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tube ; lobes erect or reflexed, longer than the tube. Stamens inserted at or above 
the base of the corolla-lobes ; filaments involute, often transversely grooved on the 
outer surface, produced above into a tooth or rim in front of the anther; anthers 
linear, not divided transversely. Disc annular, Style not skittle-shaped ; stigma 
capitate.—Odontella, Van Tiegh, in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xlii, 259. 
Corolla-tube without a suprabasal swelling. 
Leaves very small, ae ae palo in an adult 
state . ° “ . 109. L. Ghike. 
Leaves glabrous or nearly so in an adult state. 
Corolla minutely and densely pilose outside . . 110. L. kihuirensis. 
Corolla glabrous outside. 
Young branchlets finely and densely warted - 111. L. myrsinifolius. 
Young branchlets not warted. 
Umbels shortly but distinctly peduncled . - 112. LZ, glabratus. 
Umbels sessile, poe 
Leaves 3-9 lin. long, 13-3 lin. broad, thickly 
coriaceous ; nerves usually not visible . 113. ZL. mierophyllus. 
Leaves larger; nerves more or less visible. 
Bract more or less pilose, sometimes 
minutely ; calyx ciliate - . . 116. L. Schimperi. 
Bract and calyx minutely papillate . - 115. Z. Keller. 
Bract and calyx glabrous ; . 114. L. ugogensis. 
Corolla-tube with an ellipsoid suprabasal awelling . - 117. ZL. sulphureus. 
23. Ruamyirotit. Umbels axillary, solitary or fascicled; bract cupular ; 
flowers pentamerous, gamopetalous. Corolla clavate above in bud, glabrous out- 
side ; tube very short, swollen above the base, not split unilaterally ; lobes reflexed. 
Filaments filiform and straight below, thickened and involute above, produced into a 
tooth in front of the anther ; anthers linear, not transversely divided. Disc annular. 
Style not skittle-shaped ; stigma capitate. 
Only species . ° ~ a ° ° ° . 118, L. rhamntfolius. 
24, OBTECTIFLORI. Umbels axillary, solitary or fascicled ; bract unilaterally 
developed from a saucer-shaped base, sometimes foliaceous ; flowers pentamerous, 
gamopetalous. Calyx short. Corolla capitate in bud, glabrous outside; tube 
slightly swollen at the base, split unilaterally ; lobes erect. Filaments inflexed, 
produced above into a tooth in front of the anther ; anthers oblong or linear, not 
transversely divided. Dise annular. Style not skittle-shaped ; stigma capitate. 
Branchlets more or less tetragonal (at least in a young 
state); bract 2-6 times as long as the receptacle 
and calyx. 
Bract narrowly boat-shaped, with a narrow dorsal wing 
or horn arising below the apex . . 119. L. subulatus, 
Bract oblong, more or less flat, slightly apiculate, but 
without a dorsal appendage. 
Leaves narrowly oblong, about 3 times as long as 
their breadth . ‘ ‘ . 120. L. latibracteatus. 
Leaves ovate or ovate- -oblong, about 2 times as 
long as their breadth : 121. L. usambarensis. 
Branchlets not tetragonal; bract equalling or slightly 
longer than the receptacle and calyx . ‘ : . 122. L. longipes. 
25. Purpvrerriori. Heads avillary, solitary or fascicled, sessile, few- 
flowered ; bract cupular; flowers pentamerous, gamopetalous. Calyx tubular. 
