42 cxxiiic. MORACEiE (Rendle). [Dorstenia. 



except in the upper portion, which is very minutely hairy. Leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate, somewhat obtusely acuminate, with a cuneate 

 base narrowed into the petiole, 5J-5A in. long, l|-2 in. wide ; lateral 

 nerves 6 on each side, curving upwards and uniting near the margin ; 

 petiole minutely hairy, slightly channelled above, 5-7 lin. long. 

 Stipules very narrow, about 5 lin. long, deciduous. Peduncle IJ in. 

 long ; receptacle pentagonal, margined, about 5 lin. in diam. ; bracts 

 linear, slightly dilated at the apex, one from each angle about 7 lin. 

 long, one from the middle of each side about 4 lin. long, and a tooth- 

 like outgrowth 1 lin. or less in length by the side of the longer bracts. 

 Upper Ghiiiiea. Cameroons, Eusgen. 



28. D. Staudtii, Engl. Monogr. Morac. Afr. 13. Stem 6-9 in. 

 high, herbaceous, decumbent and rooting below, upper portion 

 pubescent like the petioles. Leaves thinly membranous when dry, 

 elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, narrowing below to the 

 slightly emarginate base, margin entire or slightly undulate, some- 

 times with one or two teeth above the middle, 4-6 in. long, 1^2 J in. 

 wide ; lateral nerves 7-9 on each side, spreading upwards and uniting 

 near the margin ; petiole 7-10 lin. long. Stipules small, subulate, 

 deciduous, about 1-1 J lin. long. Inflorescence solitary in the upper 

 leaf-axils ; stalk puberulous, J in. long ; receptacle convex, disc 

 broadly oblong, dark purple, J-f in. long, with a somewhat broad 

 (1-lJ iin.) margin passing into 5-6 linear bracts \-\ in. or less in 

 length and widening suddenly at the tip, and numerous intervening 

 short blunt or irregularly triangular outgrowths. Male flowers 

 2-3-androus ; perianth shortly 2-3-lobed ; female numerous, scattered 

 through the receptacle, the 2-fid style projecting above the tubular 

 mouth of the perianth ; endocarp subglobose, crustaceous, 1 lin. 

 or more in diam. — Z). suhrhomhiformis, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. li. 428. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Lolodorf, Staudt, 148 ! Bipinde, Zenker, 4091 ! 

 4117 ! 4290 ! 4306 ! 4647 ! 



29. D. jabassensis, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 270. Stem 

 herbaceous, erect, up to 2 ft. high, 2 lin. thick below, like the petioles 

 densely covered above with short hairs ; internodes f-| in. long. 

 Leaves elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, more or less acuminate, base 

 obtuse, 4-5J in. long, 2-2J in. wide ; lateral nerves 7-8 on each side, 

 spreading with an upward curve and turning upwards near the 

 margin ; petiole 7-9 lin. long. Stipules narrowly triangular, deciduous . 

 Peduncle puberulous, about j in. long ; receptacle subrhombiform, 

 yellow, J in. in diam.., with a narrow herbaceous margin passing 

 into 7-10 linear bract-arms, broadening at the tip, barely J in. 

 long, with several 1 J-2 lin. long and others only 1 lin. long. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Jabassi, rain-forest, 330 ft., Ledermann, 1072. 



Var. subcuneata, Engl. I.e. 271. Leaves narrowing below to a wedge-shaped 

 base, margin sometimes grossly dentate. 



