66 cxxiiic, HORACES (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 IJ in. long, 3J-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 J in. long, shortly tomentose ; 

 receptacle orbicular or irregularly rotund -polygonal, J-| in. in diam., 

 disc convex, dark purple, margin narrow, bearing numerous dark 

 purple seta? ; 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. Khodes.-Kongo-Exped. 1911-12, i. 13.,, 

 Mozamb. Distr. Rhodesia : Kuta, north of Lake Bangweolo, Fries, 1082. 



80. D. Wellmannii, Engl, in Engl. Jahrh. 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, Ij-lJ 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, J-1 in. long, J lin. broad 

 below, becoming almost filiform above. Female flowers numerous. 



Lower Guinea. Angola : open places in bushy country at Liyaka, WeU- 

 inann, 1539. 



Near D. Poggei, Engl., from which it is easily distinguished by the characters 

 of the leaf-margin and receptacle. 



81. D. Braunii, Engl, in Engl. Jahrh. xlvi. 276. A succulent 

 herb, probably tuberous ; stem somewhat succulent below and 

 about 4-5 lin. thick, slender above (only 2 J 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, 1 J-2J in. long, 2-3 lin. wide ; petiole bearing 

 very short hairs, 1J-2J lin. long. Stipules shortly triangular. In- 

 florescences numerous ; stalk slender, 3J 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 IJ 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. 



