944 cxxii. EUPUORBiACE^ (prain). [M(icaranga, 



panicles; bracts at the base of the branches small, those subtending 

 clusters of flowers rather larger, ovate, entire ; stamens 2-3. Female 

 flowers in axillary panicles with branches shorter than the males ; 

 bracts as in the males, but the floral subtending solitary flow^ers. 

 Ovary 1-celled, incurved; style lateral, ascending, incurved, echinate 

 below. Capsule 1-coccous, 1 -seeded, subglobose, bearing the more or 

 less persistent lateral style, l in. in diam. 



X.ower Guinea. Gaboon: Libreville, ^/at«e, 239 ! 347! 1118! 6436! 



28. M. Pynserti, De Wild. Etudes Fl. Bas- et Moyen-Congo, ii. 283. 

 A shrub or tree ; branches armed with spines, at tirst pubescent with 

 spreading hairs, at length glabrous. Leaves petioled, elliptic-ovate, 

 rather long-acuminate with rounded apiculate tip, base rounded or 

 slightly subcordate, margin entire, over 2 in. long, glabrous above, 

 slightly pubescent on the nerves and gland-dotted beneath ; petiole 

 pubescent, J-lJ in. long; stipules caducous. Male flowers in axillary 

 panicles ; bracts at the base of the branches small, these subtending 

 clusters of flowers very minute. Female flowers unknown. — Th. ^ 

 Hel. Durand, Syll. Fl. Congol. 41)0. 



Soutb Central. lielg:ian Congo : Equatorial district ; Eali), Pynaert. 



29. M. spinosa, Midi, Arg. in Flora, 18(U, 4()(>. A shrub or 

 tree, reaching 4U it. in height ; branches long, spreading or pendulous, 

 armed with spines, sparsely pubescent. Leaves long-petioled, oblong, 

 acute, base rounded or slightly cordate, margin entire, 4-5 in. long, 

 2-2^ in. wide, subcoriaceous, slightly pubescent on both surfaces, 

 copiously gland-dotted beneath; petiole 1-1 1 in. long; stipules linear- 

 lanceolate. IMale flowers in small axillary panicles ; bracts minute, 

 Dvate, subtending several flowers ; stamens 2-3. Female flowers in 

 small axillary panicles ; bracts as in males. Calyx urceolate, truncate. 

 Stigmas densely papillose. — DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 1013; Hiern in Cat. Afr. 

 PI. Welw. i. 082. J/, ledermanniana^ Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xliii. 222. 

 Tcmarius spinosus, O. Kuntze, Rev. den. PI. ii. 620. 



Upper Guinea. Caineroons: Yauiule, Zenker, 1407! Nkolebunde, 650 ft., 

 Ledermann, 807 ! Fcrnaiulo Po, Mann, 1160 ! 



Zaower Guinea. French Congo: Kitobi, Lecotnte, B13 I Spanish Guinea : 

 Fang district, Tessmann, 5, partly ! Angola : Golungo Alto, Welwitsch, 447 ! 448 ! 

 Cazengo; near Monte Bello, Gossweiler, Q^\ 



30. M. inopinata, Prain. A tree; branches rusty-pubescent. 

 Leaves petioled, elliptic-ovate, somewhat acuminate, base truncate, 

 margin entire, 2J-4 in. long, 1J-2J in. wide, glabrous and somewhat 

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

 li-2 in, long; stipules large, ovate-lanceolate, rusty-pubescent on both 

 Hides, h in. long. Male flowers in large lateral panicles 4-5 in. long, 

 their branches up to 2 in. long, rhachis and branches glabrous ; bracts 

 rather small, ovate or spathulate, obtuse, entire, finely pubescent. 

 Stamens 3. Female flowers and fruit unknown. 



Mozamb. Distr. Geruiau East Africa : Western Usambara, Kuiuba, i/b/*^ 

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