942 cxxii. EUPHORBiACEiE (prA-In). [Jlocarcivga, 



ovate, subtending several flowers. Female flowers unknown. — Th. it 

 Hel. Durand, Syll. Fl. Congol. 496. 



Jao-wer Guinea. Belgian Congo: Stanley Pool clistriefc; Kisantu, Gillet, 1840. 



Evidently very closely allied to, if not a form of, M. Poggei. 



21. M. Laurentiiy De Wild. Etudes Fl. Bas- et MoTjen-Congo, ii, 

 282. A small tree ; branches glabrous. Leaves petioled, elliptic- 

 obovate, somewhat acuminate, base rounded, margin entire, 3-5i in. 

 lonof, glabrous, shining above, dull and gland-dotted beneath ; petiole 

 4-1^ in. long; stipules triangular, acute, caducous. Male flowers in 

 «mall lateral panicles ; bracts large, ovate, acute, irregularly toothed, 

 finely pubescent and glandular. Female flowers unknown. — Th. tt 

 Hel. Durand, Syll. Fl. Congol. 496. 



Soutb Central. Belgian Congo: Eciuatorial district; Eala, ia«re«^, 1304 ; 

 Pgnaert, 1278. 



22. M. Barter!, Mull. Arg. in Flora, 1864, 535. A small tree; 

 branches glabrous. Leaves long-petioled, oblong, acute, narrowed to 

 two very minute lobes at the base, margin entire, 5-6 in. long, 2-3 in. 

 wide, firmly membranous, glabrous on both sides ; petiole 2^-4 in. 

 long ; stipules caducous. Male flowers in small peduncled axillary 

 panicles ; bracts large, ovate, acute, subtending numerous flowers. 

 Stamens 2. Female flowers in axillary corymbose racemes ; bracts as in 

 the males. Oilyx very small, lobed. Capsule irregularly ovoid or 

 globose; pedicels very long. — DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 1015. J/. Heudelotiiy 

 var. nitida, Beille in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, Iv. Mem. viii. 79. 



Upper Guinea. Sierr;i Leone: Liniba, Scoff 'Elliot, 5668! Ivory Coast: 

 Bingerville district; Abidjean and Dabou, Chevalier, 15161! 15274! 15414! 

 16197 bis! Zaranou, Chevalier, 16207 bis! Bouroukrou, Chevalier, 16830! and 

 witbout precise locality. Jolly, 137! Gold Coast: Aburi Hills, Johnson, 296 1 

 Akwapim Hills, Johnson, l^^l Togo: ^a«»mnH, 162 ! Soutliern Nigeria: Lagos, 

 Millen, 28 ! 125! Onitsa, Barter, 1654 ! Cross River Expedition, Johnston ! 



Imovrer Guinea. Spanish Guinea : Nkolentangan, 1500 ft., Tessmann, 9 ! 



23. M. Rowlandii, Prain in Kev) Bulletin, 1910, 127. A small 

 tree ; branches glabrous. Leaves petioled, oblanceolate-oblong, abruptly 

 and shortly acuminate, base cuneate, margin entire, 3-4 in. long, IJ- 

 1| in. wide, glabrous and dull above, paler, glabrous and sparingly 

 gland-dotted beneath; petiole |-H in. long ; stipules lanceolate, cadu- 

 cous. Male flowers in small narrow lateral panicles ; bracts ovate, 

 cuspidate, shortly toothed, finely pubescent, subtending several flowers. 

 Stamens 2. Female flowers unknown. 



Vpper Guinea. Gold Coast, Farmar, 454 ! Western Lagos, Rowland ! 



24. M. lancifolia. Pax in Engl. Jahrh. xliii. 322. A medium- 

 sized tree ; branches glabrous. Leaves petioled, lanceolate or oblong- 

 lanceolate, acute, base cuneate, margin entire, 4-5 in. long, Ij-l^ in. 

 wide, coriaceous, rather shining and glabrous above, paler, glabrous and 

 closely gland-dotted beneath ; petiole IJ-H in. long, with a pair of 



