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6. D. stipulata, Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1915, 298. Stem leafy, 
erect from a creeping rooting lower portion, woody below becoming 
herbaceous above, about 10 in. high and 1} lin. thick, the soft wood 
impregnated with a yellow resin, internodes generally $-? in. long, 
glabrate. Leaves obovate-elliptic, apex obsoletely acuminate, blunt, 
base cuneate, very bluntor obscurely cordate, margin slightly undulate, 
43-5 in. long, 13-2} in. wide, glabrous; lateral nerves 8 or 9 on each 
side, ascending, upcurving and uniting somewhat within the margin, 
impressed on upper face, prominent below, reticulation prominent ; 
petioles stout, 5-9 lin. long. Stipules linear-subulate from a narrow 
triangular base, 4-6 lin. long, persistent. Inflorescences solitary or 
paired in the leaf-axils, young, flowers not opened ; stalk 3 in. long ; 
receptacle $ in. in diam., resembling that of D. ophiocoma and 
bearing 8 long slender arms, 14 in. long. 
aed Guinea. Gaboon: Mfoa, 85 miles east of Gaboon, in forest, Bates, 
7. D. kribensis, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 271. A glabrous 
herb with an erect stem about 13 ft. high, internodes } in. long. 
Leaves oblong-lanceolate, apex subobtuse, base acute, 4-6 in. long, 
14-24 in. wide, pale yellowish-green beneath; lateral nerves 5-7 
on each side, curving upwards and uniting within the margin; 
petioles 5-7 lin. long. Stipules narrowly triangular, about 3 lin. 
long, persistent. Stalk of receptacle slender, up to 13 in. long ; 
receptacle irregularly and slightly 6-lobed, about 5 lin. in diam., 
with 6 linear bract-arms twice as long as the diameter, sometimes 
with 2-3 shorter ones also. 
a Guinea. Cameroons: Kribi, 3-7 ft. above sea-level, Ledermann, 
8. D. alternans, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 273. Glabrous ; 
stem herbaceous, woody below, ascending from a creeping rooting 
base, about. 8-12 in. high; internodes short, $-} in. long, sometimes 
less. Leaves oblong-elliptic to narrowly elliptic, apex shortly and 
obtusely acuminate, narrowing cuneately below to an acute base, 
margin slightly undulate, 4-54 in. long, 13-1? im. wide; lateral 
nerves 6-8 on each side, curving upwards and uniting within the 
margin, subprominent on the paler lower face; petioles slender, 
5-7 lin. long. Stipules small, narrowly triangular, acute, 1-1} lin. 
long, persistent. Inflorescence solitary in the upper leaf-axils ; 
stalk slender, 14-1} in. long ; receptacle orbicular, shortly 8-lobed, 
about 5 lin. in diam., each lobe bearing a slender bract-arm, 11} in. 
long, slightly dilated at the apex, short intervening arms, about 
t in. long, are also sometimes present. Flowers as in D. ophiocoma. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Elabi, marshy places in the alluvial forest, 
30-50 ft. above sea-level, Ledermann, 537! 
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