Mareya.] cxxii. EUPHORBiACEiE (prain). 911 



clusters, usually only 2, with pedicels twice as long as the calyx, with a 

 central female with pedicel 3-4 times as long as the calyx in each 

 glomerule ; bracts and bracteoles minute. Buds globose, under ^ lin. 

 wide ; calyx-segments green, obtuse. Stamens longer than the calyx- 

 lobes. Female calyx-lobes acute. Ovary puberulous ; styles shortly 

 connate at the base. Capsule globose, 3-dymous, ^ in. across. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Bipinde, Zenker, 1794 ! 



wrile Iiand. Uganda : Southern Buddu, 4800 ft., Dawe, 970 ! 



Kow^er Guinea. Spanish Guinea : Bebao Campo, Tessmann, 723 ! 



Soutb Central. Belgian Congo: Eastern Prov.; Mawaiubi, Mokoko, Mild- 

 braed,29^2\ Awakubi, Abarangu, Mildbraed, Z119 I 



2. M, micrantha. Mull. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 792, excl. var. 

 leonensis. Shrub, monoecious, 10-12 ft., or occasionally a small tree 

 20-25 ft. high ; twigs puberulous. Leaves petioled, moderately firm, 

 ovate or ovate-oblong, rarely obovate-lanceolate, shortly acuminate, 

 slightly toothed upwards, entire and narrowed from about the middle 

 to the cuneate base, 4-7 in. long, lJ-3 in. wide, quite glabrous above, 

 glabrous beneath or sometimes faintly puberulous on the midrib near 

 the base ; petiole sparingly puberulous, J-| in. long ; stipules short, 

 triangular, puberulous, deciduous. Spikes numerous, slender, flexuous, 

 usually considerably longer than the leaves ; rhachis very finely 

 puberulous. Male flowers in sessile clusters ; bracts ovate, minute. 

 Buds globose, under J lin. wide ; calyx-segments green, obtuse. 

 Stamens longer than the calyx-lobes. Female flowers in the lower 

 nodes, usually solitary, sometimes accompanied by 2 or more males. 

 Capsule somewhat depressed ; cocci 3, semiorbicular, pale brown, 2 lin. 

 wide. — Benth. in Hook. Ic. PI. t. 1281. Acalypha micrantha, Benth. in 

 Hook. Niger Fl. 505. 



Upper Guinea. Soutbern Nigeria : Oban, Talbot, 45 ! Cameroons : 

 J()banii-Albrechtsb5he, Staudt, 494 ! 760 ! near Victoria, Preuss, 1376 ! Winkler, 

 604! Babong, 830 ft., Ledermann, 1150 \ Semukina. 2000-2300 M., Ledermann, 

 1202 ! Babanga, Binklage, 1405 ! Bipinde, Zenker, 2082 ! 4202 ! Fernando Po : 

 Goderich Bay, Vogel, 210 ! Mann, 209 ! 235 ! 435 ! 



:Lower Guinea. Spanish Guinea : Bebao, Tessmann, 829 ! Gaboon ; Klaine, 

 85! 553! 



3. M. spicata, Baill. Adansonia, i. 74. Tree, monoecious, reaching 

 50 ft. in height ; twigs pubescent. Leaves petioled, moderately firm, 

 obovate-lanceolate, shortly and rather obtusely acuminate, slightly to 

 coarsely toothed upwards, entire and narrowed from beyond the middle 

 to the narrowly cuneate base, 4-8 in. long, lJ-3 in. wide, glabrous or 

 with only the midrib slightly pubescent above, often with rather stiff 

 spreading hairs on the nerves beneath ; petiole finely pubescent, ^-1 in. 

 long; stipules short, triangular, pubescent, deciduous. Spikes numerous, 

 rather stiff, about as long as the leaves; rhachis densely pubescent. 

 Male flowers fragrant, in sessile clusters ; bracts ovate, minute. Buds 

 globose, J lin. wide; calyx-segments white, very obtuse. Stamens as 



