310 CXIX. LORANTHACE (SPRAGUE). | Loranthus. 
ovoid or ovoid-oblong, 3} lin. long; lobes linear, slightly broadened 
upwards, about 14 in. long. Filaments inserted 25-34 lin. above the 
base of the corolla-lobes, straight, 9-10 lin. long, broadened above ; 
anthers linear, 33-33 lin. long; connective emarginate-mallet-headed. 
Dise crenately 5-lobed, } lin. high, fleshy. Style acutely pentagonal 
below; stigma hardly ? lin. in diam. 
Mozamb. Distr. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Chikala, 2000 ft., 
Purves, 13! Shire Highlands, Buchanan, 49! Mashonaland: near Salisbury, Hox. 
Mrs. Evelyn Cecil, 147! Rand, 1374! 
72. L.ngamicus, Sprague. Young branchlets tomentellous with 
verticillate-branched hairs, older ones glabrous, longitudinally wrinkled. 
Leaves opposite, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, rounded at the apex, obtuse 
or rounded at the base, }-1} in. long, 4-7 lin. broad, coriaceous, rather 
densely pubescent on both surfaces; petiole 1-4} lin. long. Heads soli- 
tary, terminating much-contracted axillary short-shoots, 3—5-flowered 5 
peduncle 4-12 lin. long, tomentellous ; bract subequal to or shorter 
than the receptacle and calyx, ovate-oblong, very concave, 23-3 lin. long, 
tomentellous outside. Receptacle and calyx together cupular, 24-23 
lin. long, very densely villous from the base, villous band 13-2 lin. long. 
Calyx subtruncate or slightly lobed, more sparingly villous than the 
receptacle, long-ciliate, 14-1? lin. long. Buds subcylindric. Corolla 
greenish cream-coloured, about 2 in. iong, densely silky-villous outside ; 
tube 9 lin. long, basal swelling very slight, about 34 lin. long ; lobes 
linear, broadened upwards, 14-1} in. long, reflexed above the insertion 
of the filaments. Filaments inserted 23-2} lin. above the base of the 
corolla-lobes, 9 lin, long; anthers linear, 24-22 lin. long, 2-horned after 
dehiscence. Style pentagonal, not thickened upwards ; stigma capitate, 
4 lin. in diam. Berry ellipsoid, 6-7 lin. long, bright red, hirsute, 
terminal cup 14-14 lin. long.—Z. Dregei, var., N. E. Br. in Kew 
Bulletin, 1909, 135, not of Eckl. & Zeyh. 
Mozamb. Distr. Bechuanaland: Ntschokutsa, 3000 ft., Seiner, ser. ii. 124! 
Ngamiland: Kwebe Hills, 3300 ft., Mrs. Lugard, 44! near Lake Ngami, on 
Acacia sp., Lugard, 30! on Acacia detinens, Burch., Fleck, 3134! 
73. L. Schelei, Zngl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 105. Young branchlets 
rusty-tomentose with verticillate-branched hairs, older ones glabrous ; 
internodes 4-5 in, long. Leaves opposite, elliptic or suborbicular, rounded 
at the apex, cordate or subcordate at the base, 1-2} in. long, 1-2} in. broad, 
glabrous and finely reticulate on the upper surface, densely brownish- 
tomentose on the lower; lateral nerves about 5 on each side, slightly 
raised on the upper surface; petiole 8-7 lin. long. Heads axillary, 
fascicled, 4-flowered ; peduncle 3-44 lin. long, rusty-tomentose ; bract 
broadly elliptic or ovate, very concave, 11-1 lin. long, 13-14 lin. broad, 
rusty-tomentellous outside. Receptacle and calyx together cupular, 
13-2} lin. long, shortly adpressed-pilose above, basal villous band 14-1} 
lin. long. Calyx shortly and sparingly ciliate, 1-13 lin. long. Corolla 
about 2 in. long; tube 83-9} lin. long, basal swelling clavate, 2-23 
lin, long, glabrescent below, very long-villous in the upper part; lobes 
