800 cxxii. EUPHORBiACEiE (hutchinson). [MUdlrcedia^ 



lao-wer Guinea. CJaboon : (Jaboon River, Mann, 926 ! near Libreville, 

 Klaine, 846 ! 1129 ! 1261 ! 1926 ! 2929 ! 



2. M. paniculata, Pax in Engl. Jahrh. xliii. 319. A tree; young 

 branchlets stellate-tomentellous, at length glabrous or nearly so. Leaves 

 undivided, lanceolate-obovate or oblanceolate-elliplic, shortly and acutely 

 acuminate, very obtuse at the base, l|-6 in. long, J-2J in. broad, 

 repand-dentate with acute teeth, membranous, sparingly setose with 

 simple hairs on the upper surface when young, slightly stellate-pubescent 

 below, at length glabrous ; lateral nerves 7-10 on each side, distinct 

 and raised on both surfaces ; tertiary nerves subparallel, distinct on 

 both surfaces; petiole J-JJ in. long, subterete, stellate-tomentellous; 

 stipules subulate, Ij lin. long, setulose. Male cymes few-flowered: 

 peduncle slightly supra-axillary, slender, about 1| in. long, stellate- 

 puberulous; bracts linear-subulate, IJ lin. long, pubescent; pedicels 

 about 1 lin. long, shortly pubescent : Sepals broadly oblong, truncate 

 at the apex, 1 lin. long, | lin. broad, stellate-puberulous on the lower 

 half outside, submenibranous and glabrous around the margin in the 

 upper part, glabrous within. Petals orbicular, striate, glabrous, about 

 j lin. in diam. Disk-glands fleshy, pubescent. Stamens 20 ; filaments 

 glabrous. Receptacle shortly setulose. Female cymules arranged in 

 a lax raceme, the terminal flower of each cymule developed, the rest 

 abortive ; peduncle 4-7 in. long, stellate-pubescent ; bracts subulate- 

 filiform, up to \ in. long; branches spreading, slender, up to 2J in. 

 long ; pedicels \ in. long, stellate-puberulous. Sepals ovate, rounded 

 at the apex, 1^ lin. long, | lin. broad, subcoriaceous, stellate-puberulous 

 outside, glabrous within. Petals ovate, obtuse, IJ lin. long, IJ lin. 

 broad, membranous, striate, glabrous outside, shortly pubescent in the 

 lower half within. Disk saucer-shaped, densely setulose-pubescent. 

 Ovary slightly trilobed, setose and stellate-pubescent ; styles spreading, 

 bilobed to near the base, glabrous, lobes slightly flattened. Mature 

 fruit not seen. — Pax in Engl. Pflanzenr. Euphorb.-Cluytieae, 11, tig. 2, 

 Croton cavalliensis, Beille MSS. 



TTpper Guinea. Ivory Coast: Cavally Uiver basin, betueeji Oubi and Fort 

 Binger, Chevalier, 19283 bis ! Keeta village, Chevalier, 19332 ! between the Greater 

 Sassandra and the middle Cavally Rivers, Chevalier, 19259 ! 19286! 



Soutb Central. Belgian Congo : Ituri District ; Njiapanda, Mildhraed, 

 2920! 3189! 3197. 



3. M. fallax, Ilntohinson. Branchlets densely and stellately 

 pubescent. Leaves undivided, obovate or oblong-elliptic, very acutely 

 acuminate, rounded or slightly narrowed to a very obtuse or subcordate 

 base, 1 J-7 in. long, J-3 in. broad, remotely denticulate or repand-dentate 

 in the upper part, entire in the lower fourth, chartaceous or membranous, 

 shortly and rather densely stellate-pubescent below, the same at first 

 above but at length glabrous ; lateral nerves 5-8 on each side, distinct 

 and raised on both surfaces ; tertiary nerves lax, subparallel, prominent 

 on both sides; petiole J-l| in. long, stellate-tomentellous; stipules 

 linear-subulate, 2J lin. long, pubescent. Male cymes axillary, peduncu- 



