Dorstenia.| CXXIlIc. MORACEZ (Rendle). 43 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Bave, 2800 ft., Ledermann, 1286. 
Specimens not seen ; evidently very near D. Staudtii, Engl., and perhaps to 
be included under that species. 
30. D. ulugurensis, Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. A. 92 (name only), and 
Monogr. Morac. Afr. 13, t. v. B. Stem about 24 lin. thick, like the 
petioles very shortly and densely hairy with longer hairs intermixed ; 
internodes short, 7-10 lin. long. Leaves oblong-elliptic in outline, 
obtuse at apex and base, unequally pinnatifid, 4-6 in. long, 24-23 in. 
wide at the broadest part, in the long narrow upper portion about 
3 in. wide, grey-green above, paler beneath, lobes spreading, narrow, 
blunt, a few in the lower part of the blade up to 1} in. long, the rest 
much shorter, }-4 in.; petiole semiterete, about 4 in. long. Stipules 
very narrowly subulate, about 5 lin. long. Inflorescence solitary, 
axillary ; stalk 4-3 in. long ; receptacle broadly oblong or rhombiform, 
dark purple, 5 lin. in diam., with a narrow margin and 2-4 larger 
bract-arms up to 24 lin. long and 4lin. broad, obtuse or the two larger 
emarginate, several short tooth-like arms between the longer. 
Female flowers distributed throughout the disc ; ovary contracted 
into a 2-fid projecting style—Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 376. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: East Uluguru ; mountain forest of 
Nghwenn, 5300 ft., Stuhlmann, 8800! South Uluguru ; ascent to Lugwangule 
Plateau, 4500-6500 ft., Goetze, 239. 
31. D. tayloriana, Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1915, 300. Suffruticose ; 
stem creeping and rooting below, erect portion about 5 in. high, 
younger part and petioles densely hirtellous. Leaves shortly stalked, 
membranous when dry, oblanceolate, apex obtuse to rounded, 
apiculate, narrowing to an obtuse or obscurely cordate base, margin 
undulate, 31-32 in. long, about 1 in. wide, scabridulous on both 
faces ; lateral nerves about 6 on each side, somewhat prominent, 
ascending and uniting within the margin; petioles about 2 lin. long. 
Stipules linear-subulate, deciduous, about 1 lin. long. Inflorescences 
solitary in the upper leaf-axils; stalk }-? in. long, sparsely hairy, as 
1s the back of the receptacle ; receptacle narrowly oval, 10 lin. long 
by 33 lin. in greatest width including the narrow margin, narrowing 
at each end and bearing a narrow linear terminal bract about 2 in. 
long, the margin bearing a fringe of irregular teeth 1-3 lin. long. 
Male flowers 3-androus, with a central rudimentary pistil ; female 
flowers along the middle line of the disc ; style 2-fid, projecting from 
the narrow tubular mouth of the perianth. 
Nile Land. British East Africa : Rabai Hills, at Mtoni, Taylor ! 
32. D. equatorialis, Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1915, 300. Suffruticose ; 
stem leafy in the upper portion, where it is sparsely covered with 
very short sticky hairs, as are the petioles. Leaves shortly stalked, 
membranous when dry, obovate-elliptic, shortly acuminate, tapering 
