Dorstenia.] CXXIIIc. MORACEZ (Rendle). 47 
or equal to the petiole ; receptacle very broadly and shortly obconical; 
disc elliptic, 4 lin. long, 2 lin. broad, the very narrow margin passing 
into four large spreading fleshy triangular teeth about 1 lin. long 
and 4 shorter very blunt teeth barely } lin. long. Male flowers 
3-androus ; female few, each with a pair of style-arms projecting 
from the narrow mouth; style axis about equal in length to the 
branches. 
Lower Guinea. Gaboon: Sierra del Crystal, Mann, 1692! 
40. D. Getzei, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 378. A, creeping 
plant; stem about a foot high, juicy, glabrous, decumbent in the 
lower third, ascending and leafy above, internodes about } in. 
long. Leaves shortly stalked, elongate-lanceolate, narrowing to the 
apex and base, apex acuminate, subobtuse, base acute, anterior 
margin with a few broadly triangular obtuse teeth, about 22 in. long 
and ? in. wide, upper face sparsely pilose, densely and shortly hairy 
on the midrib; lateral nerves 4-6 on each side, curving upwards 
towards the teeth, slightly prominent ; petiole shortly hairy like 
the midrib. Stipules small, elongate-triangular, shortly hairy. 
Inflorescences usually solitary ; stalk slender, several times longer 
than the petiole, about ? in. long; receptacle oval, about 4 lin. in 
diam., including the 1 lin. broad grossly dentate margin formed by 
the union of the very unequal triangular green bracts. Female 
flowers few ; style simple. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: South Uluguru; in forest, 4000- 
6000 ft., Goetze, 176. 
Var. angustibracteata, Engh. l.c. Leaves shorter, more oblong, 13-2 in. long, 
1-1} in. wide ; bracts of receptacle narrower, linear. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: South Uluguru; with the above, 
Goetze, 182. 
I have seen no specimen of the species or variety ; the general description 
Suggests a position near D. paucidentata, Rendle, but the style is described as 
simple, 
41. D. convexa, De Wild. Etudes Fl. Bas- et Moyen-Congo, 
lii. 63, t. iv. Stem ascending from a horizontal base, a foot or more 
in height, shortly hairy as are the petioles. Leaves obovate-elliptic, 
Shortly acuminate, narrowing below to the base and sometimes 
obscurely cordate, margin slightly undulate or irregularly furnished 
with short broad teeth, 14-5 in. long, 1-2} in. wide, glabrous ; 
lateral nerves about 7 on each side, depressed on the upper face, 
prominent below, ascending ; petioles }-3in. long. Stipules linear- 
tapering, persistent, 5 lin. long. Inflorescences solitary in the 
upper leaf-axils; stalk glabrous, up to } in. long; receptacle 
elliptic-oblong, convex, up to 1} in. long and 7-9 lin. wide, with 
numerous small fleshy linear greenish-yellow marginal bracts about 
1 lin. long, the terminal slightly longer and often irregularly 
