306 CXIX. LORANTHACES (SPRAGUE). { Loranthus. 
2 lin. long.—Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 166, t. 16, figs. A-C; Engl. & Prantl, 
Pflanzenfam, Nachtr. i. 129. Ocedina erecta, Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. 
Bot. France, xlii. 249. 
Mozamb. Distr. Usambara; Mtai, by the stream Tewe, on Agauria salict- 
folia, Hook. t., Holst, 2460, 2466! 
63. L. peecilobotrys, Werth, Veg. Ins. Sansibar, 35. Branchlets 
terete, dark brown, nearly smooth, 14 lin. in diam. 9 in. below the 
apex, rusty-pilose in a young state; internodes 1-1} in. long. Leaves 
subopposite, subsessile, broadly ovate, rounded at the apex, cordate at 
the base, 1-1? in. long, 1-14 in. broad, chartaceous or thinly coriaceous, 
rusty-pilose in a young state, soon becoming glabrous; lateral nerves 
2-3 on each side, patulous, very slightly raised on both surfaces ; petiole 
bout } lin.long, Racemes axillary, solitary, about 10-flowered, exceed- 
ng the leaves; peduncle 7-10 lin. long, stellate-puberulous; rhachis 
4-7 lin. long; pedicels ?—1 lin. long, rusty-pilose; bract erect, ovate- 
anceolate, 4-3 lin. long, rusty-pilose outside; insertion of the flower 
very oblique. Receptacle and calyx together cupular, 3 lin. long, rusty- 
pilose. Calyx about 54, lin. long. Corolla 14 in. long, minutely rusty- 
pilose outside with stellate hairs, basal swelling ovoid-globose, 1-1} lin. 
long, remainder of tube funnel-shaped, 6 lin. long; lobes united in the 
shape of an hour-glass in bud, separating from below upwards, linear- 
spathulate from a triangular base, 9 lin. long. Filaments inserted 33 
lin. above the base of the corolla-lobes, linear below, much broadened 
above ; anthers hardly 2 lin. long. Style broadened above. 
Mozamb. Distr. Zanzibar: Mitschawi, Werth ! 
Very near ZL. ambiguus, Engl., from which it seems to differ in very little 
except the leaves. 
64. L. curvirameus, Hngl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 165. Branchlets 
greyish, 14 lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the apex, finely and rather densely 
lenticellate; internodes 3-1? in. long. Leaves opposite, subopposite 
or alternate, obovate-oblong or more rarely obovate, 14-34 in. long, 
3-13 in. broad, rounded at the apex, obtuse or acute at the base, coria- 
ceous, glabrous; lateral nerves 2-3 on each side, obliquely ascending, 
raised on both surfaces; petiole 2-5 lin. long. Racemes axillary, 1-3 
together; peduncle up to 6 lin. long; rhachis 14-2 in. long, rather 
densely fulvous-pilose; pedicels about 4 lin. long, fulvous-pilose ; bract 
ovate, acute, shorter than the receptacle and calyx, fulvous-pilose. 
Receptacle and calyx together narrowly cupular, 3—% lin. long, densely 
fulvous-pilose. Calyx about 4 lin. long. Corolla nearly 14 in. long, 
rather densely fulvous-pilose outside with stellate hairs, basal swelling 
ovoid-oblong, 2 lin. long, remainder of tube funnel-shaped, 64 lin. long ; 
lobes linear-spathulate from a triangular base, 9 lin. long. Filaments 
inserted about 3} lin. above the base of the corolla-lobes, linear below, 
broadened above; anthers truncate-emarginate (Hngler). Disc } lin. 
high. Berry ellipsoid, 24 lin. long.—Engl. Jahrb. x]. 523. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Usambara; Amani, Braun, 977! 
coast opposite Zanzibar ; Vikindo, Stuhlmann, 6107! 
