54 cxxiiic. MORACEiE (Rendle). [Dorstenm. 



green beneath ; lateral nerves 8-10 on each side, curving upwards 

 and uniting within the margin, prominent beneath ; petiole more 

 or less pubescent, about ^ in. or less in length. Stipules subulate, 

 2-2J lin. or less in length, generally falling before the leaves. 

 Inflorescence solitary in the upper leaf-axils ; stalk J-| in. long, 

 puberulous ; receptacle flattened or somewhat convex, orbicular, 

 1-lf in. in diam., including the broad membranous margin (3-4 lin. 

 wide), which is prolonged into numerous (about 15) very unequal 

 bract-arms, a few from J-| in. long, the remainder short, from 1-3 

 lin. long. Flowers very distinct. Male flowers 3-merous, the 3 

 bluntly rounded perianth-lobes depressed on the surface of the 

 disc. Female perianth ring-like, raised above the disc-surface, 

 the deeply 2-fid style projecting from the mouth. Endocarp of fruit 

 subglobose, smooth, whitish brown, IJ in. in diam. — Engl. Monogr. 

 Morac. Afr. 14. 



Upper Guinea. Southern Nigeria : Old Calabar, Bohb ! Ifunkpa to Atakom, 

 Holland, 215 ! Oban, Talbot, 656 ! 672 ! 674 ! Fernando Po, Barter I Mann, 

 152! 



54. D. multiradiata, E7igL Monogr. Morac. Afr. 15, tt. i. D, iii. 

 C. Stem 2 ft. or more long, erect, often from a creeping or rooting 

 base, woody and glabrous below, often branched, herbaceous above 

 and shortly puberulous like the petioles with scattered longer hairs. 

 Leaves narrowly elliptic, narrowing below to the rather blunt base, 

 apex shortly acuminate, margin slightly undulate, 6-8 in. long, 

 2-3 in. wide, glabrous, paler green beneath ; lateral nerves 7-10 on 

 each side, arcuately spreading, prominent beneath; petiole about 

 J in. long. Stipules linear-subulate, 5-7 lin. long, persistent. In- 

 florescence solitary, axillary ; stalk up to 1 J in. long, glabrous ; 

 receptacle grey-green, many-angled, irregularly many-lobed, |-1J in. 

 in diam., margin green, leaf-like, 2J-4 lin. broad, prolonged into about 

 30 radiating linear bract-arms of very unequal length, 9-13 of the 

 first rank are |-1J in. long and at their base and between them are 

 shorter arms. Flowers very distinct, fragrant. Male perianth broadly 

 and obtusely 2-3-lobed, 2-3-androus ; female as in D. Barteri. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Barombi, Preuss, 204 ! 



55. D. Lujae, De Wild. PL Nov. Herb. Hort. Thenen. i. 221, t. 50. 

 Herbaceous stem, leaf-stalks and peduncles shortly and densely 

 hairy. Leaves papery when dry, obovate, sometimes narrowly so, 

 apex shortly acuminate, narrowing towards the subcordate base, 

 margin slightly undulate, 3|-5 in. long, lj-2i in. wide, glabrous 

 except for a few short scattered hairs on the nerves on the lower 

 surface : lateral nerves 7-8 on each side, curving upwards and 

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

 triangular, caducous. Inflorescences solitary in the upper leaf- 

 axils ; stalk about 10 lin. long ; receptacle polygonal to orbicular, 



