Dissotis] LIV. MELASTOMACE.K. 367 



JD. rotundifolia Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. p. 58 (Dec. 

 1871) j Cogniaux in DC. Monogr. Phan. vii. p. 3G9 (1891). 



GoLUNGO Alto. — A little low uudershrub, growing after the fashion 

 of Linncea borealis L. ; stems prostrate or creei)ing, rooting at the 

 nodes, very slender ; flowering branches erect ; flowers of a pretty 

 rose colour, large for the size of the plant ; anthers of a deep dull 

 yellow-orange colour. In the most elevated forests of Sobato 

 Quilombo-Quiacatubia, creeping amongst moss in shaded places ; fl. 

 and young fr. Feb. 1855. A slender form. No. 897. 



Seen also by Welwitsch in Pkince's Island, at Papagaios, Sept. 

 1853, but there is not any specimen in the collection. 



7. D. angolensis Cogn. in DC. Monogr. Phan. vii. p. 371 (1891). 



HuiLLA. — In marshy, bushy pastures, by the streams of FeiTao da 

 Sola ; fl. beginning of May 18t)0. No. 913. An erect i)erennial 

 tomentellous herb, 2 to 3 ft. high ; flowers bright rose-purple and 

 sometimes pale violet-purple. In swampy meadows with dense grass 

 and low bushes, at the great lake of Ivantala ; H. and fr. Feb. and 

 April 18G0. No. 914. 



8. D. Welwitschii Cogn. in DC. Monogr. Phan. vii. p. 371 (1891). 



HuiLLA. — Flowers brilliantly violet-purple. On elevated, wooded, 

 densely grassy declivities, along streams in Morro de Lopollo, abundant ; 

 fl. Jan., young fr. April 18G0. No. 917- An undershrub, 3 to 4 rarely 

 5 ft. high ; stems gregarious, erect, winged-tetragonal ; leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate, very bright green ; flowers paniculate, large, very handsome, 

 deep violet-purple. By streams in Serra de Lopollo, at an elevation 

 of 5200 feet ; fr. April 1860. Coll. Carp. 89 and 575. 



9. D. longicaudata Cogn. in DC, Monogr. Phan. vii. p. 373(1891). 



HuiLLA. — A small slender tree. 15 to 20 ft. high ; leaves with 

 scattered adpressed hairs on the upper face ; calyx-teeth caducous. 

 In wooded thickets along streams in the most elevated parts of Morro. 

 (Serra) de Lopollo ; fl. and young fr. May 18G0. No. 915. Arbores- 

 cent 10 to 15 ft. ; trunk 2 to G in. in circumference ; fr. Coll. Carp. 571. 



The following probably belong.s to this species, though the cor- 

 responding specimens have not been found : — 



HuiLLA. — A .shrub of 14 to 18 ft. or a slender little tree, evergreen, 

 with very handsome violet-purple flowers. In Morro de Huilla, at 

 5600 ft. alt.. May 18G0. Coll. Carp. 73. 



10. D. CandoUeana Cogn. in DC. Monogi-.Phan. vii. p. 373(1891). 

 PuNCio Andon(;o.— In damp meadows between Quitage and Condo. 



occasionally ; fl. and \fr. March ]8.')7. No. 904. A small, erect, 

 branched shrub, 3 to 4 ft. high. By the streams of Funda Quilombo : 

 fr. Dec. 185G. No. 904i. In marshy thickets by the river Muxillo : 

 fl, and fr. beginning of Dec. 185G. No. 904c. An erect shrub. 

 3 ft. high ; flowers not j'et seen. In the elevated marshy parts of 

 the rocks of Pungo Andongo ; fr. end of Oct 1855. Coll. Carp, 573. 



11. D. crenulata Cogn. in DC. Monogr. Phan. vii. p. 376(1891). 



Huilla.— An erect shrub, very much branched, 4 to G ft. high : 

 primary stems springing in a ca^spitose manner from the rootstock : 

 branches and branchlets spreading. In damp thickets at the l)ase of 

 Morro de Lopollo, not abundant ; fr. Dec. 1859; very few fl.. May 



