288 CXIX. LORANTHACEE (SPRAGUE). [ Loranthus. 
5-13 lin. long. Umbels fascicled in the axils, 2-flowered, rusty- 
tomentose with branched hairs; peduncle 1-1} lin. long; pedicels 
31 lin. long; bract broadly ovate or suborbicular, 1j4-14 lin. long, 
glabrous inside. Receptacle 1} lin. long. Calyx ? lin. long, shortly 
ciliate. Corolla 13-2 in. long, split unilaterally, hardly enlarged 
towards the base, rusty-tomentose outside; lobes erect, spathulate, 
8 lin. long. Filaments 5 lin. long; anthers narrowly oblong, 14-13 
lin. long; cells about 3 in each vertical row. Disc small, pentagonal, 
glabrous. Style glabrous, skittle-shaped above, neck 1} lin. long; 
stigma capitate, 3 lin. in diam. Berry ellipsoid, 5-6 lin. long, rusty- 
pubescent, apical cup ? lin. long. 
Nile Land. Eritrea: near Saganeiti, about 7300 ft., Schweinfurth § Riva, 
785! 1800! 
31. L. usuiensis, Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 80, t. 44. 
Youngest branchlets fulvous-tomentose with branched hairs, soon 
becoming glabrous, Leaves ovate-oblong or oblong, 13-34 in. long, 
1-2 in. broad, obtuse or rounded at the apex, subequal and obtuse or 
rounded at the base, more rarely subcordate, stellate-pubescent in a 
very young state especially towards the base, soon glabrous; petiole 
4-6 lin. long. Fascicles many-flowered, tomentellous with verticillate- 
branched hairs; pedicels ?~-{ lin. long; bract glabrous within, sub- 
orbicular, hardly # lin. in diam., or ovate, acute, 14-12 lin. long. 
Receptacle 1 lin. long. Calyx 4}-$ lin. long, slightly lobed, shortly 
ciliate. Corolla 14-1} in. long or slightly less, straight, tomentellous 
outside, basal swelling subglobose, 14-14 lin. in diam. ; tube glandular 
within ; lobes erect, spathulate, 33-4 lin. long. Filaments 24 lin. long; 
anthers oblong, #-3 lin. long; cells 3 in each vertical row. Dise small, 
pentagonal, glabrous. Style glabrous, skittle-shaped above, neck 3 lin. 
long; stigma capitate, 1-3 lin. in diam.—Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 82; 
Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 165; Engl. & Prantl, PHanzenfam. Nachtr. i. 132; 
Rendle in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. xxxvii. 204. JL. bukobensis, Engl. 
in Engl. Jahrb. xx, 102; Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 166. 
Nile Land. Uganda: near Mulema, Bagshawe, 356! British East Africa: 
Man Plateau, 7000-8000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 6952! and without precise locality, Elliott, 
252! Kicha, Elliott, 317! 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Usui, 4000 ft., Speke §& Grant, 6! 
Bukoba, on Lake Victoria, Stuhlmann, 1092! 3776! 4057! by the Ugalla River, 
Bohm, 534! without precise locality, Kaiser ! 
32. La, Albizzize, De Wild. Miss. E. Laurent, 74. Young shoots 
densely whitish- or tawny-tomentellous with branched hairs, soon 
becoming glabrous. Branches stout, 3 lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the 
apex, finely wrinkled and pale brown in a dried state. Leaves opposite, 
ovate-oblong or elliptic-oblong, obtuse or rounded at the apex, rounded 
at the base, 23-43 in. long, 1}-13 in. broad, coriaceous, glabrous when 
fully developed, brown in a dried state; lateral nerves 6—7 on each side, 
rather oblique, raised on the upper surface, indistinct or not visible 
on the lower; midrib slightly raised on the upper surface, very pro- 
