936 cxxii. EUPHORBiACE^ (prain). [Mocaranga, 



De Wild. Etudes Fl. Bas- et Moyen-Congo, ii. 283 ; Th. & H61. Durand, 

 Syll. Fl. Congol. 406. M. angolensis, Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i, 

 981, second section, not of Miill. Arg. 



Upper Guinea. Southern Nigeria: Oban, Talhot, 112! 1377! 1431! 

 Cameroons; Bii)inde, ZewArer, 1315 ! 2178! 2178a! 2821! 



XiO\irer Guinea. Angola : Bamba, Monteiro ! Ambriz, Welwitsch, 451 ! 



Soutb Central. Belgian Congo : Eqtmtorial district, Eala, Pynaert, 1491 t 

 Ikenge, Huyghe ; Lualaba-Kasiii district; Mukenge, Pogge, 1391 ! 



4. M. heterophylla. Mull. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 993. A 

 shrub or tree reaching 20 ft. in height ; branches armed with spines, 

 at first rusty-pubescent. Leaves long-petioled, rounded -ovate, deeply 

 o-lobed, less often 3-lobed, lobes oblong, long-acuminate, margin 

 sinuately toothed, base wide-cordate, 1 2 in. long, nearly as wide, firmly 

 membranous, glabrous on both sides when mature, gland-dotted be- 

 neath, with a pair of marginal glands at the junction with the petiole ; 

 petiole H in. long; stipules large, triangular, firm, 1^ in. long, persistent. 

 Male flowei-s in axillary panicles ; bracts triangular, keeled, subtending 

 several flowers ; bracteoles ovate-triangular, laciniate. Stamens o ; fila- 

 ments united at the base. Female flowers in axillary racemes ; bracts 

 as in the males, subtending 2-3 flowers. Sepals 4, ovate-triangular. 

 Capsule 2-celled. Seed ovoid. — Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pi. Welw. i. 981. 

 M. Schweivfurlhii, Cummins in Kew Bulletin, 1898, 79; not of Pax. 

 M. quinquelohata, BeiDe in Bull. Soc, Bot. France, Iv. Mem. viii. 78. 

 Map-pa heterophylla^ Miili. Arg. in Journ. Bot. 1804, 336. I'anaruis 

 heterojihyllvs, O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. ii. 620. 



Upper Guinea. Seneg;nn})ia : between Diangon and Sindiulone, Chevalier, 

 15770 ! French Guinea : FoutH-.Ialon, near tl>e Kotikoure Kiver, Chevalier, 14751 1 

 between La Santa and Timba, Chevalier^ 12596! Kouria, C/i^ra/iVr, 16003 ! Sierra 

 Leone: forests of Sugnrlouf Mountain, Don! Barter! TVelvntsch, 464! route 

 to Lester Peak, Scott-Elliot, 3835! Scarcies River, near Buya-Buya, Scott-Elliot, 

 4767 ! Ivory Coast : Hingerville district; Abidjean and Dabou, Chemlier, 16260! 

 Agueiby Valley, V^oguie, Chevalier, 17136! Gold Coast: Ashanti, Cummins, 132 t 



5. M. dibeelensiSy De Wild. Etudes Fl. Bas- et Moyen-Congo^ 

 ii. 281. A small tree ; branches often armed with spines, at first 

 densely pubescent. Leaves long-petioled, rounded-ovate, 3-lobed, lobes 

 acuminate, margin irregularly toothed, base cordate, 5-13 in. long, 

 nearly as wide, subcoriaceous, pubescent on both sides, especially on 

 the nerves, gland-dotted beneath, with a pair of marginal glandular 

 recesses at the junction with the petiole ; petiole 3-8 in. long; stipules 

 lanceolate, acute, nearly 1 in. long, caducous. Male flowers in axillary 

 panicles ; bracts ovate or obovate, toothed at the tip, subtending many 

 flowers. Female flowers unknown. — Th. & Hel. Durand, Syll. Fl. 

 Congol. 495. 



Soutb Central. Belgian Congo : Kasai ; Dibele, Laurent, Flamigni, 189 ; 

 Equatorial district; below Bolumbo, Laurent. 



6. M. occidentalism Mall. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 994. A tree 

 30-50 ft. high ; branches stout, brown-pubescent. Leaves long-petioled. 



