34 CXXIlIc. MORACEZ (Rendle). | Dorstenia. 
9. D. ophiocomoides, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. x1.545. Sufiruticose ; 
stem from a long creeping rooting portion, densely hirtellous as are 
the petioles. Leaves short-stalked, narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate- 
elliptic, apex acuminate, tapering below to a narrow obscurely 
cordate base, margin undulate, 3-4 in. long, a little over 1 in. wide, 
glabrous except for a few sparse short hairs on the veins on the 
paler lower face ; lateral nerves 6-7 on each side, ascending, uniting 
a little within the margin ; petioles 2-3 lin. long. Stipules as in D. 
ophiocoma. Inflorescence solitary; stalk slender, ? in. long (or more), 
sparsely hirtellous as are the outside of the receptacle and the 
bract-arms. Receptacle similar to that of D. ophiocoma but smaller 
(4 lin. in diam.), with a few (4) longer bract-arms 3-1 in. long, and 
about the same number of shorter intermediate. Male flowers 3- 
androus. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Lundi, near Bipinde, 500 ft., Zenker, 2709 ! 
Very near D. ophiocoma but distinguished by its smaller narrower leaves and 
smaller receptacle with unequal bract-arms. 
10. D. laikipiensis, Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1915, 299. A small 
herb becoming woody below; stem and petioles densely hirtellous. 
Leaves shortly stalked, obovate, apex blunt to rounded, base blunt to 
obscurely cordate, margin obscurely undulate, 3-34 in. long, 14-1? in. 
wide, upper face glabrous, lower sparsely hairy mainly on the nerves ; 
lateral nerves about 5 on each side, curving upwards and uniting 
within the margin ; petiole }-4 in. long. Stipules as in D. mungensis, 
persistent. Inflorescence solitary, receptacle broadly convex, hirtel- 
lous, surface orbicular about 4 lin. in diam., the margin prolonged 
into about 15 very unequal bract-arms, varying from triangular 
projections 1 lin. in length, to slender arms nearly #in. long, Endo- 
carp crustaceous, warted, about 1 lin. in diam. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Laikipia Plains, 6000-6500 ft., Baittis- 
combe, 61! 
11. D. mungensis, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 145. Suffruticose; 
stem 6-8 in. high, ascending, rooting below, roots fibrous, stem and 
petioles densely hirtellous. Leaves shortly stalked, elliptic. to 
obovately elliptic, tapering td a shortly acuminate apex and an obtuse 
obscurely cordate base, margin undulate or sometimes with a 
few large irregular teeth in the upper part, 14-3} in. long, 3-1} in. 
wide, glabrous, under surface paler ; lateral nerves 5-7 on each side, 
curving upwards and uniting within the margin ; petiole about } in. 
long. Stipules triangular-subulate, 1-2 lin. long, persisting as long 
as the leaf. Inflorescence solitary ; stalk slender, generally about 
1 in. long, sometimes more, puberulous; receptacle almost hemi- 
spherical, surface suborbicular, 3-7 lin. across, dark purple or greenish, 
with a very narrow margin and generally 4—7 narrow linear glabrous 
bracts }-1 in. long (or more) and intermediate irregularly arranged 
