Dorstenia.| CXXIIIc. MORACE (Rendle). 45, 
35. D. poinsettiifolia, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 142. Suffruti- 
cose; stems and petioles densely hirtellous, stems (or branches) 
in specimens seen up to 12 in. long. Leaves shortly stalked, mem- 
branous, elliptic, more or less acuminate, narrowing below to an 
obscurely cordate base, margin undulate with a few broad teeth, 
or coarsely 2—3-toothed in the upper part, 4-6 in. long, 14-2 in. 
wide, upper face glabrous, lower face paler, more or less hirtellous 
on the midrib and slightly prominent veins; lateral nerves 7-9 
on each side, somewhat ascending then upwardly curving and 
uniting within the margin ; petioles }-} in. long. Stipules small, 
linear-subulate, deciduous, about 1 lin. long. Inflorescences in 
pairs; stalks scarcely exceeding the petiole; receptacle trans- 
versely oblong, hirtellous on back and arms, 1 in. long, by about 
7 lin. broad including the 2-3 lin. broad irregularly toothed or 
crenate margin which is extended at each end into a linear bract- 
arm ? in. or more long and 1 lin. broad with a slightly expanded 
bluntly 2-lobulate tip. Male flowers 2-3-androus. Style in the female 
flowers long, projecting and dividing at the surface of the receptacle 
into 2short arms. Fruits subglobose, 1} lin. in diam.—Engl. Monogr. 
Morac. Afr. 18, t. ii. A. (incl. vars. grossedentata, subdentata and 
undulata). 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Bipinde, Zenker, 2710! 3700! 981; Yaunde, 
Zenker & Staudt, 582; Jenssoki, Buchholz; Buea, Deistel, 435! Lokundje, 
Dinklage, 206. 
36. D. Dinklagei, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 143. A low-growing 
herb ; stem creeping below, then ascending for about 4 in., densely 
hirtellous as are the petioles. Leaves shortly stalked, membranous, 
elliptic-oblong, obtuse, narrowing to an obtuse base, margin undulate 
or with a few large obtuse teeth, 1-1} in. long, 3-3 im. wide, paler 
on lower face ; lateral nerves 3-4 on each side, spreading, prominent 
beneath ; petioles about } in. long. Stipules linear-subulate, about 
half as long as the petioles, persistent. Inflorescences solitary in 
_ the upper leaf-axils ; stalks about 4-? in. long; receptacle narrow, 
acute at each end, dark purple, 7-9 lin. long and less than 1 lin. broad, 
with a thread-like bract at each end barely } in. long, and a fringe ~ 
of similar bracts 1 lin. or less in length along the sides. Male flowers 
2-3-androus; female few, distributed along the middle of the 
disc_—Engl. Monogr. Morac. Afr. 19, t. viii. C. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: near Batanga, Dinklage, 792. 
37. D. prorepens, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 144. Sutffruticose ; 
stem procumbent and rooting, then ascending for about 6 in., 
covered with very short hairs, as are the petioles and peduncles. 
Leaves stalked, membranous when dry, elliptic, apex and base 
obtuse, margin undulate or with a few broad obtuse teeth above 
