60 CXXIIIc. MORACEZ (Rendle). [Dorstenia. 
a short grey pubescence in the youngest stage. Leaves shortly 
stalked, stiff, obovate-elliptic to oblong, shortly and abruptly 
acuminate, base cuneate to rounded, margin undulate, sometimes 
coarsely and irregularly dentate in the upper third, 34-64 in. long, 
13-23 in. wide, glabrous ; lateral nerves 5—7 on each side, ascending, 
then upwardly curving and uniting within the margin, impressed 
on the upper, slightly prominent, as also are the veins, on the 
lower surface; petioles 1}-4 lin. long. Stipules acutely tapering 
from a triangular base, subpersistent, 3 lin. long. Inflorescence 
solitary in the upper leaf-axils; stalks 3-4 lin. long; receptacle 
boat-shaped, ultimately 3 in. long and 23 lin. broad, with a margin 
2-23 lin. wide passing at the base and apex into a densely and shortly 
hairy bract-arm # in. long. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Usambara; Amani, 1600 ft., 
Warnecke, 310! 
68. D. Smythei, Sprague in Kew Bulletin, 1908, 299. A shrub 
63-8 ft. high, with slender branches # lin. thick, puberulous above, 
glabrescent below, young shoots pubescent ; internodes 3-1} in. 
long. Leaves oblanceolate or obovate-oblong, somewhat abruptly 
acuminate at the obtuse or subacute apex, base cuneate, slightly 
undulate-dentate above, 3-5} in. long, 1-2 in. wide, sparsely lepidote 
on the upper face and sparsely puberulous beneath ; lateral nerves 
8-10 on each side, prominent beneath ; petioles puberulous, 14-5 lin. 
long. Stipules narrowly triangular, 1} lin. long, acute, sparsely 
puberulous on the outside, deciduous. Inflorescences solitary in the 
upper leaf-axils ; stalks puberulous, barely } in. long; receptacle 
boat-shaped, up to 4 in. long, 2 lin. broad and 2 lin. deep in the 
centre, puberulous, with an entire margin less than 3 lin. broad, 
passing at each end into a straight ascending linear glabrous bract 
barely % in. long. Male flowers numerous, 2-androus ; perianth 
2-partite, papillose outside; female flower solitary in the centre 
of the disc, a pair of recurving stigmas protruding from the tubular 
perianth ; style about 1 lin. long. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone: Jepihun, Smythe, 237! Yolo forest, Unwin 
& Smythe, 52! 
69. D. angusticornis, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 274. A low 
shrub with slender leafy branches 3-1 lin. thick ; internodes 3-1 in. 
long, minutely puberulous like the petioles. Leaves shortly stalked, 
papery when dry, broadly oblanceolate with a tendency to oblong, 
apex very abruptly and narrowly acuminate, extreme tip rounded 
and mucronate, base generally cuneate, margin weakly undulate, 
46 in. long, 14-2} in. wide, acumen } in. long, glabrous; lateral 
nerves 6-8 on each side, curving upwards and uniting below the 
margin, prominent beneath ; petiole 2-3 lin. long. Stipules slender, * 
