Dorstenia.] cxxuic. moracile (Rendle). 53 



especially on the nerves ; lateral nerves 4-5 on each side, curving 

 upwards ; petiole densely hairy, 5 lin. long. Stipules subacute, 

 soon falling, l-lj lin. long. Inflorescences generally solitary in the 

 leaf-axils ; stalk slender, j in. long ; receptacle narrow-linear, rather 

 broadly margined, 7-9 lin. long and j-1 lin. broad, bearing a slender 

 apical bract-arm about IJ in. long and a very short basal one only 

 2| lin. long. Male flowers 2-3-androus ; perianth 2-3-lobed ; 

 female distributed throughout the receptacle ; style 2-fid. 



Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa : North Nyasa ; Kyimbila, 4500 ft., 

 Siolz, 769. 



Allied to D. psilurus, Welw. 



52. D. Klainei, Pierre ex Meckel in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, 

 xlvii. 260. A small shrub with an aromatic root ; stem becoming 

 herbaceous above, terete, IJ lin. thick, sparsely pubescent in the 

 young portion, soon becoming glabrous ; internodes varying very 

 much in length, from more than 2 to less than J in. long. Leaves 

 membranaceous, elliptic, oblong- or ovate-elliptic, narrowing some- 

 what above to a shortly acuminate apex, base rounded to obtuse, 

 rarely subacute, margin subentire to denticulate, 4J-6J in. long, 

 2-2| in. wide, smooth or slightly scabrous above, paler beneath, 

 sparsely and finely pilose on the vreins ; lateral nerves 7-10 on each 

 side, upcurving and uniting within the margin, prominent on the 

 lower face ; petiole pubescent, |-1 J in. long. Stipules linear-tapering, 

 soon deciduous, about IJ lin. long. Inflorescence solitary in the 

 leaf-axils ; receptacle linear-lanceolate, green, l|-2 in. long, pro- 

 duced above into a linear appendage, with a slightly thickened apex, 

 IJ-IJ in. long, basal appendage obsolete, up to J in. long; stalk 

 inserted at one-fifth to one-quarter of the distance abo\e the 

 base, to 11 lin. long. Male flowers 2-androus, with a central 

 pistillodium, which is columnar with a swollen apex ; perianth- 

 limb with eroded margin. Female flowers fewer, in the central 

 line of the receptacle ; style protruding above the tubular perianth 

 and forking into a pair of spreading stigmas. — De Wild. Miss. E. 

 Laurent, 69. D. Gilletii, De Wild, in Bull. Herb. BoLss. 2me ser. 

 i. 838, ]fitudes Bl. Bas- et Moyen-Congo, i. 26, t. xi. and :6tudes Fl. 

 Katanga, 28. 



Lower Guinea. Gaboon, Klaine, 661 ! Lower Congo : Kisantu, Qillet, 1801 1 

 South Central. Belgian Congo : Eala, Laurent. 



53. D. Barteri, Bureau in DC. Prodr. xvii. 272. A herb 2 ft. 

 high ; stem erect from a creeping rooting base, somewhat fl&shy, 

 subflexuous, pubescent to tomentose in the upper portion, up to 

 2 lin. thick in the lower portion. Leaves papery when dry, obovate- 

 elliptic to elliptic, shortly acuminate, narrowing to an obtuse base, 

 margin entire or wavy, 5i-7 in. long, 2-3 in. wide, glabrous, paler 



