54 CXXIlIc. MORACEH (Rendle). [ Dorstenia, 
green beneath ; lateral nerves 8-10 on each side, curving upwards 
and uniting within the margin, prominent beneath ; petiole more 
or less pubescent, about $ in. or less in length. Stipules subulate, 
2-23 lin. or less in length, generally falling before the leaves. 
Inflorescence solitary in the upper leaf-axils; stalk 4-3 in. long, 
puberulous; receptacle flattened or somewhat convex, orbicular, 
1-13 in. in diam., including the broad membranous margin (3~4 lin. 
wide), which is prolonged into numerous (about 15) very unequal 
bract-arms, a few from 4-3 in. long, the remainder short, from 1-3 
lin. long. Flowers very distinct. Male flowers 3-merous, the 3 
bluntly rounded perianth-lobes depressed on the surface of the 
disc. Female perianth ring-like, raised above the disc-surface, 
the deeply 2-fid style projecting from the mouth. Endocarp of fruit 
subglobose, smooth, whitish brown, 14 in. in diam.—Eng]. Monogr. 
Morac. Afr. 14. 
Upper Guinea. Southern Nigeria: Old Calabar, Robb! Ifunkpa to Atakom, 
Carag 215! Oban, Talbot, 656! 672! 674! Fernando Po, Barter / Mann, 
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54. D. multiradiata, Engl. Monogr. Morac. Afr. 15, tt. i. D, ii. 
C. Stem 2 ft. or more long, erect, often from a creeping or rooting 
base, woody and glabrous below, often branched, herbaceous above 
and shortly puberulous like the petioles with scattered longer hairs. 
Leaves narrowly elliptic, narrowing below to the rather blunt base, 
apex shortly acuminate, margin slightly undulate, 6-8 in. long, 
2-3 in. wide, glabrous, paler green beneath; lateral nerves 7-10 on 
each side, arcuately spreading, prominent beneath; petiole about 
% in. long. Stipules linear-subulate, 5-7 lin. long, persistent. In- 
florescence solitary, axillary; stalk up to 1} in. long, glabrous; 
receptacle grey-green, many-angled, irregularly many-lobed, 3-1} in. 
in diam., margin green, leaf-like, 24-4 lin. broad, prolonged into about 
30 radiating linear bract-arms of very unequal length, 9-13 of the 
first rank are }-14 in. long and at their base and between them are 
shorter arms. Flowers very distinct, fragrant. Male perianth broadly 
and obtusely 2—3-lobed, 2-3-androus ; female as in D. Barteri. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Barombi, Preuss, 204! 
55. D. Lujw, De Wild. Pl. Nov. Herb. Hort. Thenen. i. 221, t. 50. 
Herbaceous stem, leaf-stalks and peduncles shortly and densely 
hairy. Leaves papery when dry, obovate, sometimes narrowly s0, 
apex shortly acuminate, narrowing towards the subcordate base, 
margin slightly undulate, 33-5 in. long, 14-2} in. wide, glabrous 
except for a few short scattered hairs on the nerves on the lower 
surface; lateral nerves 7-8 on each side, curving upwards and 
uniting within the margin; petiole } in. long. Stipules small, 
triangular, caducous. Inflorescences solitary in the upper leaf- 
axils; stalk about 10 lin. long; receptacle polygonal to orbicular, 
