300 CXIX. LORANTHACE (SPRAGUE). | Loranthus. 
subulate dorsal hora, 3-1 lin. long without the horn, 14-2 lin. long. 
including the horn, 2 lin. broad, ciliate, ventral margin % lin. long. 
Receptacle under } lin. long, glabrous. Calyx 4-% lin. long, slightly 
lobed, ciliate. Corolla red, 64-7 lin. long, sparingly puberulous outside, 
with 5 appendages inside inserted 3-1 lin. above the base, appendages. 
alternating with the corolla-lobes, deflexed, triangular, pilose ; lobes. 
remaining connate in a single piece, pilose within below the insertion 
of the stamens on the adnate part of the filament and the margins. 
Filaments glabrous, broadened upwards; anthers oblong-linear, } lin. 
long; connective emarginate-bicuspidate. Dise about 4 lin. high, 
hardly lobed. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Lindi District; Mtange, on the way 
to Lindi, Busse, 2462! Lindi, Busse, 2997! Namguru, Busse, 2949! Nondora, Braun, 
1254! 
53. L. campestris, Hngl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 95, Young branch- 
lets slender, densely and shortly pilose, adult ones stout, terete, 14-34 lin.. 
in diam., greyish, rather prominently lenticellate ; internodes }—14 in. 
long. Leaves opposite or subopposite, elliptic or ovate-oblong, obtuse 
or rounded at the apex, obtuse or subcuneate at the base, 3-1} in. long,. 
4-2 in. broad, coriaceous, more or less pilose, especially on the lower 
surface ; lateral nerves about 3 on each side, arcuate, ascending, raised 
on both surfaces; petiole 14-24 lin. long, densely and shortly pilose. 
Umbels subsessile; peduncle 1 lin. long; pedicels ?-2 lin. long; bract 
oblong or lanceolate-oblong from a flat circular base, keeled, Z—1 lin. long,. 
keel more or less produced above into a short horn. Receptacle and 
calyx together 14 lin. Jong, densely greyish-pilose in a young state. 
Corolla 7 lin. long, pilose outside, and pilose on the adnate part of the 
filaments ; tube 14 lin. long, with 5 appendages inserted below the middle, 
appendages alternating with the corolla-lobes, deflexed, triangular, pilose; 
lobes ciliate on their inner margin, upper enlarged part of the lobes 
1$-2 lin. Jong, ? lin. broad. Anthers linear, J-1 lin. long; connective 
produced beyond the cells, emarginate-bicuspidate—Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 
165, t. 15, ff. E-H. Oliverella campestris, Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. 
France, xlii. 259. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Usambara; Kumba Valley, near 
Masheua, 1500 ft., Holst, 3504! 
o4. L. opacus, Sprague. Young branchlets subterete, greenish- 
grey, glabrous, older ones greyish, coarsely lenticellate; internodes 
1-3 in. long. Leaves opposite, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate to the acute 
or obtuse apex, cuneate at the base, 21-44 in. long, 3-2 in. broad, 
coriaceous, glabrous, dull and very finely wrinkled in a dried state, not 
reticulate ; nerves very oblique, 2 on each side of the midrib, concealed 
on the upper surface, raised on the lower; margin finely crinkled in a 
dried state; petiole 14-3 lin. long, flattened on the upper surface. 
Umbels axillary, fascicled, 3—-4-flowered; peduncle 3-1 lin. long ; pedicels 
4—} lin. long, inserted in cupular sockets; bract obliquely cupular or 
obliquely saucer-shaped, hardly 2 lin. long, minutely ciliate, dorsal margin 
