Loranthus. | CXIX, LORANTHACEE (SPRAGUE). 299 
Mozamb. Distr. Portuguese East Africa: Lower Zambesi ; opposite Sena, on 
UOvaria sp., Kirk ! 
Var. bechuanica, Sprague. Pedicels 3 lin. long ; bract narrowly oblong, obtuse, 
13-2 lin. long, 3-3 lin, broad. Corolla-tube $-1} lin. long; lobes 84 lin. Jong, 
‘slightly inflexed at the apex. Filaments inserted 14-1} lin. above the base of the 
corolla-lobes, the lowermost 4 lin. minutely papillate-pilose. 
_. Mozamb. Distr. Bechuanaland: Eastern Bamanguato Territory ; between 
Nagatatollo and Henrys-pan, Holud ! 
Differs from typical ZL. rubroviridis in the much smaller bracts. 
51. L. Hildebrandtii, Lngl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 96. Young 
branchlets coarsely pubescent, adult ones glabrous, lenticellate. Leaves 
Opposite or subopposite, lanceolate, acute at the apex, cuneate at the 
base, 14-2} in. long, 5-8 lin. broad, more rarely ovate, 14-2 in. long, 
3-1} in. broad, thinly coriaceous, sparingly pubescent on both surfaces, 
eventually nearly glabrous; lateral nerves very oblique, 3-4 cn each 
‘side of the midrib ; petiole 3-5 lin. long. Umbels about 18-flowered ; 
peduncle 1} lin. long, pilose; pedicels $ lin. long, densely pilose; bract 
subulate from a saucer-shaped base, 2-2} lin. long, densely pilose out- 
side, ventral margin } lin. long. Receptacle cupular, about ? lin. long, 
densely pilose. Calyx subtruncate, ciliate, z's_lin. long, intramarginal 
ring ;}, lin. long, glabrous. Corolla about 9 lin. long, pilose outside ; 
‘tube 2-21 lin. long, with 5 appendages inside inserted above the middle, 
appendages alternating with the corolla-lobes, triangular, deflexed, 3 lin. 
long, pilose; limb splitting unilaterally; lobes about 6} lin. long, 
remaining connate in a single piece, reflexed, involute at the apex, 
pilose within below the insertion of the stamens on the adnate part of 
‘the filament and the margins. Filaments inserted 3-34 lin. above the 
base of the corolla-lobes, 24 lin. long, glabrous, broadened upwards, the 
uppermost ¢ lin. again narrowed; anthers oblong-linear, lin. long; 
connective emarginate-bicuspidate. Disc 5-lobed, § lin. high.— Pf. 
‘Ost-Afr, C. 165, t. 15, ff. J-L. Oliverella Hildebrandtii, Van Tiegh. in 
Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xlii, 259. 
Wile Land. Mittu: near Moslo, by the River Rohl, Schweinfurth, 2858. 
British East Africa: Taita; Ndi Mountain, Hildebrandt, 2523! 2852. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro Region; Meru Moun- 
tain, Fischer, 534. 
L. orientalis, Eng]. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam.‘Nachtr. i. 131 (= Oliverella 
Sacleuxii, Van Tiegh. in Bull, Soc. Bot, France, xlii. 259), from Zanzibar, is said to 
differ from ZL. Hildebrandtii in having smaller flowers. No description of it has 
been published, and I have not seen the type. 
52. L. Bussei, Sprague. Branchlets nodose, about 1} lin. in 
‘diam, 1 ft. below the apex, puberulous in a young state, quickly 
becoming glabrous, densely lenticellate. Leaves opposite, lanceolate, 
obtuse, cuneate into the base, 2-24 in. long, 8-11 lin. broad, coriaceous, 
glabrous ; lateral nerves oblique, raised on both surfaces; petiole 23-4 
lin. long. Peduncle 1 lin. long; pedicels 3-3 lin. long, sparingly 
puberulous ; bract lanceolate from a cup-shaped base, with a long 
