246 MR, J. G. BAKER ON THE 
from the herbarium of Justice Blackburn, not localized, labelled 
“ L. filiflorus, Bojer,” is either conspecific with L. pachyphyllus, 
or very near to it. The branchlets are very rough with lenticels, 
the leaves broader, and the flowers solitary. 
LORANTHUS ($ DENDROPHTHOE) MICROLIMBUS, n. Sp. 
Glaber, ramulis teretibus, foliis obscure petiolatis obovato-oblongis 
obtusis basi cuneatis crassis rigide coriaceis deorsum obscure trinervatis, 
floribus axillaribus glomeratis sessilibus, bracteola ovata acuta unilaterali, 
calyce parvo oblongo ore obscure dentato, corolla rubrz tubo cylindrico 
gracillimo ad medium fisso, segmentis parvis oblanceolatis, antheris minutis 
oblongis. 
A shrub, with slender terete pale brown branches, glabrous in 
all its parts. Leaves cuneately narrowed to an obscure petiole, 
2-3 in. long, 1-11 in. broad, very obtuse, very thick and rigid in 
texture, brown when dried, with 3 nerves faintly visible towards 
the base. Flowers 4-8 in a cluster, sessile. Bracteole unilateral, 
ovate, with a cusp. Calyx green, scarcely 4; in. long. Corolla 
red, 1-1} in. long, with a very slender tube and 5 oblanceolate 
segments not more than ;4 in. long. Anthers minute, oblong.— 
Forest of Alamazaotra, Baron 1407 ! 
LonawTHUS ($ DENDROPHTHOE) DIPLOCRATER, N. sp. 
Glaber, ramulis teretibus, foliis subpetiolatis obovato-cuneatis crassis 
rigide coriaceis venis occultis, floribus solitariis axillaribus sessilibus, 
bracteola campanulata, calycis cylindrici rigidi limbo elongato apice 
minute dentato, corolle rubre tubo cylindrico cite ad medium fisso, seg- 
mentis 5 lanceolatis, antheris linearibus. 
A much-branched shrub, glabrous in all its parts, with slender 
terete pale brown branchlets. Leaves mostly opposite, cuneately 
narrowed to a short indistinct petiole, 1-11 in. long, #-1 iu. 
broad, rounded at the top, thick and rigid in texture, brown when 
dried, the veins quite hidden. Flowers always solitary, sessile 
in the axils of the leaves. Bracteole calyx-like, campanulate ; 
calyx cylindrical, 4 in. long, rigid in texture, drab, with a long 
limb minutely toothed at the tip, slit down one side in a late 
stage. Corolla red, 14-14 in. long, the 5 lanceolate segments 
1 in. long, the tube thicker in the upper half, slit on one side 
halfway down. Anthers 4 in. long, inserted at the base of the 
segments.— An-ranou-madion, Imerina province, Bojer! Forest 
of Alamazaotra, Baron 1383 ! 
