266 CXIX, LORANTHACE (SPRAGUE). [ Loranthus. 
18. RigrprFtort. Unmbels axillary, solitary, or fascicled on axillary leafy 
cushion-like short-shoots, few-flowered, peduncled ; bract unilaterally developed 
from a cupular or saucer-shaped base ; flowers pentamerous, gamopetalous. Corolla 
glabrous outside ; tube split unilaterally ; lobes usually longer than the tube, erect 
or slightly bent forwards. Stamens inserted at or above the base of the corolla- 
lobes ; filaments involute ; anthers linear, not transversely divided. Dise annular. 
Style not skittle-shaped ; stigma capitate—Oncocalyx, Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. 
Bot. France, xiii. 258. 
Leaves obovate : A . : . < . 101. ZL. fragilis. 
Leaves not obovate. 
Flowers distinctly pedicelled. 
Umbels axillary, solitary : : 
Umbels fascicled on axillary leafy cushion- 
like short-shoots . : A c : - 102. L. elegantissimus. 
Flowers very shortly pedicelled or subsessile. . 99. L. rondensis. 
. 100. L. Welwitschit. 
19. Loneirtor1. Unmbels axillary, solitary; bract unilaterally developed 
Srom a saucer-shaped base. Calyx short. Corolla in bud linear in outline, shortly 
beaked ; tube split unilaterally ; lobes eréct, linear. Stamens inserted considerably 
above the base of the corolla-lobes ; filaments inflexed or involute ; anthers linear, 
not transversely divided ; connective produced above the cells. Disc annular. 
Style not skittle-shaped ; stigma capitate.—Schimperina, Van Tiegh. in Bull. 
Soc. Bot. France, xiii, 256. 
Leaves cuneate at the base; flowers in umbels . . 103. ZL. platyphyllus. 
Leaves obtuse or rounded at the base; flowers in short 
much-contracted racemes . : - ~ . 104. L. unyorensis. 
20. LoneicaLtycutaTI. Flowers axillary, usually fascicled, pedicelled or 
subsessile, pentamerous, gamopetalous ; bract cupular. Calyx tubular. Corolla 
subcylindric in bud, swollen at the insertion of the stamens, slightly broadened 
towards the apex, glabrous outside; tube split unilaterally ; lobes longer than 
the tube, reflexed or twisted, Stamens inserted just below the base of the corolla- 
lobes; filaments subinvolute; anthers linear, not divided transversely. Dise 
annular. Style not skittle-shaped ; stigma capitate. 
Flowers distinctly pedicelled ; leaves linear-lanceolate . 105. L. Stuhlmannii. 
Flowers subsessile ; leaves obovate or obovate-oblong . 106. L. Fischert. 
21. Evsracteati. Umbels axillary, solitary, few-flowered, or flowers sessile, 
axillary, geminate; bract unilateral, subfoliaceous ; flowers pentamerous, gamo- 
petalous. Calyx small. Corolla subcylindric in bud, hardly swollen at the base, 
densely clothed with much-branched hairs ; tube split unilaterally ; lobes reflexed. 
Stamens inserted shortly above the base of the corolla-lobes ; filaments inflexed, 
produced into a tooth.in front of the anther; anthers divided transversely into 
numerous small cells arranged in 4 vertical rows. Disc annular. Style slightly 
skittle-shaped ; stigma capitate, 
Corolla clothed with rusty verticillate-branched hairs . 107. LZ. Eminit. 
Corolla clothed with tawny hairs of two kinds, some 
long and little-branched, others short and much- 
branched. “ : A : : es . 108. L. proteicola.- 
22. CORIACEIFOLII. Umbels avillary, solitary or fascicled, peduncled or 
sessile, few-flowered ; bract cupular ; flowers pentamerous, gamopetalous, Caly# 
tubular. Corolla subcylindric in bud; tube split unilaterally with 5 defleced 
pilose appendages alternating with the lobes, inserted above the middle of the 
