Macaranga.] cxxii. EUPHORBiACEiE (prain). 937 



orbicular, obscurely 3-lobed, cuspidate, margin subentire, base cordate, 

 6-12 in. long, nearly as wide, subcoriaceous, glabrous, wbite-pruinose 

 and gland-dotted beneath; petiole G-8 in. long; stipules triangular, 

 tomentose. Male flowers in dense lateral panicles, axillary or from the 

 axils of fallen leaves; bracts large, orbicular, laciniate, subtending 

 several flowers. Stamens 2-5. Female flowers in laxer panicles. 

 Calyx tomentose, shortly lobed. Ovary glandular; stigmas densely 

 papillose. — M. Preussii, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 92. Mappa 

 occidentalism MUll. Arg. in Flora, 1864, 467. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Ainbas Buy; Victoria Mountain, 2500 f'L, 

 Jfa?2«, 771 ! Cameroon Mountain, 2000-3000 ft, lfa?m, 1189! 2155! Buena, 2700- 

 3300 ft., Preiiss, 601 ! Deistel, 352 ! 287 ! Lehmhach, 216! Soppo, 2300-3200 ft., 

 Freuss I Fernando Po : at 4000 ft., Mann, 303 ! 



7. M. angolensis, Mull. Arg. in DC, Prodr. xv. ii. 994. A sub- 

 scandent shrub or a short-stemmed tree with long spreading branches ; 

 branches often armed with spines, densely pubescent. Leaves long- 

 petioled, orbicular-ovate, usually slightly 3-lobed, acute, base shallow- 

 cordate, margin with thickened teeth, 4-7 in. long, nearly as wide, sub- 

 coriaceous, glabrous except on the main -nerves above, persistently and 

 closely pubescent on the nerves and veins and gland-dotted beneath ; 

 petiole pubescent, 3-5 in. long ; stipules lanceolate, acute, pubescent. 

 Male flowers in lax lateral panicles, axillary or from the axils of fallen 

 leaves ; bracts ovate, abruptly acute, entire, subtending many flowers. 

 Stamens 2-3. Female flowers in rather dense panicles. Calyx cupular. 

 Ovary pubescent. Capsule usually 2-celled. Seeds small, orbicular. — 

 Ficalho, PI. Uteis, 257 ; Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 981 ; De Wild, 

 fitudes Fl. Bas- et Moyen-Congo, i. 277, ii. 281 ; Th. k Hel. Durand, 

 Syll. Fl. Congol. 495. M. mildhroidiana. Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xliii. 322. 

 Mappa angolensiSf Miill. Arg. in Journ. Bot. 1864, 337. Tanariiis ango- 

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



l^O'wrer Guinea. Lower Congo: Kisantu, Oillet, 166. Angola: Golungo 

 Alto; Serra de Alto Queta and ascent from Sango, Welioitsch, 449 ! 450 ! Cazengo; 

 near Monte Bello, Oossweiler, 664 ! Granja de S. Luiz, Oosstceiler, 4809 ! 



Soutb Central. Belgian Conjio : between Tumba and Kimpese, Gillet ; 

 Ituri district ; Foi t Beni, on the Seraliki, Kwa Mucra, Mildhraed, 2278a ! 2376 ! 



Var. mollis, Prain. Leaves more distinctly cordate at tlie b:ise. — M. mollis, V-.w 

 in Engl. Jabrb. xix. 93 ; Durand & Scbinz, Etudes Fl. Congo, 246; Tb. & Hel. 

 Durand, Syll. Fl. Congol. 496. M. Ouignardi, Beille in Bull. Soc. Bot. Trance, 

 Iv. Mem. viii. 77. 



Ziower Guinea. French Congo: Brazzaville, CAeuaZier, 4048 ! 4153! 4183! 

 Gaboon: near Libreville, Klaine (specimens mucb less pubescent)! 



Soutb Central. Belgian Congo: Lualaba-Kasai district ; Mukenge, Pcy/^f, 

 1352 ! 



8. M, magnistipidosa^ Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xliii. 222. A shrub, 

 perhaps sometimes scandent ; branches glabrous. Leaves long-petioled, 

 orbicular-ovate, shallowly 3-lobed, acute, base deep-cordate, margin 

 sparingly toothed, 8 in. long, nearly as wide, coriaceous, glabrous above, 

 persistently but sparingly pubescent beneath, not gland -dotted, with a 

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



