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NEW URTICACEA) FROM TROPICAL AFRICA 999 
denti-curvatis et infra marginem conjunctis, in facie superiore 
ris, Pea subtus veluti _— bisa ncny i _ petiolus crassus, 
1-2.cm Dn BNs Stipule e bas i-subulate, 
8-12 mm. longe, Mie stontos. " Peduncele in axillis solitarii vel 
gemini, Q em. longi; receptaculum stellato-orbiculare 8 mm. dia- 
metro, ei D, ophiocome simile, bracteis 8, filiformibus, 4 cm. longis. 
Hab. West Tropical Africa. Mfoa, 85 miles east of Gaboon, 
in forest, Bates, 518! Herb. Kew; Herb. Mus. Brit. 
e soft wood is impregnated with a yellow resin. Closely 
allied to D. ophiocoma Engl., but dahingdishad by its much 
longer persistent stipules. 
Dorstenia laikipiensis, sp. nov. Herba parva inferne 
suffrutescens, caule petiolisque dense hirtellis. ola breviter 
vel 
petiolata, obovata, apice obtusa vel Pa aS basi obtusa 
obscure cordata, margine subundulata, 775-9 cm. longa, 3- 
lata, in facie superiore glabra, sublar sparse pepo pracipne, in 
narginem conjunctis, petiolus 6-8 mm. longus. Stipwle subulate 
persistentes. Pedunculi in axillis solitarii; receptaculum la 
convexum, irte um, disco orbiculare circa 8 mm. diametro, 
margine bracteis circa 15 valde Oa tee soe astro ndo 
sae jal dering rugosum, circa 2 mm 
ish East Africa. Laikipia Plains, 6000 to 6500 ft., 
Battiscombe, ve Herb. Kew 
merous bract-arms of the receptacle vary remarkably in 
Nee lanier from mere pees projections 2 mm. in length to 
thread-like arms nearly 
Near D. mungensis ie, rom which it is readily distinguished 
by its blunt not acuminate lea 
Dorstenia Brownii, Be, noy. Planta caulibus —— 
22-30 cm. altis, e a tenui nape’ ramoso, circa 2 
crasso, oriundis, interdum ramosis, pene ad basin foliatis, sae 
nodiis 1-2 cm. longis, veluti petiehia puberulis cum pilis lo ngioribus 
rigidis in parte juvenili interspersis. olia in sicco tenuiter 
papyracea, anguste obovata vel cuneata, apice rotundato vel 
breviter acuminato, mucronulato, basi rg ma. u 
medium sinuata, 5-9 cm. longa, 24-3 cm. lata, superne atrato- 
viridia et se strigosa, siachkie palidion: et magis pilosa preecipue 
in nervis ; nervis lateralibus Sarak 4-6, ascendentibus, subt 
prominulis; petiolus 1-2-3 cm. longus. Stipule@ anguste famed! 
subulate eh a usque ad 4mm. longer. Pedunculs slate 
"8-1 cm. longi, te in quaque axilla in parte caulis superio 
ee do eis. meen orbicularis conyexo hirtelli, iano 
ametro, cae dentibus triangularibus acutis 
°2-1'5 mm. longi 
um. 
Hab. Uganda. Mabira Forest, at 4000 ft., H. Brown, 4601 
Herb. Mus. Brit. 
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