Dorstenia.] cxxiiic. morace^ (Rendle). 45 



35. D. poinsettiifolia, Engl, in Engl. Jahrh. xx. 142. Suffruti- 

 cose ; stems and petioles densely hirtellous, stems (or branches) 

 in specimens seen up to 12 in. long. Leaves shortly stalked, mem- 

 branous, elliptic, more or less acuminate, narrowing below to an 

 obscurely cordate base, margin undulate with a few broad teeth, 

 or coarsely 2-3-toothed in the upper part, 4-6 in. long, lJ-2 in. 

 wide, upper face glabrous, lower face paler, more or less hirtellous 

 on the midrib and slightly prominent veins ; lateral nerves 7-9 

 on each side, somewhat ascending then upwardly curving and 

 uniting within the margin ; petioles J— J in. long. Stipules small, 

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

 pairs ; stalks scarcely exceeding the petiole ; . receptacle trans- 

 versely oblong, hirtellous on back and arms, 1 in. long, by about 

 7 lin. broad including the 2-3 lin. broad irregularly toothed or 

 crenate margin which is extended at each end into a linear bract- 

 arm J in. or more long and 1 lin. broad with a slightly expanded 

 bluntly 2-lobulate tip. Male flowers 2-3-androus. Style in the female 

 flowers long, projecting and dividing at the surface of the receptacle 

 into 2 short arms. Fruits subglobose, 1 J lin. in diam. — Engl. Monogr. 

 Morac. Afr. 18, t. ii. A. (incl. vars. grossedentata, suhdentata and 

 undulata). 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Bipinde, Zenker, 2710 ! 3700 ! 981 ; Yaunde, 

 Zenker tt: Stavdt, 582 ; Jenssoki, Buchholz ; Buea, Deistel, 435 ! Lokundje, 

 Dinklage, 206. 



36. D. Dinklagei, Engl, in Engl. Jahrh. xx. 143. A low-growing 

 herb ; stem creeping below, then ascending for about 4 in., densely 

 hirtellous as are the petioles. Leaves shortly stalked, membranous, 

 elliptic-oblong, obtuse, narrowing to an obtuse base, margin undulate 

 or with a few large obtuse teeth, 1-lJ in. long, J-J in. wide, paler 

 on lower face ; lateral nerves 3-4 on each side, spreading, prominent 

 beneath ; petioles about \ in. long. Stipules linear-subulate, about 

 half as long as the petioles, persistent. Inflorescences solitary in 

 the upper leaf-axils ; stalks about J-f in. long ; receptacle narrow, 

 acute at each end, dark purple, 7-9 lin. long and less than 1 lin. broad, 

 with a thread-like bract at each end barely J in. long, and a fringe 

 of similar bracts 1 lin. or less in length along the sides. Male flowers 

 2-3-androus ; female few, distributed along the middle of the 

 disc. — Engl. Monogr. Morac. Afr. 19, t. viii. C. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : near Batanga, Dinklage, 792. 



37. D. prorepens, Engl, in Engl. Jahrh. xx. 144. Suffruticose ; 

 stem procumbent and rooting, then ascending for about 6 in., 

 covered with very short hairs, as are the petiolevS and peduncles. 

 Leaves stalked, membranous when dry, elliptic, apex and base 

 obtuse, margin undulate or with a few broad obtuse teeth above 



