308 CXIX, LORANTHACEZ (SPRAGUE). | Loranthus. 
lobes 1-3 lin. long. Corolla under 2 in. long; tube not split unilate- 
rally, lower part clavate, 3-3} lin. long, upper part narrowly funnel- 
shaped, 44 lin. long; lobes 14-1} in. long, linear, broadened into the 
base, uppermost quarter linear-lanceolate. Filaments inserted 53-6 lin. 
above the base of the corolla-lobes, 7-8} lin. long, slender and straight 
below, much thickened and involute above, with a few transverse 
grooves on the outer surface; anthers linear, 17-24 lin. long. Disc 
pentagonal, 5-lobed, } lin. high. Stigma ellipsoid, 3 lin. long. 
Mozamb. Distr. Portuguese East Africa: Mambone, on mangrove trees, 
Johnson, 266! Lower Zambesi; Boroma, Menyharth! Tete, Kirk ! 
68. L. Commiphorez, Hngl. in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 380, Young 
branchlets pubescent, adult ones smooth, glabrous, greyish. Leaves 
opposite or subopposite, subsessile, oblong, oblanceolate or lanceolate- 
oblong, rounded at the apex, cuneate or obtuse at the base, 1-1} in. 
long, 24-44 lin. broad, stellate-puberulous on both surfaces. Heads 
terminating much-contracted cushion-shaped short-shoots, which bear 
1-2 pairs of leaves, 4-flowered; peduncle 7-8 lin. long, grooved, spar- 
ingly stellate-puberulous; bract oblong, rounded at the apex, 84 lin. 
long, 24 lin. broad, stellate-puberulous on both surfaces. Receptacle 
and calyx together cupular, 14-12 lin. long, subtruncate, densely 
villous below, sparingly pilose above, the villous band 4-3 lin. long. 
Calyx {-1 lin. long, ciliate, hairs about } lin. long. Corolla 1? in. long; 
tube 54 lin. long, basal swelling obovoid-oblong, 24 lin. long, the lower- 
most 1 lin. glabrous, remainder of tube rather densely pubescent with 
short stellate and longer little-branched hairs; lobes over 1} in. long, 
subspathulate-linear, puberulous below. Filaments inserted .3} hin. 
above the base of the corolla-lobes, about 8 lin. long, broadened above ; 
ae es linear, 24 lin. long. Disc } lin. high. Stigma ellipsoid, 3 lin. 
ong. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Uhehe; by the Lukosse River, 
2600 ft., on Commiphora pilosa, Engl., Goetze, 477 ! 
69. L. occultus, Sprague. Young branchlets soon becoming 
glabrous except round the bases of the leaves, brownish, adult ones 
distinctly grooved, greyish. Leaves obovate-oblanceolate, rounded at the 
apex, cuneate into the base, 54-7} lin. long, 24-33 lin. broad, glabrous ; 
petiole 2-24 lin. long, whitish-tomentellous. Heads terminating much- 
contracted cushion-shaped short-shoots, 4-flowered ; peduncle 6-7 li. 
long, grooved, very sparingly stellate-puberulous; bract obovate- 
oblong, rounded at the apex, 8-9 lin. long, 34-44 lin. broad, glabrous. 
Receptacle and calyx together cupular, % lin. long, densely whitish- 
villous outside, villous band exceeding the calyx by 1 lin. Calyx 
4 lin. long, villous-ciliate. Corolla whitish-villous outside in young 
bud, at the time of expansion glabrescent except at the constriction, 
over 1} in. long; tube 6-63 lin. long, basal swelling ellipsoid, 2 lin. 
long, constriction very evident, whitish-pilose; lobes subspathulate- 
linear, over 1} in. long, reflexed above the insertion of the filaments. 
Fiiaments inserted 4 lin. above the base of the corolla-lobes, about 8 lin. 
