Dorstenia. | CXXIIIc. MORACEH (Rendle), ve 
2-partite, the median 3-fid, divisions linear-lanceolate, many- 
toothed, teeth becoming shorter towards the apex; petiole stout, 
6 in. or more in length. Peduncles about as long as or longer than 
the petiole, but only half as thick ; receptacle attached just above 
the base, green, vertical, oblong or narrowly oblong, sometimes 
linear, with a narrow margin passing into linear-tapering bracts, 
the terminal generally longer and broader, #1} in. long, 1 lin. or 
less in width, the lateral, 3-6 on each side, $3 in. long and 3 lin. 
or less in width. Male flowers 2-androus, with an indistinctly 2-lobed 
perianth ; female distributed throughout the disc ; ovary stalked, 
ovoid ; style simple. Endocarp globose, tuberculate, about ? lin. 
m diam.—Bureau in DC. Prodr. xvii. 276; Engl. Monogr. Morac. 
Afr. 25 and Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 190; R. EK. Fries in Wiss. 
Ergebn. Schwed. Rhodes.-Kongo-Exped. 1911-12, i. 14. Kosaria 
barnimiana, Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 189, t. ii. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Jenneja, near Magdala, Steudner, 1359. Gallabat ; 
on the right bank of the Chor Koki, near Matamma, Schweinfurth, 560! 561! 
563! Sennar: Jebel Fazoke, on the Blue Nile, Hartmann ; Famaka in Fazokl, 
Cienkowsky. 
South Central. Belgian Congo: Kasindi, Lake Albert Edward, Fries, 1873. 
Var. ophioglossoides, Engl. Monogr. Morac. Afr. 25. A smaller plant 
with cordate-ovate or peltate leaves about 1 in. long and wide ; petioles 3-1} in 
long. Peduncles 2-2} in. long; bracts linear-tapering, 3}-4 lin. long, acute.— 
D. ophioglossoides, Bureau in DC. Prodr. xvii. 276. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia : Plain of Dembea, 6000 ft., Schimper, 1208 ! Steudner, 
1358 ; Debra-Eski, 9000-11,000 ft., Schimper, 402! Gallabat: by the Gendua 
River, Steudner, 1357! 
Var. tropeolifolia, Rendle. _ Resembles var. ophioglossoides. Tuber small, 
roundish, }~% in. in diam. Leaf solitary, suborbicular, peltate, 1-1} in. in 
greatest diameter; petiole 3-1? in. long. Peduncle 2-4} in. long; bracts 
33-73 lin. long, enerally acute.—D. tropeolifolia, Bureau in DC. Prodr. 
XVii. 276 ; Engl. Neinons Morac. Afr. 26. D. peltata, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. 
xlvi. 277. Kosaria tropeolifolia, Schweinf. in Verhandl. Zool.-Bot. Gesell. 
Wien, 1868, 687. : 
Nile Land. Gallabat: left bank of the cep hne Gendua, Schweinfurth, 564! 
British East Africa : .Unyoro, 3900 ft., Brown, 407 ! 
North Central. Adaiewis Ssagadje; Korowal Plateau, 2400 ft., Leder- 
i Rae ca Il plant 4-6 in. high 
Var. angustior, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xxx. 292. A sma plan in. high, 
with cordate en, in. long and wide ; petiole about 1 in. long. — youmee 
4-6 in. long; receptacle narrow, 1} in. or less in length, about 2 lin. broad ; 
lateral bracts 3-1} in. long, terminal 1}-2 in. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa : Unyika ; near Toola, 4000ft., Goetze, 1415! 
Var. Telekii, Engl. Monogr. Morac. Afr. 25. A small plant with ager 
suborbicular leaves, } in. long and wide, with crenate-repand margin ; vas e 
about 1} in. long. Peduncle 14 in. long ; receptacle dea Legint a 
obtuse, 2}-3 lin. long, the terminal longer than the lateral.—D. 4 elekit, Se “ R 
in Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 190 (name only) and in hee um 
Rudolph-See u. Stephanie-See, Sonderabdr. 856 ; Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 161. 
Nile Land. British East Africa : Kikuyu, 5300-6600 ft., Hohnel, 28. : 
T have not seen the specimen of D. peltata, Engl. (Ledermann, ae 
cannot by the description distinguish it from trop@olifolia, to which Eng 
States it is “extraordinarily near.” 
