Loranthus. | CXIX. LORANTHACEE (SPRAGUE). 307 
65. L. ambiguus, Lngl. in Hngl. Jahrb. xx. 98. Youngest parts 
rusty-pubescent with short branched hairs, very soon glabrous; young 
branchlets dark, striate, older ones greyish, lenticellate; internodes 
3-1} in. long. Leaves subopposite, elliptic, elliptic-oblong or ovate- 
oblong, obtuse or rounded at the apex, rounded or subcordate at the 
base, 13-5 in. long, 3-14 in. broad, coriaceous, glabrous, dull, penni- 
nerved ; lateral nerves 4—5 on each side, arcuate-ascending, slightly 
raised, especially on the lower surface; petiole 1-3 lin. long. Racemes 
axillary, solitary or fascicled, equalling or exceeding the leaves, pilose 
with small stellate hairs; rhachis 1-1} in. long; pedicels 1-14 lin. long ; 
bract broadly ovate or oblong, rounded, 3-3 lin. long, strongly or slightly 
umbonate at or above the middle. Receptacle and calyx together 
cupular, ¢ lin. long. Calyx ;4 lin. long. Corolla 14 in. long, basal 
swelling ovoid-globose, 1$ lin. long, remainder of tube funnel-shaped, 
6-7 lin. long; lobes united in the shape of an hour-glass in bud, 
separating from below upwards, linear-spathulate from a triangular base, 
about 8 lin. long. Filaments inserted 24-23 lin. above the base of the 
corolla-lobes, filiform, 1? lin. long, broadened towards the apex; anthers 
oblong, 2 lin. Jong; connective hammer-headed. Disc annular, } lin. 
high, fleshy. Style gradually broadened upwards to the stigma; stigma 
ellipsoid, 1-2 lin. long —Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 166, t. 18, figs. D-F.  Oncella 
ambigua, Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xlii, 251. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Bagamoyo District; banks of the 
Wami River, Hildebrandt, 1032! Dar-es-Salaam, Kirk ! 
Var. subacutus, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 99. Leaves narrowly oblong, subacute 
or obtuse at the apex, acute at the base. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Bagamoyo, Stuhlmann, 7! Dar-es- 
Salaam, Stuhlmann, 7316! Dunda, Stuhlmann, 6510! 
_ 66. L. Sacleuxii, Lngl. in Engl. & Prantl, Plhanzenfam. Nachtr. 
1,131. Internodes longer than in L. ambiguus. Leaves larger, nearly 
sessile. Racemes solitary. Basal swelling of the corolla smaller than 
in L. ambiguus. Anthers shorter.—Oncella Sacleuxii, Van Tiegh. in 
Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xlii. 251. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Bagamoyo, Sacleux, 676. 
Perhaps identical with Z. pecilobotrys, Werth. I have not seen a specimen. 
67. L. Menyharthii, Zngl. & Schinz ea Schinz, Pl. Menyharth. 
43. Young branchlets velvety-pilose, adult ones glabrous. Leaves 
alternate, obovate-oblong, elliptic-oblong or elliptic, rounded or obtuse 
at the apex, sometimes minutely apiculate, obtuse, subcuneate or 
rounded at the base, 3-1? in. long, 5-10 lin. broad, coriaceous, velvety- 
pubescent on both surfaces, 3-nerved from shortly above the base; 
petiole 4-1} lin. long. Flowers axillary, solitary, subsessile; pedicels 
hardly 3 lin. long; bract elongate-cupular, subtruncate or slightly 
2-lipped, long-ciliate, pilose outside, slightly umbonate, margin about 
1 lin. long. Receptacle and calyx together tubular, 3} lin. long, 
glabrous outside. Calyx 23-24 lin. long, shallowly 5-lobed, rusty-ciliate ; 
