Dorstenia.] cxxiiic. morace^e (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, T ho nner, 49; Lukafu, Verdick, 319; Yambuya, 

 Solheid, 113 ; Elisabethville, Homble, 190 ; Kwa Muera, Mildbraed, 2142 ! forest 

 of Abarangu, 3Iildbraed, 3117. 



Mozamb. Distr. Portuguese East Africa : Uhaconhanha, Companhie de 

 Morambique ! 



Var. brevicaudata, Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1915, 301. A plant with the 

 characteristic cuneately based grossly dentate leaves of the typo, but smaller 

 receptacles not exceeding 1 in. long, with basal bract barely exceeding 1 lin. 

 long, and apical bract up to 1 J in., stalk 4-5 lin. long. 



Nile Land. Uganda : Unyoro ; Budongo forest, 3000 ft., Bagshawe, 931 ! 



Var. eompacta, De Wild. PI. 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 1 in. 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. Katam/a, 2S. A herb ; 

 stem apparently erect, upper part only seen, pubescent with rather 

 longer hairs intermixed ; upper internodes (except the few youngest) 

 2J 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 o-lobed 

 above, 5-6 in. long, 2-2 J 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 linciir- 

 tapering, pubescent, 2J 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 IJ in. long.— Th. & Hel. Durand, Syll. FI. 

 Congol. 502. 



South Central. Belgian Congo : Katanga ; Lukafu, Vcrdick; 319 ! 



49. D. scabra, En(/L in Engl. Jahrh, xx. 142. A herb o ft. high ; 

 branches pubescent in the younger portions. Leaves oblong-elliptic, 

 shortly acuminate, apex blunt with a minute mucro, base obtuse, 

 margin weiikly unduhite, sometimes with an indication of gross 

 toothing in the upper part, 5-6^ in. long, I4-2J in. wide, scabridulous 

 on the upper face, obscurely and linely pilose on the veins beneath ; 

 lateral nerves 7-9 on each side, somewhat prominent beneath, 

 curving upwards ; petiole pubescent, 5-Jlin. long. Sti])ulos nnnutc. 



