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A very distinct species characterized by the round disc of the 
receptacle qe with short teeth. Allied to D. quercifolia R. E. 
which, however, grows from a fleshy tuber-like rhizome. 
Dors beni oe al en sp. nov. Suffrutex caule e basi radi- 
cante peer et circa 12-5 cm. alto, parte juvenili veluti petiolis 
dense hirtella. Folia breviter petiolata, membranacea, oblanceo- 
lata, apice obtuso vel rotundato, apiculato, ad basin obtusam vel 
rise cordatam angustata, margine undulata, 8-9 cm. longa, 
rea cm. lata, in qu wert a scabridula ; nervis ee 
utcin que 6, marginem conjunctis, prominulis; 
petiolus circa 4 mm, longs. Stipule parve, lineari-subulate, 
deciduz, circa 2 mm. longe. Pedunculs in axillis superioribus 
solitarii, 1-2-2 cm. longi, sparse pilosi ; Bs ea dorso sparse 
ilosum, disco anguste ovali, 2 cm. longo, 7 mm. lato, utrinque 
angustato et bractea Hina circa 5 cm. longa Huiesioto, margine 
dentibus ineequalibus 2-6 mm. longis armata. lores masculi 
3-andri, pistillo centrali abortivo ; flores foeminei in re mediana 
positi, stylo bifido ex ore porianthi tubi angusto exser 
Hab. British Hast ca. Rabai Hills, Moubon: W. #£. 
Taylor! Herb. Mus. Bri 
Near. D. oeinaeticaoies Engl., but at once distinguished by 
the long terminal bracts, which are more than twice the length of 
the a acle. 
Dorstenia equatorialis, sp. nov. Swuffrutex caule superne 
foliato st pilis brevissimis glandulosis sparse induto. Folia bre- 
viter petiolata, in sicco membranacea, obovato- — breviter 
acu uminata, infra medium ad basin angustam obtusam angustata, 
ma rgine leviter undulata, 12-5-13 em. longa, 4-5°5 em. ints, glabra, 
nervis lateralibus utrinque 7-10, sursum arcuatis et infra mar- 
ginem conjunctis, subtus Saker a petiolus 6-8 mm. longus. 
Siipulé longs, lineari-angustate, 8-10 mm. longs, persistentes. 
Peduncult in axillis superioribus solitarii, “petiolos excedentes ; 
receptaculum haud maturum, ellipticum, 11 mm. longum, m. 
et bracteas 2 terminales 3 cm. longas producta. lores masculi 
3-andri, perianthio 3-lobo ; a foeminei Gankratais stylo bifido 
ex ore tubi brevis perianthii ex exserto. 
Hab. West Tropical iron Lat. 1° N., G. Mann, 1862! 
Herb. Kew 
Near D. Tayloriana, from which it differs in the long slender 
emacs stipules and weakly toothed margin of the receptacle. 
Dorstenia PROREPENS Engl. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xx. 144. 
Var. hae , var. nov. Planta es robusta, foliis 6—10 cm. 
longis, 2-5-4 cm. latis, supra ad apicem breviter acuminatum et 
infra ad seiaiii cuneatam angustatis, nervis lateralibus — 
4-5, petiolis 1:2-2°5 em. one: fructu spheroidale, 2°56 m 
diametro; endocarpium ley 
Hab. South Nigeria. Oban, Talbot, 2316! Herb. Mus. Brit. 
Dorstenia paucidentata, sp.nov. Herba 1 miler ery 
= internodiis s superioribus 15-2'5 cm. = 125-2 
