32 cxxiiic. HORACES (Rendle). [Dorstenia. 



hirtellous. Leaves somewhat membranous, broadly elliptic, sbortly 

 acuminate, narrowing below to an obtuse or subcordate base, 

 entire or obscurely sinuate-toothed, 4-8 in. long, 2J-4 in. wide, 

 glabrous, dark green, paler beneath ; lateral nerves about 7 on each 

 side, somewhat ascending, ultimately upwardly curving and uniting 

 within the margin ; petioles J-l in. long, hirtellous. Stipules 

 minute, subulate, persistent. Inflorescence solitary in the axils of 

 the fallen leaves ; stalk J in. long, pubescent ; receptacle sub- 

 orbicular or irregularly stellate, J-1 in. in diam., green, pubescent 

 on the back, very convex, margin narrow with 10-15 slender stiff 

 recurving unequal sparsely pubescent bract-arms, J-2 in. long, 

 thickened towards the tip ; peduncle J in. long, pubescent. Male 

 flowers 3-androus ; female scattered throughout the disc ; style 

 slender, dividing just above the surface of the disc into two spreading 

 linear stigmas. — Bureau in DC. Prodr. xvii. 271 ; Engl. Monogr. 

 Morac. Afr. 18. 



Upper Guinea. Southern Nigeria : Old Calabar River, Mann, 2316 ! Thom- 

 son, 10 ! and cultivated specimen ! 



5. D. ophiocoma, K. Schum. & Engl, in Engl. Jahrh. xx. 145. 

 SufEruticose ; stem erect from a creeping lower portion which bears 

 long slender tapering roots with fibrous branches, apparently about 

 a foot high ; younger portion of stem and petioles hirtellous. Leaves 

 stalked, elliptic, apex more or less acuminate, tapering below to a 

 narrow more or less obscurely cordate base, margin undulate, some- 

 times more or less coarsely toothed in the upper portion, 4^7 in. 

 long, 2J-3^ in. wide, glabrous or sparsely pubescent on the nerves 

 and veins on the paler lower face ; lateral nerves 9-12 on each side 

 spreading, curving upwards and uniting within the margin ; petioles 

 i_li in. long. Stipules triangular-subulate, 2 lin. long or less, sub- 

 persistent. Inflorescence solitary ; stalk slender, J-| in. long, increas- 

 ing^ to 14 lin. in fruit, like the outside of the receptacle and bract- 

 arms more or less puberulous ; receptacle convex, surface sub- 

 orbicular, J-f in, in diam., dark purple, with a narrow margin, the 

 edge bearing 10-12 triangular projections each running out into a 

 slender linear bract-arm from |-2J in. long, rarely with a few shorter 

 intermediate arms. Male flowers 3-androus ; female scattered over the 

 more central portion of the disc. Endocarp subglobose, obscurely 

 3-gonous, whitish-brown, smooth, IJ lin. in diam. — Engl. Monogr. 

 Morac. Afr. 17, t. iv. C. (incl. var. longipes). 



Upper Guinea. Southern Nigeria : Oban District, Talbot, 673 ! 2319 ! 

 Caraeroons : Batanga, Braun, Dinklage, 633 ; Victoria ; between Jongo and 

 Bakingele, Preuss, 1381 ! 



Var. minor, Rendle. A Bmaller plant about 6-7 in. high with leaves 1^-4 in. 

 long and 1-1 J in. wide, margin undulate ; petiole |-i in. long. Receptacle 

 about ^ in. in diam. with 6-10 bract-arms f to 1| in. long, and occasionally 

 a few very short intermediate arms. — D. intermedia, Engl. Monogr, Morac. Afr. 

 17, t, iv. D, and in Schlechter, Westafr. Kautsch.-Exped. 286. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Victoria, Preuss, 1107 ! Schlechter, 12368 ! 

 Efulen, Bates, 313 ! 



