Dorstenia.] cxxiiic. morace^ (Rendle). 47 



or equal to the petiole ; receptacle very broadly and shortly obconical; 

 disc elliptic, 4 Hn. long, 2 lin. broad, the very narrow margin passing 

 into four large spreading fleshy triangular teeth about 1 lin. long 

 and 4 shorter very blunt teeth barely J lin. long. Male flowers 

 3-androus ; female few, each with a pair of style-arms projecting 

 from the narrow mouth ; style axis about equal in length to the 

 branches. 



Lower Guinea. Gaboon : Sierra del Crystal, Mann, 1692 ! 



40. D. GoBtzei, Engl, in Engl. Jahrh. xxviii. 378. A creeping 

 plant ; stem about a foot high, juicy, glabrous, decumbent in the 

 lower third, ascending and leafy above, internodes about J in. 

 long. Leaves shortly stalked, elongate-lanceolate, narrowing to the 

 apex and base, apex acuminate, subobtuse, base acute, anterior 

 margin with a few broadly triangular obtuse teeth, about 2f in. long 

 and J in. wide, upper face sparsely pilose, densely and shortly hairy 

 on the midrib ; lateral nerves 4-6 on each side, curving upwards 

 towards the teeth, slightly prominent ; petiole shortly hairy like 

 the midrib. Stipules small, elongate-triangular, shortly hairy. 

 Inflorescences usually solitary ; stalk slender, several times longer 

 than the petiole, about f in. long ; receptacle oval, about 4 lin. in 

 diam., including the 1 lin. broad grossly dentate margin formed by 

 the union of the very unequal triangular green bracts. Female 

 flowers few ; style simple. 



Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa : South Uluguru ; in forest, 4000- 

 6000 ft., Ooetze, 176. 



Var. anguetibracteata, Engl. I.e. Leaves shorter, more oblong, 1^2 in. long, 

 1-^ in. wide ; bracts of receptacle narrower, linear. 



Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa : South Uluguru ; with the above, 

 Ooetze, 182. 



I have seen no specimen of the species or variety ; the general description 

 suggests a position near D. 'paucidentata, Rendle, but the style is described as 

 simple. 



41. D. convexa, De Wild. Etudes Fl. Bas- et Moycn-Congo, 

 iii. 63, t. iv. Stem ascending from a horizontal base, a foot or more 

 in height, shortly hairy as are the petioles. Leaves obovate-elliptic, 

 shortly acuminate, narrowing below to the base and sometimes 

 obscurely cordate, margin slightly undulate or irregularly furnished 

 with short broad teeth, l|-5 in. long, 1-2J in. wide, glabrous ; 

 lateral nerves about 7 on each. side, depressed on the upper face, 

 prominent below, ascending ; petioles J-f in. long. Stipules linear- 

 tapering, persistent, 5 lin. long. Inflorescences solitary in the 

 upper leaf-axils ; stalk glabrous, up to J in. long ; receptacle 

 elliptic-oblong, convex, up to IJ in. long and 7-9 lin. wide, with 

 numerous small fleshy linear greenish-yellow marginal bracts about 

 1 lin. long, the terminal slightly longer and often irregularly 



