Dorstenia.] cxxiiic. MORACEiE (Rendle). 43 



Upper Ouinea. Cameroons : Bave, 2800 ft., Ledennann, 1286. 

 Specimens not seen ; evidently very near Z>. Staudtii, Engl., and perhaps to 

 be included under that species. 



30. D. ulugurensis, Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. A. 92 {name only), and 

 Monogr. Morac. Afr. l3,t.Y.B. Stem about 2^ lin. tkick, like the 

 petioles very shortly and densely hairy with longer hairs intermixed ; 

 internodes short, 7-10 lin. long. Leaves oblong-elliptic in outline, 

 obtuse at apex and base, unequally pinnatifid, 4-6 in. long, 2J-2J in. 

 wide at the broadest part, in the long narrow upper portion about 

 J in. wide, grey-green above, paler beneath, lobes spreading, narrow, 

 blunt, a few in the lower part of the blade up to 1 J in. long, the rest 

 much shorter, J-J in. ; petiole semiterete, about J in. long. Stipules 

 very narrowly subulate, about 5 lin. long. Inflorescence solitary, 

 axillary ; stalk ^-f in. long ; receptacle broadly oblong or rhombiform, 

 dark purple, 5 lin. in diam., with a narrow margin and 2-4 larger 

 bract-arms up to 2 J lin. long and J lin. broad, obtuse or the two larger 

 emarginate, several short tooth-like arms between the longer. 

 Female flowers distributed throughout the disc ; ovary contracted 

 into a 2-fid projecting style. — Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 376. 



Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa : East Uluguru ; mountain forest of 

 Nghwenn, 6300 ft., Stuhlmann, 8800 ! South Uluguru ; ascent to Lugwangule 

 Plateau, 4500-6500 ft., Goetze, 239. 



31. D. tayloriana, Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1915, 300. Suflruticose ; 

 stem creeping and rooting below, erect portion about 5 in. high, 

 younger part and petioles densely hirt«llous. Leaves shortly stalked, 

 membranous when dry, oblanceolate, apex obtuse to rounded, 

 apiculate, narrowing to an obtuse or obscurely cordate base, margin 

 undulate, 3j-3i in. long, about 1 in. wide, scabridulous on both 

 faces ; lateral nerves about 6 on each side, somewhat prominent, 

 ascending and uniting within the margin ; petioles about 2 lin. long. 

 Stipules linear-subulate, deciduous, about 1 lin. long. Inflorescences 

 solitary in the upper leaf -axils ; stalk J-| in. long, sparsely hairy, as 

 is the back of the receptacle ; receptacle narrowly oval, 10 lin. long 

 by 3J lin. in greatest width including the narrow margin, narrowing 

 at each end and bearing a narrow linear terminal bract about 2 in. 

 long, the margin bearing a fringe of irregular teeth 1-3 lin. long. 

 Male flowers 3-androus, with a central rudimentary pistil ; female 

 flowers along the middle line of the disc ; style 2-fid, projecting from 

 the narrow tubular mouth of the perianth. 



Nile Land. British East Africa : Rabai Hills, at Mtoni, Tat/lor ! 



32. D. eciuaitoTidilis, Rendle in Journ. Bot. idlb, 300. Suffruticose; 

 stem leafy in the upper portion, where it is sparsely covered with 

 very short sticky hairs, as are the petioles. Leaves shortly stalked, 

 membranous when dry, obovate-elliptic, shortly acuminate, tapering 



