Dorstenia. | CXXIlIc. MORACEZ (Rendle). 53 
especially on the nerves ; lateral nerves 4-5 on each side, curving 
upwards ; petiole densely hairy, 5 lin. long. Stipules subacute, 
soon falling, 1-1} lin. long. Inflorescences generally solitary in the 
leaf-axils ; stalk slender, # in. long ; receptacle narrow-linear, rather 
broadly margined, 7-9 lin. long and }-1 lin. broad, bearing a slender 
apical bract-arm about 1} in. long and a very short basal one only 
23 lin. long. Male flowers 2-3-androus ; perianth 2-3-lobed ; 
female distributed throughout the receptacle; style 2-fid. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: North Nyasa ; Kyimbila, 4500 ft., 
Stolz, 769. 
Allied to D. psilurus, Welw. * 
52. D. Klainei, Pierre ex Heckel in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, 
xlvii. 260, A small shrub with an aromatic:root; stem becoming 
herbaceous above, terete, 14 lin. thick, sparsely pubescent in the 
' young portion, soon becoming glabrous; internodes varying very 
much in length, from more than 2 to less than $ in. long. Leaves 
membranaceous, elliptic, oblong- or ovate-elliptic, narrowing some- 
what above to a shortly acuminate apex, base rounded to obtuse, 
rarely subacute, margin subentire to denticulate, 43-6} in. long, 
2-22 in. wide, smooth or slightly scabrous above, paler beneath, 
sparsely and finely pilose on the veins ; lateral nerves 7-10 on each 
side, upcurving and uniting within the margin, prominent on the 
lower face; petiole pubescent, 3-1} in. long. Stipules linear-tapering, 
soon deciduous, about 14 lin. long. Inflorescence solitary in the 
leaf-axils ; receptacle linear-lanceolate, green, 13-2 in. long, pro- 
duced above into a linear appendage, with a slightly thickened apex, 
13-13 in. long, basal appendage obsolete, up to 4 in. long; stalk 
inserted at one-fifth to one-quarter of the distance above the 
base, to 11 lin. long. Male flowers 2-androus, with a central 
pistillodium, which is columnar with a swollen apex; perianth- 
limb with eroded margin. Female flowers fewer, in the central 
line of the receptacle ; style protruding above the tubular perianth 
and forking into a pair of spreading stigmas.—De Wild. Miss. BE. 
Laurent, 69. D. Gilletii, De Wild. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 2me sér. 
1. 838, Fitudes Fl. Bas- et Moyen-Congo, i. 26, t. xi. and Etudes Fl. 
Katanga, 28. 
Lower Guinea. Gaboon, Klaine, 661! Lower Congo: Kisantu, Gillet, 1801! 
South Central. Belgian Congo: Eala, Laurent. 
53. D. Barteri, Bureau in DC. Prodr. xvii. 272. A herb 2 ft. 
high; stem erect from a creeping rooting base, somewhat fleshy, 
subflexuous, pubescent to tomentose in the upper portion, up to 
2 lin. thick in the lower portion. Leaves papery when dry, obovate- 
elliptic to elliptic, shortly acuminate, narrowing to an obtuse base, 
Margin entire or wavy, 5}-7 in. long, 2-3 in. wide, glabrous, paler 
