Dorstenia.] CXXIIIc. MORACEZ (Rendle). 51 
South Central. Belgian Congo: Forest of Sankuru, Luja, 82; Lutsolela, 
Ikongo, Bobangi, Kondue, Mukunsi and Pangu, Laurent; Eala, Laurent, 192, 
1220; Pynaert, 1246; Bobi, Thonner, 49; Lukafu, Verdick, 319; Yambuya, 
Solheid, 113 ; Elisabethville, Homble, 190 ; Kwa Muera, Mildbraed, 2142 ! forest 
of Abarangu, Mildbraed, 3117. 
Mozamb. Distr. Portuguese East Africa: Uhaconhanha, Companhie de 
Mocambique ! 
Var. brevicaudata, Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1915, 301. A plant with the 
characteristic cuneately based grossly dentate leaves of the type, but smaller 
receptacles not exceeding 1 in. long, with basal bract barely exceeding 1 lin. 
long, and apical bract up to 1} in., stalk 4-5 lin. long. 
Nile Land, Uganda: Unyoro ; Budongo forest, 3000 ft., Bagshawe, 931! 
Var. compacta, De Wild. Pl. Nov. Hort. Thenen. i. 233, t. 54. Stem much 
branched ; branches short, crowded, densely leaved in the upper part. Leaves 
short-stalked, narrowly elliptic, tapering to an acuminate apex, margin acutely 
toothed throughout, with small teeth between the prominent ones, 3 in. long 
by lin. wide. Receptacle about 1 in. long, with a slightly longer apical bract, 
and a short basal bract. 
Mozamb. Distr. Portuguese East Africa : in coffee plantations at Moram- 
bala, Luja, 372, 382. 
Perhaps a distinct species. 
48. D. lukafuensis, De Wild. Etudes Fl. Katanga, 28. A herb; 
stem apparently erect, upper part only seen, pubescent with rather 
longer hairs intermixed ; upper internodes (except the few youngest) 
2} in. to 14 lin. long, apex densely leaved. Leaves membranous when 
dry, obovate or elliptic-obovate, apex acuminate, ultimately 
blunt and mucronulate, tapering to the blunt more or less subcordate 
base, margin irregularly shallowly toothed, sometimes 3-lobed 
above, 5-6 in. long, 2-24 in. wide, upper face scabridulous, with 
a few short adpressed hairs, shortly hairy on the veins beneath ; 
lateral nerves 7-8 on each side, ascending, prominent beneath ; 
petiole 7-10 in. long, pubescent like the stem. Stipules linear- 
tapering, pubescent, 2} lin. long, persistent. Inflorescence solitary, 
axillary, receptacle long-stalked, as in D. psilurus, but generally 
with one or two pairs of short bracts above the base, basal and 
lateral bracts about 2 lin. long, apical bract slender, about 2 in. 
long; peduncle 13 in. long—Th. & Hél. Durand, Syll. Fi. 
Congol. 502. 
South Central. Belgian Congo: Katanga; Lukafu, Verdick, 319! 
49. D. scabra, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb, xx. 142. A herb 3 ft. high ; 
branches pubescent in the younger portions. Leaves oblong-elliptic, 
shortly acuminate, apex blunt with a minute mucro, base obtuse, 
margin weakly undulate, sometimes with an indication of gross 
toothing in the upper part, 5-64 in. long, 17-23 in. wide, scabridulous 
on the upper face, obscurely and finely pilose on the veins beneath ; 
lateral nerves 7-9 on each side, somewhat prominent beneath, 
curving upwards ; petiole pubescent, 5-9 lin. long. Stipules minute, 
