66 CXXIlIc, MORACEZ (Rendle). [Dorstenia. 
fleshy scales, 2-4 lin. long. Leaves, from the figure evidently young 
in the specimen described, subsessile, narrowly lanceolate, apex 
blunt, margin serrulate, about 14 in. long, 33-5 lin. wide in the 
lower third, hirtellous especially beneath ;: lateral nerves about 8 
on each side, ascending, prominent beneath. Stipules lanceolate or 
subtriangular, acute, 1-2 lin. long, persistent. Inflorescences solitary 
in each leaf-axil; stalk stout, about 4 in. long, shortly tomentose ; 
receptacle orbicular or irregularly rotund-polygonal, $—? in. in diam., 
disc convex, dark purple, margin narrow, bearing numerous dark 
purple setz ; bract-arms 4-5, more rarely 6, springing from below 
the margin, linear, narrowing gradually to an obtuse apex, strigose, 
the upper 7-9 lin. long, the lower 5-7 lin. Male flowers 2-androus ; 
female flowers numerous; style deeply 2-lobed.—R. E. Fries in 
Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Rhodes.-Kongo-Exped. 1911-12, i. 13. 
Mozamb. Distr. Rhodesia: Kuta, north of Lake Bangweolo, Fries, 1082. 
80. D. Wellmannii, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 276. A little- 
branched somewhat densely leaved herb; stem 8 in. high, with 
internodes 7-9 lin. long, covered, as are the leaves, with very short 
grey hairs. Leaves almost sessile, lanceolate, narrowed at each end, 
serrate-dentate, 14-14 in. long, 5 lin. wide in the middle. Stipules 
shortly triangular. An inflorescence in each leaf-axil; stalk about 
4 lin. long; receptacle elliptic, 6 lin. long, about 4 lin. broad, bearing 
about 12 linear unequal green bract-arms, }-1 in. long, } lin. broad 
below, becoming almost filiform above. Female flowers numerous. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: open places in bushy country at Liyaka, Well- 
mann, 1539. 
Near D. Pogget, Engl., from which it is easily distinguished by the characters 
of the leaf-margin and receptacle. 
81. D. Braunii, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 276. A succulent 
herb, probably tuberous; stem somewhat succulent below and 
about 4-5 lin. thick, slender above (only 2 lin. thick), and somewhat 
densely leaved, with a few branches ; young parts sparsely covered 
with very short hairs. Leaves narrowly spathulate, with very short 
broad teeth at intervals, 14-24 in. long, 2-3 lin. wide ; petiole bearing 
very short hairs, 14-24 lin. long. Stipules shortly triangular. In- 
florescences numerous; stalk slender, 34 lin. long; receptacle 
purplish below, elliptic, long diameter 5 lin., short diameter 4 lin., 
with 7-8 elongate-triangular obtuse green bract-arms, 5-6 lin. long 
and 1 lin. broad in the lower part, and numerous intervening tri- 
angular teeth about 14 lin. long and } lin: broad. Female flowers 
numerous. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Usambara ; Schume-Ukurubara, 
Braun, 2887. ; 
Recalls D. Poggei, Engl., somewhat in habit, but differs widely from this in 
leaf-character and inflorescence. 
