64 cxxiiic. MORACE^ (Eendle). [Dorstenia, 



DC. Prodr. xvii. 274; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 191 and 

 Monogr. Morac. Afr. 24 ; Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 1025. D. 

 Poggei, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 146, xxx. 292, and Monogr. Morac. 

 Afr'. 24, t. vi., fig. C ; Th. & Hel. Durand, Syll. Fl. Congol. 503. 

 D. Porjgei, var. Meyeri-Johannis, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. li. 434. 

 D. Hocicii, De Wild, in Bull. Jard. Bot.^ Brux. iii. 278 (1911), and in 

 Etudes Fl. Katanga, ii. 31 (1913). D. stenophylla, R. E. Fries in 

 Arkiv. Bot. xiii. no. 1. 9 (1913), t. 2, fig. 4, and in Wiss. Ergebn. 

 Schwed. Rhodes.-Kongo-Exped. 1911-12, i. 13. 



Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; near Lopollo, Welwitsch, 1566 ! Kubango, 

 Colui valley and Ganguellas, Gossv^eiler, 2115 ! Ciitato valley, south of Andulo 

 and Upper'Cutato, Gregory ! on the Kwango at 10^'' S. lat., Pogge, 294 ! 



South Central. Belgian Congo : Katanga ; valley of the Little Luembe, 

 Hock ! 



Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa : Uschirombo, Meyer ; Unyika : 

 Miwura, 5700 ft., Goctze, 1376. Rhodesia : Kalambo, Fries, 1332. 



75. D. rhodesiana, R. E. Fries in Arkiv. Bot. xiii. 7io. i. 11, 

 t. 2, figs. 1, 2. Habit of D. henguellensis ; tuber placentiform, 

 about 2 in. in diam., 5-7 lin. high ; central stem slightly fleshy, 

 reddish at the base, 8-10 in. high, densely covered with very short 

 greyish hairs towards the apex, bearing leaves and inflorescences in 

 the upper third, and below lanceolate-ovate acute shortly tomentose 

 scales about 2 lin. long. Leaves subsessile, linear-lanceolate, apex 

 subacute, margin closely crenulate, 2-3 in. long, 4-5 lin. wide, 

 hirtellous especially on the nerves on the lower face. Stipules 

 oblong-lanceolate, persistent, 1-lJlin. long. Inflorescences solitary ; 

 stalk 2J-5 lin. long ; receptacle orbicular, 5-6 lin. in diam., the margin 

 bearing a ring of minute dark purple teeth \ lin. long or less ; bract- 

 arms 8-10, springing from a little below the margin, linear, unequal, 

 to \ lin. broad, the upper 7-10 lin. long, the lower decreasing to half 

 the length. Female flowers numerous ; style shortly 2-fid. Fruit 

 subglobose with warted endocarp, about \ lin. in diam. — R. E. Fries 

 in Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Rhodes.-Kongo-Exped. 1911-12, i. 13. 



Mozamb. Distr. Rhodesia : Msisi, near Abercorn, Fries, 1302. 

 Specimen not seen ; should perhaps be included under D. henguellensis. 



76. D. Verdickii, De Wild. & Durand in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. xl. 26. 

 Stem erect, herbaceous, hirtellous, leafy, internodes 1 in. long or 

 less. Leaves subsessile, thin and papery when dry, lanceolate, more 

 or less acuminate, apex blunt and obscurely mucronate, margin 

 obscurely denticulate, 2-3 in. long, 7-8 lin. wide, scaberulous, 

 sparsely hirtellous especially on the nerves ; lateral nerves 8-12 

 on each side, ascending. Stipules linear-tapering to linear-lanceolate, 

 IJ-li lin. long. Inflorescences solitary in each leaf-axil ; stalk 

 stout, about 2J lin. long ; receptacle glabrescent, disc flat, orbicular, 

 3J-4 lin. in diam., margin denticulate, bract-arms springing from 



