Hydnora.'] cxi. cytinace^e (baker and weight). 133 



on pendulous deliquescent placentas, brown. — Solms-Laub. in Engl, 

 and Plant), Pflanzenfam. iii. i. 285, and Pflanzenr. Hydnoraceae, 0. 

 H. africana, var. luncjicoUls, Welw. J.c. GO ; Hook. f. in DC Prodr. 

 xvii. 109 ; Ficalho, Pi. Uteis, 2U. H. s;?., Monteiro, Angola, ii. 207. 



JtO-wer Guinea. Angola: Mossamcdes; on maritlnae sandy hills near Mossa- 

 medes and as far as Cabo Negro, WeLivitsch, 530 ! 



This plant yields (especially from the rhizome) a dusky cinnamon colouring 

 matter which contains tannin, and is used by fishermen for staining and preserving 

 their nets. 



3. H. Hanningtoni, Rendle in Journ. Bot. 189G, 55, t. ZhQ,fig.A, 

 Rhizome up to 1 in. in diam., coral-like, bearing numerous tubercles. 

 Flowers smooth and brown outside, 6-7 in. long, subcylindrical in bud. 

 Perianth-tubt^ 4 in. long, 1 in. in diam. ; lobes 4, 2J-i> in. long, IJ in. 

 broad in the upper third, narrower below, incurved at the tips, inflexed 

 and covered with short fleshy setie in the lower 2 in., pink. Androe- 

 cium 4-lobed, forming a sinuous ring about half-way up the perianth- 

 tube and 1 in. in height, the numerous pollen-sacs indicated by trans- 

 verse striations. Ovary IJ in. long; stigmas arranged in the form of 

 a cross. 



Nile Iiand. Abyssinia : Galla Highlands at Ginia, Donaldson Smith. Uganda : 

 Victoria Nyanza, Jordan's Nullah, JIanninglon ! 



At Kew there is a tracing from Bishop Hannington's drawing lent by Mr. W. 

 Mitten in July, 1883, to which is appended the following note : " The plant appeared 

 to grow in large circles as fungi do, and in breaking up from the ground forced up 

 lumps of earth as large a? his head. He took great pains to get a good representa- 

 tion, but could not depict the ciliation of the margin of tlie clefts of the flower. 

 He says the evil odour was so great that he could not keep it very near him." 



4. H. abyssinica, A. Br. in Schwehif. Beitr. FL Aethiop. 217. 

 Rhizome as thick as the thumb, simple or branched, furnished with 

 tubercles, cylindrical or slightly angular, flesshy. Perianth widely 

 tubular; lobes 4, inflexed, the lower third of the margin ciliate with 

 scales, the upper part quite smooth, slightly cucullate. Androecium 

 4-lobed, inserted at the middle of the perianth-tube; lobes ovate, 

 obtuse, erect, confluent at the very base, free at the apex. Stigma 

 4-lobed, adpressed, with ladial lamellae. Ovary subglobose, verrucose, 

 1-celled ; placentas pendulous. — De Bary in Abhandl. Nat. Gesellsch. 

 Halle, X. (1868), 28; Becc. in Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ttal. iii. (1871), 7; 

 Decne in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xx. (187o), 70; Martelli, Fl. Bogos. 

 70; Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 386 ; Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 169; Solms-Laub. 

 in Engl. Pflanzenr. Hydnoraceae, 7. U. Johannis, Becc. I.e. 5 ; Solms- 

 Laub. I.e. 



irile Xiand. Eritrea: Bogos; Zedamba, 5ecc«W, 170, Abyssinia: near Dehli- 

 Dikeno, 5000 ft., on Acacia glaucoyhylla , Steud., iSchim^er, 



Mozaxnb. Blst. German East Africa: Pangani, ex Engler ; Usagara ; near 

 Kidotij on the Kuhenbe liiver, on roots of acacia, Goetze, 395. 



