Loranthus. | CXIX. LORANTHACE (SPRAGUE). 277 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Moschi District; south-east of Siman- 
gori Mountain, Uhlig, 400! Wilhelmstal District; Pare Mountains, Chlig, 861! 
Usambara ; Nyika Country, Holst, 2406! Tanga District; Amboni, Holst, 2820! 
2820a! Muhesa, Busse, 2152! Pangani, Stuhlmann, 88! Bagamoyo, parasitic on 
various trees, Hildebrandt, 1274! Stuhlmann, 7265! Kingani River, Hildebrandt, 
1141! Dar-es-Salam, Kirk, 47! Holtz, 348! Stuhlmann, 131! 7321! 7480! 7829! 
7831! Usaramo; Mengwa, Stuhlmann, 8616! Lindi District ; Ruaha-Mtua, Braun, 
1255! Rovuma Bay, Kirk ! 
A widely spread and polymorphic species. Engler (in Engl. Jahrb, xx. 129) 
distinguishes the following varieties: var. ciliatus, characterised by ovate leaves and 
ciliate petals ; and var. populifolius, with broadly ovate or suborbicular leaves, cor- 
date at the base, A careful study of the very rich material of Loranthus Kirkii 
preserved in the Berlin Herbarium has resulted, however, in my being unable to 
recognise any distinct varieties, those established by Engler being connected with one 
another and the type by numerous transitional forms. The anther is most fre- 
quently 2-3 times as long as the filament: in Uhlig, 861, it is 4-5 times as long as 
the filament ; and in Stuhlmann, 131, it is equal to or slightly shorter than the 
filament. The size of the flowers and the shape of the leaves also vary greatly. 
A specimen which may prove to be a distinct variety or species when flowers are 
known was collected by Welwitsch (4871) in Bumbo, Angola, in the heart of the 
Chella mountains, parasitic on Combretacee. It has blackish-purple berries. 
9. L. huillensis, Zngl. in Lngl. Jahrb. x1. 539. Branchlets greenish, 
striate, glabrous, about 14 lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the apex, internodes 
about 2 in. long. Leaves opposite, pale green in a dried state, ovate- 
oblong or elliptic, obtuse or rounded at the apex, rounded at the base, 
13-2} in. long, 1-14 in. broad, coriaceous, glabrous; lateral nerves 3-5 
on each side, arcuate-ascending, raised on both surfaces; petiole 3$—4 
lin. long. Raceme terminal, 5-6 in. long; pedicels 14-1? lin. long, 
pale green; bract almost semicircular, very concave, finely ciliate, 
hardly ? lin. long, 1 lin. broad. Receptacle campanulate, 1} lin. long. 
Calyx nearly obsolete. Corolla in bud subacute, acutely quadrangular, 
oblong-linear from an ovoid base, 64 lin. long; petals reflexed above the 
insertion of the stamens, lower part broadly ovate-oblong, 14 lin. long, 
14-13 lin. broad, not plicate within, upper part lanceolate-linear, acute, 
6 lin. long, Z lin. broad. Stamens arising from a small fieshy flap at the 
apex of the lower part of the petals; filaments 1}—1} lin. long; anthers 
linear, 34 lin. long. Dise 4-4 lin. high. Style nearly 3 lin. Jong. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Benguella; Huilla, Antunes, 267! 
10. L. periclymenoides, Hngl. & Krause in Engl. Jahrb, xiiii. 400. 
Young branchlets terete, smooth, dirty orange-yellow, glabrous, very 
slightly glossy, the uppermost internodes 1—1} lin. in diam. at the 
middle, older branches 4-3 in. in diam., bark dark grey, longitudinally 
cracked ; nodes much swollen, internodes 1-5 in. long. Leaves opposite, 
sessile, ovate-oblong or elliptic-oblong, rounded at apex and base, 3-6 
in. long, 13-3} in. broad, rigidly coriaceous, glabrous, upper surface 
slightly glossy, lower surface dull ; lateral nerves rather oblique, 4-5 on 
each side of the midrib, slightly raised on the upper surface, hardly 
