Macaranga.] cxxii. euphorbiace^ (prain). 935 



shaped sacs. Male flowers in axillary panicles; bracts ovate, acute, 

 subtending several flowers ; buds globose. Female flowers unknown, — 

 Dft Wild. Miss. E. Laurent, 130, tt. 39-41 ; De Wild. & Durand, Con- 

 trib. Fl. Congo, ii. 57; Reliq. Dewevr. ii. 212; De Wild. Etudes Fl. 

 Bas- et Moyen-Congo, ii. 283, and Comp. Kasai, 330 ; Durand Sc Schinz, 

 J^tudes Fl. Congo, 245; Th. & Hel. Durand, Syll. Fl. Congol. 406. 



ItO^fer Guinea. Gaboon: Libreville, Klaine, 3080! Lower Congo: 

 Cataract district; between Matadi and Leopoldville, Laurent ! 



Soutb Central. Belgian Congo: Madibi, on the River Kwilu, Sapin ; 

 Equatorial district; near Eala, Pynaert, 717, 1047, Laurent, 1133, liokakata, 

 Dewkvre ; Bangala district ; near Humba, Seret, 35 ; Mjolo, Laurent, 258 ; Seret ; Aru- 

 wimi; Patalongo (Yambuya) Laurent. Kasai; Kondue, Laurent ; Biitempe, Laurent; 

 between Lusambo and the Lomami, Laurent ; Mukenge, Pogge, 1336 ! 1363 ! 



2. M. Schweinfurthii, Pax in Engl. Jahrh. xix. 92. A shrub or 

 tree, sometimes very lofty, reaching 150 ft. in height [Chevalier) ; trunk 

 and branches armed with spines, branches glabrous. Leaves long- 

 petioled, ovate, shallowly 3-lobed, lobes oblong or triangular, acute, 

 margin irregularly toothed, base narrowly deep-cordate, 6-18 in. long, 

 nearly as wide, membranous, becoming firmer with age, gland-dotted 

 beneath, with a pair of glandular processes at the junction with the 

 petiole; petiole 8-16 in. long; stipules large, ovate, acute, Ij in. long. 

 Male flowers in lateral panicles fascicled in the axils of fallen leaves ; 

 bracts concave, thick, entire, subtending many flowers. Stamens 2-5 

 (usually 3). Female flowers in short lateral racemes ; pedicels short, 

 stout. Sepals ovate, obtuse. Ovary glabrous, 2-3-celled ; stigmas 

 spreading. Capsule usually 2-coccous ; cocci J in. across. — Durand it 

 Schinz, Etudes Fl. Congo, 246 ; Th. & Hel. Durand, Syll. Fl. Congol. 

 496. M. Lecomtei, Beille in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, Iv. Mem. viii. 78. 

 M. calophylla, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xliii. 221. 



Upper Gnlnea. Cameroons : Tibati, Ledermann, 2425 ! Songalong, Leder- 

 mann, 2108 ! 



Xortb Central. Darbanda : Boro Valley, Chevalier, 7057 ! 



Xrile Xiand. Uganda: very common, Scott-Elliot, 7351 \ Bagshawe, IIQX 

 1232! 



Ibo^irer Guinea. Fi-encb Congo : Brazzaville, Chevalier, 4207 ! 



Soutb Central. Belgian Congo: Ituri district; Fort Beni on the Semliki, 

 Mildbraed, 2214 ! Ninmniam ; by tiie River Diagbe, Schweinfurth, 3315 ! by the 

 River Yuru, Schweinfurth, 3336! Monbuttu; Muuza, Schweinfurth, 3500! 



3. M. rosea. Pax in EngL Jahrh, xxvi. 328. A tree ; branches 

 stout, sometimes armed with spines, glabrous. Leaves long-petioled, 

 ovate, shallowly 3-lobed, lobes oblong or triangular, acute, margin 

 obscurely toothed, base wide-cordate, 6-12 in. long, nearly as wide, 

 membranous, becoming firmer with age, gland-dotted beneath, with a 

 pair of glandular processes at the junction with the petiole ; petiole 

 4-10 in. long ; stipules large, ovate, acute, 1 in. long. Male flowers in 

 lateral panicles fa«cicled in the axils of fallen leaves; bracts small, con 



cave, subtending many flowers. Stamens 2. Female flowers unknown. 



