GardneriancB. N. O. Artocarpeae- 



TAB. CCXX. 



DORSTENIA ELATA. 



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Glabra, caule elongate flexuoso folioso, foliis ellipticis subcoria- 

 ceis obtusis basi cordatis brevi-petiolatis, stipulis 2 oppositis 

 magnis late ovatis obtusis persistentibus, pedunculis axillari- 

 bus solitariis folio subbrevioribus, receptaculo subquadrangu- 

 lari peltato, 



Hab, Rocks in the deep forests of the Organ Mountains. Mr 

 Gardner (2d Coll. n. 621). 



This remarkable plant has a sufFruticose, rounded, flexuose 

 stem, like that of a Pepper, three feet in height, A large leafj 

 more than a span long, arises from each geniculation of this 

 stem, and is elliptical in form, obtuse, between membranaceous 

 and coriaceous, quite entire, cordate at the base. From the 

 costa diverge several parallel, rather distant, and nearly hori- 

 zontal nerves, which are connected by reticulated veins. Petioles 

 scarcely half an inch long, much shorter than the two opposite, 

 ovate, obtuse appressed stipules. Pedunc&le axillary, nearly as 

 long as the leaves, terminated by the large peltate, obtusely 

 4-angled receptacle. 



A second species of caulescent Dorstenia was discovered in the 

 same country by Mr Gardner, (but so rare that only two speci- 

 mens were gathered,) nearly allied to the East Indian D. Indica 

 of Dr Wallich'sCat.w.4639; which may be thus characterized: 

 Z). hispida; piloso-hispida sufFruticosa caulescens, foliis bre- 



vissime petiolatis oblongo-cuneatis subacuminatis sinuato- 



dentatis, stipulis — ?, pedunculis axillaribus solitariis folio 



multo brevioribus, receptaculo suborbiculari peltato. — Hab. 



Banks of the Rio Camprido, Organ Mountains, Brazil. Mr 



Gardner {2d Coll. n. ttf)* 



