668 cxxii. EUPHORBfACE^ (HUTCHINSON ). [M cesohotrya^ 



S-celled, ovoid, densely white-tomentose. Styles 3, linear, undivided^ 

 glabrous. Fruits (immature) ellipsoid, about 3 lin. long, IJ lin. in 

 diam., sparingly adpressed-pubescent. Pedicels in the fruiting stage 

 reflexed, minutely puberulous. — Baccaurea hipindensis, Pax in Engl. 

 Jahrb. xxxiv. 3G8. Mareya micrantha, De Wild. Etudes Fl. Bas- et 

 Moyen-Congo, ii. 285, not of Miill. Arg., nor of Pax in De Wild. & 

 Durand, Reliq. Dewevr. 213. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Bipinde, Zew^er, 1878 ! 2598! 3010! 

 Soutli Central. Belgian Congo : Lusambo^ Laurent ! 



8. M. oblonga, Hutchinson. Branchlets sparingly hirsute when 

 young, terete. Leaves oblong, somewhat acutely triangular-acuminate, 

 slightly rounded or subcuneate at the base, 2^-5^ in. long, 1-lf in. 

 broad, rigidly membranous, margin entire, glabrous on both surfaces ; 

 lateral nerves 8-10 on each side, distinctly looped a little distance from 

 the margin, prominent only on the lower surface ; tertiary nerves lax 

 and branched ; petiole 2-4 lin. long, sparingly hirsute ; stipules lanceo- 

 late-subulate, about 1 lin. long, soon falling off. Male flowers not 

 known. Female! racemes solitary and axillary on the young leafy 

 branchlets, 3J-5 in. long ; axis rather densely puberulous ; bracts 

 linear, pubescent, \ lin, long ; pedicels scarcely 1 lin. long, puberulous. 

 Calyx-lobes 3 or more rarely 4, ovate, rounded at the apex, ciliate and 

 sparingly pubescent. Disk annular, densely ciliate. Ovary obliquely 

 ovoid, very sparingly setulose or almost glabrous ; styles 3, veiy short, 

 deeply bifid, glabrous. 



Upper Guinea. Liberia: within 20 miles of Kakatown, Whyte ! 



9. M. Staudtiiy Hutchinson. A tree ; branchlets hispid. Leaves 

 elliptic or slightly obovate-elliptic, slightly acuminate, rounded or only 

 very slightly narrowed to the ba.se, 4|^-5J in. long, about 2 J in. broad^ 

 membranous, hispidulous on both surfaces; lateral nerves 7-9 on each 

 side, faintly looped and reticulate towards the margin, slightly con- 

 spicuous on the lower surface; petiole 1J-2J in. long, slightly sulcate, 

 hispid with yellowish- brown hairs; stipules small, subulate. Male in- 

 florescences simple or subsimple, crowded on the older wood at the 

 base of the young shoots ; bracts ovate, densely pubescent ; pedicels very 

 short. Calyx-lobes 5, ovate, obtuse, ciliate. Disk-glands large and 

 fleshy, contiguous, densely pubescent. Stamens 5 ; anther-cells distinct. 

 Budim en tary ovary columnar, very hairy. Female racemes in clusters, 

 arising from the old wood, up to 3 J in. long; axis rather densely 

 puberulous, somewhat stout ; bracts ovate-triangular, acute, pubescent ; 

 pedicels scarcely 1 lin. long, glabrous. Calyx 5 -partite ; segments ovate- 

 triangular, sparingly ciliolate. Disk somewhat fleshy, cupular and 

 enclosing about half of the glabrous ovary, sparingly pubescent on both 

 sides. — Baccaurea Staudtii, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xxiii. 521 ; De Wild. & 

 Durand, Reliq. Dewevr. 205. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Lolodorf, Standi, 333! Abonando, RudatU,. 

 63! 



