Riots 
NEW URTICACEH FROM TROPICAL AFRICA 301 
crassis. ola membranacea, elliptica, apice tae acuminata, 
basi cuneata, obtusa ay 10-20 cm. longa, 4—7:5 cm. lata, glabra, in 
sicco in facie superiore atro-viridia subtus pallidion: ; nervis 
lntoralibus utrinque 11-13, subascendentibus, superne arcuatis et 
minulis tiolus i @ 
subulate, 2 lin. longs, caduce. ' Pedunculi i in  axillis superioribus 
solitarii, glabri, tenues, petiolum zquantes vel breviores; recepta- 
e et breviter obconicum, disco ellipti 
longo, 4 mm. lato, margine baer dentibus 4 late triangularibus 
carnosulis circa 2mm. longis et 4 revioribus obtusissimis vix 
ongis instructa. (ee masculi 3-andri Pics foeminei 
pauci, ‘styli ramuli exserti partem indivisam equa 
Hab. West Tropical Africa. Lat. 1° N., Siorma ‘del Crystal, 
G. Mann, 1692! Herb. Kew. 
DoRSTENIA PSILURUS baa w. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 71. 
vis BREVICAUDATA, va Planta foliis ut in specie basi 
neatis et ees grosse  Aothatia, sed oe minore et 
longitading 2°5 cm. haud superante; bractea basali vix 2mm. et 
oe vix 4:5 cm. x esau pedunculo 8-10 mm. lon gee 
Hab. Ugan mg Teese Badonge Forest, 3000 ft., Bagshawe, 
931! Herb. Mus. B 
sp. n Planta caule herbaceo parte 
juvenili veluti oatiolie bi Nee pike albido- eres ve re ie 
vel obovato-elliptica, breviter acuminata, infra n obtusa 
subcordatam angustata, margine integra, circa 1 die: lot a, 4°5 cm. 
lata, glabra, venis in facie inferiore prominentibus sparse pilosellis 
exceptis: nervis lateralibus utrinque 7-8, sursum arcuatis et infra 
marginem conjunctis ; petiolus 4-7 mm. longus tupule lineari- 
acuminate, usque ad 4 mm. longa, subpersistentes. Peduncult 
in axillis ae, ini oe tenues, pubescentes, petiolos valde 
superantes, em. longi; ecepta aculum saborbiculars, convexum, 
circa 8 mm. iametro, mae ne membranacea vix 2 
bracteis circa 10 linearibus patentibus subaqualibus usque ad 
1-3 cm. longis, dentibus sonermpe vel processubus brevissimis 
fe interspersis instructa. Flores masculi 3-andri, peri- 
anthio 3-lobo; flores foeminei per partem centralem sparsi, stylo 
South iat Oban, Talbot, 2314! Herb. Mus. Brit. 
A member of the D. Barteri group of species, in which it is 
distinguished by ite, narrow margined receptacle with numerous 
rather short subequal arms. 
Dorstenia Batesii, sp. nov. Herba bt 7a — pire 
internodiis —— 4 cm. longis, 3 mm. crassis, superne 
oribus, 12-8 mm. longis. Folia obovata anlsnao: -elliptica, spite 
Beaviter et niece acuminato, basi cuneata, obtusa, margine 
obsolete crenata vel leviter undulata, 8-16 cm. longa, 4: 3-6 cm. 
