, bifid, the lobes recurved. Infructescences 2j-oJ in. 

 long, bearing not more than 15 fruits. Fruits ellipsoid, 4 lin. long, 

 o lin. in diam., covered with a fine glaucous bloom. Mature seeds not 

 seen. — Ikiccaurea sparsiffora, Scott-Elliot in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxx. 97. 

 M. Bonnetii, B. longispiaita, B. Gagnejxdnii^ B. Poissonii, B. Glaziovii, 

 and B. Caillei, Beille in Bull. Soc. Hot. France, Iv. Mem. viii. 58-61. 

 B. cavalliensis, Beille, I.e. Ivi. Mem. viii. 121. 



tipper Guinea. French Guinea: Fouta Jallon ; Kouria, CailJe, 14770! 

 14699! 1484U! between tlie Santa Kiver and Timbo, Chevalier, 12007! 12820! 

 Sierra Leone: various localities, Scott -Elliot, 4035! 4543! 4746! 5311! 5813! 

 Ivory Coast: Uingerville, Chevalier, 15227! 15229! 15232! 15418! 15511! 

 15512! Prolo, Chevalier, 19872! between Grabo and Tate, Chevalier, 19759! 

 Gold Coast: Aburi, Johnson, 1067! 



5. M. hirtella. Pax in Engl. Jahrb.xxviii. 21. A shrub 10-14 ft. high. 

 Leaves oblong, acuminate, acute at the base, about 4 J in. long and 2-2^ 

 in. broad, coriaceous, glabrous below except the minute marginal teeth ; 

 petiole Ij in. long; setulose; stipules setaceous, pubescent, deciduous. 

 Flowers of both sexes racemose ; racemes axillary, females IJ-l J in. 

 long, males somewhat longer. Male flowers : Calyx-lobes 5, ovate. 

 Stamens 5. Disk-glands filiform. Rudimentary ovary depressed, 

 hirtellous. Female flowers : Calyx-lobes ovate. Disk shortly urceolate. 

 Ovary 2-celled ; styles 2, erect, short, undivided. Fruits (immature) 1- 

 seeded, ellipsoid, 3 lin. long, sparingly setulose. — De Wild, it Durandin 

 Bull. Herb. Boiss. 2me ser. i. 836, and Reliq. Dewevr. 206 ; De Wild. Miss. 

 E. Laurent, 127, and Etudes Fl. Bas- et Moyen-Congo, i. 275, ii. 268. 



Xiower Guinea. Lower Congo: various localities, .Btt^at/«>, Gillet, 1478, 1678, 

 1970, 2037, 2123, 2300, Oddon. 



Soutb Central. Belgian Congo : Dyuma Valley, Gentil, Gillet, 2799, 2819 ; 



