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shorter ones 4 lin. or more in length. Male flowers 2-androus ; 
female scattered sparsely on the more central portions of the disc ; 
projecting stigmas reddish when dried. Endocarp globose, smooth, 
about 1 lin. in diameter.—Engl. Monogr. Morac. Afr. 16. D. munda- 
mensis, Engl. in Schlechter, Westafr. Kautsch.-Exped. 286 (name 
only), and in Engl. Jahrb. xxxiii. 115. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Mungo and Abo, Buchholz! Bipinde, 1100- 
2200 ft., Zenker, 986 ! 4397 ! 4733 ! Between Mundame and Otam, 600-1000 ft., 
Schlechter, 12883 ! 
Var. bipindensis, Engl. Monogr. Morac. Afr. 17, t. iv. B. Leaves with 1-2 
large teeth on each side, sometimes becoming pinnatifid. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Bipinde, Zenker, 985! 2708 ! 
12. D. variifolia, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 376. Stem decum- 
bent, with ascending branches about 6 in. long, and like the petioles 
densely strigose; internodes 3-8 lin. long. Leaves membranous, 
very variable in shape, ovate, oblong or linear-oblong, entire or 
irregularly 1- to 2-lobed on each side, 13 to 23 in. long, 5-10 lin. 
wide, lobes 1-4 lin. long, 3-6 lin. broad ; lateral nerves few, slender, 
passing into the lobes ; petiole 3—7 lin. long. Stipules small, linear- 
lanceolate. Inflorescences solitary or in pairs; stalk slender, 2-4 
times as long as the petiole, minutely pilose ; receptacle suborbicular, 
2 lin. in diam.; bracts numerous, very narrow-linear, purplish, the 
longer about 14-2 lin. long, the shorter alternating with these, 
scarcely 1 lin. long. Flowers very small, dark violet. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Uhehe; Utschungwe mountains near 
Pongolo, in forest at about 6000 ft., Goetze, 613. 
Not seen. There is some confusion in the description as to the size of the 
receptacle. 
13. D. tenera, Bureau in DC. Prodr. xvii. 271. <A herb 2 ft. 
high (Mann), represented in the herbarium only by the herbaceous 
upper portion of the shoot ; stem slender, flexuous, glabrous except 
at the slightly pubescent apex. Leaves membranous, elliptic, 
narrowing above to an obtuse acumen, cuneate at the base and 
harrowing into the petiole, margin somewhat undulate, 7-9 in. 
long, 23-3} in. wide, glabrous ; lateral nerves 11-13 on each side, 
curving obliquely upwards and uniting within the margin ; petiole 
about 1 in. long. Stipules lanceolate-subulate, persistent, 14-2 lin. 
long. Inflorescence in the axils of the upper leaves ; stalk slender, 
puberulous, 6-7 lin. long; receptacle orbicular, upper face very 
convex, 4 lin. in diam., without a membranous margin but prolonged 
at the edge into about 10 linear, very unequal reflexed rigid bract- 
arms 1}-8 lin. long. Male and female flowers interspersed.—Engl. 
Monogr. Morac. Afr. 12. 
Lower Guinea. Spanish Guinea: Corisco Bay, Mount John, on the River 
Kongui, Mann, 1776 ! 
