Dorsteniu.] cxxiiic. MORACEiE (Rendle). 35 



shorter ones J lin. or more in length. Male flowers 2-androud ; 

 female scattered sparsely on the more central portions of the disc ; 

 projecting stigmas reddish when dried. Endocarp globose, smooth, 

 about 1 lin. in diameter. — Engl. Monogr. Morac. Afr. 16. D. munda- 

 7}iensis, Engl, in Schlechter, Westafr. Kautsch.-Exped. 286 (name 

 only), and in Engl. Jahrb. xxxiii. 115. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Mungo and Abo, Buchholz \ Bipinde, 1100- 

 2200 ft., Zeyiker, 986 ! 4397 ! 4733 ! Between Mundame and Otam, 600-1000 ft., 

 Schlechter, 12883 ! 



Var. bipindeiisis, Engl. Monogr. Morac. Afr. 17, t. iv. B. Leaves with 1-2 

 large teeth on each side, sometimes becoming pinnatifid. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Bipinde, Zenker, 985 ! 2708 ! 



12. D. variifolia, Engl, in Engl. Jahrh. xxviii. 376. Stem decum- 

 bent, with ascending branches about 6 in. long, and like the petioles 

 densely strigose ; internodes 3-8 lin. long. Leaves membranous, 

 very variable in shape, ovate, oblong or linear-oblong, entire or 

 irregularly 1- to 2-lobed on each side, IJ to 2J in. long, 5-10 lin. 

 wide, lobes 1-4 lin. long, 3-6 lin. broad ; lateral nerves few, slender, 

 passing into the lobes ; petiole 3-7 lin. long. Stipules small, linear- 

 lanceolate. Inflorescences solitary or in pairs ; stalk slender, 2-4 

 times as long as the petiole, minutely pilose ; receptacle suborbicular, 

 2 lin. in diam. ; bracts numerous, very narrow-linear, purplish, the 

 longer about lJ-2 lin. long, the shorter alternating with these, 

 scarcely 1 lin. long. Flowers very small, dark violet. 



Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa : Uhehe ; Utschungwe mountains near 

 Pongolo, in forest at about 6000 ft., Goetze, 613. 



Not seen. There is some confusion in the description as to the size of the 

 receptacle. 



13. D. tenera, Bureau in DC. Frodr. xvii. 271. A herb 2 ft. 

 high {Mann), represented in the herbarium only by the herbaceous 

 upper portion of the shoot ; stem slender, flexuous, glabrous except 

 at the slightly pubescent apex. Leaves membranous, elliptic, 

 narrowing above to an obtuse acumen, cuneate at the base and 

 narrowing into the petiole, margin somewhat undulate, 7-9 in. 

 long, 2^3 J in. wide, glabrous ; lateral nerves 11-13 on each side, 

 curving obliquely upwards and uniting within the margin ; petiole 

 about 1 in. long. Stipules lanceolate-subulate, persistent, lJ-2 lin. 

 long. Inflorescence in the axils of the upper leaves ; stalk slender, 

 puberulous, 6-7 lin. long ; receptacle orbicular, upper face very 

 convex, 4 lin. in diam., without a membranous margin but prolonged 

 at the edge into about 10 linear, very unequal reflexed rigid bract- 

 arms IJ— 8 lin. long. Male and female flowers interspersed. — Engl. 

 Monogr. Morac. A.fr. 12. 



Lower Guinea. Spanish Guinea : G^risco Bay, Mount John, on the River 

 Kongui, Mann, 1776 ! 



