Dorstenia.] cxxiiic. morace^e (Rendle). 41 



short -stalked, obovate-elliptic, apex blunt or shortly acuminate, 

 base sometimes cuneate, ultimately subcordate, margin slightly 

 undulate, obscurely crenate, or irregularly grossly dentate, lJ-4 in. 

 long, |-2 in. wide, glabrous except for a few hairs on the median 

 nerve beneath, dull green above when dry, pale beneath; lateral 

 nerves about 7 on each side, curving upwards and uniting within 

 the margin, somewhat impressed above, prominent beneath ; petiole 

 lJ-6 lin. long. Stipules narrowly linear-subulate, hairy, 2-2 J lin. 

 long, persistent. Inflorescence solitary in the upper leaf-axils ; 

 stalk glabrous, up to 2j in. long ; receptacle glabrous, rhomboid, 

 with a narrow margin, short diam. 3J lin., long diam. 5^ lin. in the 

 flowering stage, the 4 angles prolonged each into a long slender 

 bract-arm lJ-2 in. long, w^hich is enlarged and 2-lobulate at the 

 tip. Male flowers 2-androus {De Wildeman) ; female numerous, 

 with 2-fid style. Fruit subglobose, obscurely trigonous ; endocarp 

 smooth. 



South Central. Belgian Congo : Yambuya, Laurent, 2051 ! Solheid, 108 ! 



26. D. Laurentii, De Wild. Miss. E. Laurent, 69, t. 32. Stems 

 erect, herbaceous, densely hirtellous, as are the petioles, with 

 long and short hairs intermixed, borne on a long woody creeping 

 rhizome 1 J-2 lin. in diam. and swollen at the nodes. Leaves oblong- 

 elliptic, narrowing to a cuneate base, apex shortly acuminate, base 

 acute or narrowly subcordate, margin entire, undulate, or with a 

 few irregular teeth above, 5J-8J in. long, lf-2| in. wide, glabrous 

 above, paler and with a few scattered hairs on the nerves beneath ; 

 lateral nerves 8-11 on each side, curving upwards and uniting within 

 the margin ; petiole 3-5 lin. long. Stipules short, triangular-subulate, 

 hairy, IJ lin. long, deciduous. Inflorescence solitary, axillary ; 

 stalk glabrous, 3 J in. long; receptacle 4-5-angular, flowering portion 

 about 5 lin. in diam., with a narrow margin J-1 lin. wide, angles 

 prolonged into long slender bract-arms broadening spathulately 

 at the tip, l|-4 in. long, with sometimes a few inconspicuous intei- 

 mediate teeth. Male flowers 2-androus {De Wildeman) ; female 

 flowers with 2-fid style.— Th. & Hel. Durand, Syll. Fl. Congol. 502 ; 

 De Wild. Etudes Fl. Bas- et Moyen-Congo, iii. 64. and in Comp. 

 Kasai Miss, l^tud. Sci. 278. 



South Central. Belgian Congo : Konduc, Laurent ! Munungu, Sapin ; Bcna- 

 Dibele, Flamigni ! 



Var. brcvipcdicellata, De Wild. PI. Nov. Hort. Thcnon. i. 225, t. li. Leaves 

 smaller than in the type, narrowing to a subeordute base, 1^-^^ in. long, 

 ]-2i in. wide. Inflorescenee solitary or geminate ; stalk 1^-2^ in. long; re- 

 ceptacle 3-4-angular, angles prolonged into narrow- linear subobtuse bract -arms 

 up to 2£ in. long. 



South Central. Belgian Congo : Forests of the Sankuru, Luja, 54. 



27. D. obtusibracteata, Engl, in Engl. Jahrh. xlvi. 271. 

 Stems erect, slightly woody ; interuodes IJ-IJ in. long, glabrous 



