44 CXXIlIc. MORACE (Rendle). [ Dorstenia. 
below the middle to a narrow obtuse base, margin slightly undulate, 
5-54 in. long, 14-2} in. wide, glabrous, lower face pale with veins and 
midrib prominent; lateral veins 7-10 on each side, curving upwards 
and uniting within the margin ; petiole }-} in. long. Stipules long, 
linear-tapering, 4-5 lin. long, persistent. Inflorescences solitary in 
the upper leaf-axils; stalk exceeding the petiole; receptacle 
(young) elliptic, barely $ in. long, } in. broad, with a narrow margin 
about 4 lin. broad, bearing short blunt teeth and passing at each 
end into a bract-arm, at least one of which is 1} in. long (the second 
broken in specimen). Male flowers 3-androus ; perianth 3-lobed ; 
female few in the central part of the disc ; style 2-lobed, projecting 
from the short tubular perianth. : 
Lower Guinea. Gaboon: Lat. 1° N., Mann. 
Near D. tayloriana from which it differs in the long slender persistent stipules 
and the weakly toothed margin of the receptacle. 
33. D. longicauda, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. li. 429. Branches 
prostrate, ascending, closely covered like the petioles with stiff 
hairs. Leaves membranous, ovate to elliptic, more or less acute, 
cuneately narrowed at the base and slightly cordate, margin entire 
or undulately repand-crenate or grossly dentate, 43-63 in. long, 13- 
24 in. wide, glabrous except on the midrib and veins beneath ; 
midrib thick ; lateral nerves about 10 on each side, spreading, curving 
upwards and uniting near the margin; petiole 5-7 lin. long. Stipules 
subulate, persistent. Inflorescences solitary; peduncle 1 in. long, 
setulose. Receptacle oval or subtriangular, longest diameter 7 lin., 
shortest barely 34 lin., the margin provided with numerous linear 
green bracts, two of which reach 4 in. in length, the remainder are . 
shorter, the shortest being 5 lin. long. Male flowers 3-4-androus, 
with a 3-4-lobed perianth; female scattered throughout the 
receptacle ; style 2-fid. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Ebolowa, 2100 to 3000 ft., Mildbraed, 5625 ; 
Ekuk, 2300 ft., Mildbraed, 5582. 
34. D. Brieyi, De Wild. in Fedde, Repert. xiii. 373. Branches 
creeping at the base, about 10 in. long, densely velvety. Leaves 
stalked, membranous, more or less abruptly acuminate, rounded 
at the base, margin entire or sparsely and shallowly dentate, 14-33 in. 
long, 7 lin, to 13 in. wide, glabrous on both faces ; lateral nerves 
5-8 on each side, curving upwards and uniting within the margin; 
petioles velvety, up to $in. long. Stipules linear-lanceolate, 244 lin. 
long, more or less caducous. Stalk of inflorescence up to 34 lin. 
long ; receptacle oblong, about 5 lin. long, margin crenulate-dentate, 
teeth about $ lin. long, with 2 linear bract-arms slightly inflated at 
the tips, about 8 lin. long and $ lin. broad. 
South Central. Belgian Congo : Ganda-Sundi, Comte de Briey, 2019. 
Allied to D. poinsettiifolia, Engl., but readily distinguished by the smaller 
receptacle with longer teeth. Not seen. 
