Loranthus. | CXIX. LORANTHACE (SPRAGUE). 287 
lin. long. Fascicles about 3-flowered, rusty-tomentellous with short 
much-branched hairs, the bract and calyx excepted ; pedicels 1-1} Jin. 
long; bract broadly ovate, 14-14 lin. long, puberulous outside, glabrous 
within. Receptacle 1} lin. long. Calyx ? lin. long, truncate, puberulous 
outside, ciliate. Corolla 2 in. long, rusty-tomentellous outside, basal 
swelling ovoid-oblong, 3-4 lin. long; tube glandular within; lobes 
erect, spathulate, slightly broadened towards the base, 44 lin. long. 
Filaments tapering upwards, 3 lin. long, glandular on the edges in the 
lower half; anthers oblong, 1-1} lin. long; cells 6 in each vertical row. 
Disc nearly obsolete. Style glabrous, abruptly widened above, thickened 
part tapering slightly to the neck, neck { lin. long; stigma capitate, 
about } lin. in diam.—Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. i. 132. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro Region; Lake Jalla, 
Volkens, 1776! Usagara; between Mdunhwi Valley and Manyonge, 3250 ft., 
Speke & Grant! Lat. 2°-7° S., Haunington ! 
29. L. regularis, Steud. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. i. 339. 
Youngest branchlets rusty-tomentose with much-branched hairs, older 
ones pubescent, finally glabrous, $ in. in diam. or less, lenticellate. 
Leaves broadly ovate or elliptic-oblong, very obtuse or rounded at the 
apex, obtuse or rounded and unequal at the base, 2—5 in. long, 1-33 in. 
broad, coriaceous, minutely stellate-puberulous above in a young state, 
soon becoming glabrous, minutely stellate-pubescent or puberulous 
below, dull on both surfaces; petiole 4-13 lin. long. Heads dense, 
sessile, densely rusty-tomentose with verticillate-branched hairs ; bract 
broadly ovate or suborbicular, 1} lin. long, glabrous inside. Receptacle 
14-1} lin. long. Calyx 3-3 lin. long, truncate. Corolla 2-2} in. long, 
straight, split unilaterally, rusty-villous-tomentose with very unequal 
verticillate-branched hairs 1 lin. long or less, basal swelling incon- 
spicuous, 24-3 lin. long; tube glandular within; lobes erect, spathu- 
late, 8-84 lin. long. Filaments inserted $ lin. above the base of the 
corolla-lobes, 6 lin. long; anthers narrowly oblong, 13-1} lin. long; 
cells about 5 in each vertical row. Disc small, pentagonal, rusty- 
pilose. Style glabrous, skittle-shaped above, neck 13 lin. long; stigma 
capitate, } lin. in diam. Berry ellipsoid, 6-7 lin. long, 4 lin. in diam., 
apical cup hardly $ lin. long.—Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 84; Engl. & 
Prantl, Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. i. 132. JZ. rufescens, A. Rich. Tent. FI. 
Abyss. i. 339, not of DC. Septimetula regularis, Van Tiegh. in Bull. 
Soe. Bot. France, xlii. 266. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: near Adowa, parasitic on species of Ficus and Mimosa, 
Schimper, 747 ! Geat, on Celastrus sp., Schimper, 665 ! Gorgora, on Lake Tana, Steud- 
ner, 173! Amba Sea, on Ficus sp., Pullen ! and without precise locality, Petit, 6! 
30. La. erythrzeus, Sprague. Youngest branchlets rusty or ful- 
vous-tomentose with branched hairs, soon puberulous or glabrous. 
Leaves ovate, ovate-oblong or elliptic-oblong, obtuse or rounded at 
the apex, obtuse and slightly unequal at the base, 24-6} in. long, 
1-3} in. broad, tomentose in a very young state, soon glabrous; petiole 
