Orera.] cxxiiiu. ukticace.e (KoikIU'). *259 



6. U. Batesii, RcmUcinJoam. Bol. r.)lf).3H8. A shnih, (railing or 

 clinibiii<^f In- rootlets; steins slender, pur})lisli. '2i> ft. loni,' {Mtum), 

 unarmed and <iIa})rous. Leaves elliptic to ovate-elliptic apex shortly 

 acuminate, blunt, base sliallowly cordate, margin inconspicuously 

 crenate or becomin<^f almost entire especially below the middle, l\- 

 nerved with 2-3 ascending lateral nerves on each side, lateral nerves 

 joined by coiLspicuous parallel transverse veins, reticulation some- 

 what prominent, 4-50 in. long, 2J-3.J in. wide, thinly membranous 

 when dry, upper face nuich darker than the lower and with a few- 

 stinging hairs, otherwise glabrous, up])er face densely covered with 

 linear cystoliths, which closely follow the venation on the lower face ; 

 I)ctiole rather slender, 1-3 in. long, greyish when dry from the densely 

 crowded cystoliths. Stipules caduct)us. Inflorescences a little 

 longer or shorter than the petioles : !uale 3 in. or less in length, with 

 a short peduncle and a few compressed spreading branches bearing 

 the flowers in a few separated clusters ; pedicel about .V lin. long, 

 unopened flower about 1 lin. in diam. ; perianth 5-partite, with a 

 few short spreading hairs on the back ; rudimentary ovary inverted- 

 turbinate. Female inflorescence somewhat coryjubosely panicu- 

 late, branches somewhat compressed ; flowers in few-Howered clus- 

 ters on the short branchlets acccunpanied by a few^ short stinging 

 hairs ; ])erianth sliallowly 4-lobed, above which projects the ovt)id 

 ovary. Apex of ripe fruit projecting above the berry-like fleshy 

 perianth which is about 1 lin. long. 



Upper Guinea. Camcroons : Kfulcn, Balc'i, 304 ! 3U4a ! Fernando I'o : 

 Clarence Peak, 1300 ft., Maun, 305 ! 



A s|)eeinien, with young female inflore.seence, from \aunile (Camcroon.s) 

 (Z( nker, no. 073 !) may be consppcilic with tlu; above. 'I'lif leaves are larger, 

 uj) to 7 in. long and 4^ in. wide, with a somewhat truncate base, and the branchea 

 arc shorter. 



7. U. Talbotii, Re7idle in Joiini. Bot. 1916, 309. A shrub, trailing 

 or climbing by rootlets; stem to J in. thick, glabrous but profusely 

 armed with simple or forked protuberances which end in a very small 

 stinging hair. Leaves broadly elliptic, apex rounded and abruptly 

 acuminate, base emarginate. margin inconspicuously crenate or 

 slightly undulate, nerves as in V . Bntrsii, 4-G in. long, 2-4 in. wide, 

 thinly membranous when dry. upper face nmch darker than the 

 lower, glabrous, cystoliths linear, scattered on the upper face, minute 

 and following the reticulation on the lower ; petiole slender. .1-2 J in. 

 long. Stipules ovate-triangular, acute, 4 lin. long, strongly nerved. 

 Male inflorescence large, a spreading puberulous panicle 8 in. long by 

 11 in. broad, the flowers in cloisters on dw-arf shoots which are spaced 

 along the lateral branches; pedicels slender, U-2 lin. long: open 

 flower about IJ lin. across, perianth .j-partite. Fenuile inflorescence 

 much smaller than the male, paniculate, pyramidal in outline, 1 m. 

 lon-r ; flowers in few-flowered clusters on the short branch lelb, 



