213 
the flowers in this species are probably polygamous. As the leaves 
resemble those of 7’. Johnsonii, it is possible that the relationship 
between these two species is closer than was at first t ought. 
1022. Dicraea tenax, C. H. Wright in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 
vi. sect. 1, part i. p. 125 (anglice) [ Podostemonaceae-Eupodos- 
temoneae]; D, Wallichii, Tul., affinis, foliis pluribus trilobis recedit. 
Planta cornea, aenea. Caulis ramosissimus, leviter compressus, 
1 mm. diam. /olia numerosa, inferiora laxe disposita, superiora 
imbricata, quadrata, triloba, vix 1 mm. onga. Spathellae tubulares, 
irregulariter dentatae, virides, 2 mm. longae ; pedicelli in aesti- 
vatione inflexi; bracteae foliis similes. Stamina 2; filamenta 
dimidio inferiori connata ; antherae 2-loculares, Stigmata linearia, 
deflexa, Capsula 2-valvata,2 mm. longa, vix 1 mm. diam. ; valvae 
aequales, 5-nervae, apice edentatae., 
Ruopesra. Livingstone Island, Victoria Falls, growing in the 
very swirl of the rapids, Kolbe, 3149. 
This much resembles the Brazilian Podostemon Chamissonis, Tul., 
in habit, 
1023. Dicraea Garrettii, C. H. Wright in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 
Vi, - 1. part i, p. 126 (anglice) | Podostemonaceae-Eupodos- 
— ; D. tenaci, C. H. Wright, affinis, bracteis longe laceratis 
ittert 
Caulis ad 10 cm. longus, ramosus, compressus, corneus. Folia 
2mm. longi; bracteae 6 mm. longae, 
superiore laceratae ; spathellae tubulares, uno latere fissae, 4 mm. 
1024. Aristolochia rigida, Duch., var. major, C. H. Wright in 
Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr, vi, sect. 1. part i. p. 139 (anglice) [Aristo- 
lochiaceae]; a typo notis sequentibus differt. 
Folia 7-5 em. longa, prope basin 6 mm. lata. Bracteae 3°8 cm. 
longae, 8 mm. latae, ovato-lanceolatae, longe acuminatae, mucro- 
hatae, marginibus incrassatis scabridis, Perianthium 3°8 em. 
longum ; limbus 2:5 em. longus vel ultra. 
SOMALILAND, Lasgori and Ahl Mountains, about 480 m., 
Hildebrandt, 873. : 
his variety has a very different aspect from the type, which 
may be due to growing in a moister locality. The difference in the 
shape of the bracts is very striking. 
Fl. Trop. Afr. vi 
in = Dyer, Ft i. 
. 139 (anglice) [Aristolochiaceae]; A. Mannit, 
