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312 CXIX. LORANTHACEE (SPRAGUE). | | Loranthus. 
Engler (in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 104, 105) has distinguished {wo forms and one 
variety of Z. Dregei, based solely on leaf-characters. A more satisfactory sub- 
division of Z. Dregei seems attainable by taking into consideration floral characters 
also. It seems best not to retain forma obtusifolia, Eng)., as it includes specimens. 
here referred to typical Z. Dregei, and others referred to L. Dregei, var. Sodenii, as 
well as specimens from Gallabat and Eritrea, on which a new variety, var. herenicus, 
is now founded. 
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Var. subcuneifolius, Sprague. Youngest parts rusty-tomentose. ‘Leaves dis- 
tinctly petioled, obovate-oblong or elliptic, rounded at the apex, cuneate or obtuse at the 
base, 13-5 in. long, 2-23 in. broad, thinly coriaceous, coarsely pubescent \ina young: 
state, especially on the lower surface, glabrous when fully developed ; petiole 2-1 lin. 
long. Heads 2-4-flowered ; peduncle 24-5 lin. long, rather stout, tomentose ; bract 
obliquely spathaceous-cupular, 2-23 lin. long or less, 14-14 lin. deep. Receptacle 
and calyx together, 4-44 lin. long or less, basal villous band 14-3 lin. long. \, Calyx 
232-33 lin. long or less. Corolla 2-24 in. long, densely villous-tomentose outside j 
tube about ? in. long; lobes about 14 in. long. Filaments inserted 23-34 lin. above 
the base of the corolla-lobcs; anthers 4-44 lin. long, biapiculate. Dise 5-lobed, 
lobes pilose—Z. Dregei, forma subcuneifolia, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 104, exe 
cluding the South African specimens and Holst, 2946. LZ. Dregei, forma obtusifolia, 
Engl. l.e. 105, partly ; Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 383, partly. Z. Dregei, var. subcurvis 
folia, Engl. ex Schinz, Pl. Menyharth. 43, name only (a mistake for subcuneifolia). 
L. oblongifolius, Steud. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. i. 342, not of E. Meyer. 
L. hirsutiflorus, Klotzsch in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 178. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia: near Gapdia, Schimper, 768! 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Usambara; Gombelo, Holst, 2174! 
Pangani, Stuhlmann, 196! Braun, 1514! Dar-es-Salaam, Holtz, 395! Ruaha River, 
1600 ft., on Vitex sp., Goetze, 421! Portuguese East Africa: Lower Zambesi 3. 
Lupata Mountains, between Sena and Tete, on Cordyla africana, Lour., Peters, 8! 
between Sena and Lupata, Kirk! Boruma, Menyharth, 509! British Central 
Africa: Nyasaland ; between Kondowe and Karonga, Whyte ! 
The floral measurements given above are from Schimper’s and Whyte’s specimens, 
which have large flowers and resemble var. taborensis except in the leaves. The 
remaining specimens quoted have smaller flowers, and form a transition to typical 
L, Drege, 
Var. kerenicus, Sprague. Leaves ovate-oblong or ovate, more rarely suborbiculary. 
rounded or obtuse at the apex, rounded or cordate at the base, 14-3 in. long, 1-2¢ 
in. broad, coriaceous, coarsely pubescent on both surfaces in a young state, upper 
surface glabrous and lower puberulous when fully developed ; petiole 4-7 lin. 
long, tomentellous or pubescent. Heads 2-4-flowered ; peduncle 24-8 lin. long». 
stout, tomentose or tomentellous ; bract spathaceous-cupular, about 24 lin. long. 
Receptacle and calyx together 3} lin. long, basal villous band 13-2 lin. long. Calyx 
subtruncate, 2-2} lin. long, thinly adpressed-villous outside. Corolla 2 in. long, 
very densely villous.— LZ. Dregei, forma obtusifolia, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 105, 
as to the specimens from Galabat and Eritrea. 
Nile Land. Eritrea: Bogos, Beccari, 82! Keren, on Combretum hartmannt= 
anum, Schweinf., Hildebrandt, 517! Gallabat: Matamma, Schweinfurth, 2193! 
Near var, subcuneifolius, from which it differs mainly in the shape of the 
leaves, 
Var. taborensis, Sprague, Young branchlets rusty-tomentose. Leaves subsessile, 
elliptic-oblong, ovate-oblong or broadly ovate, rounded at the apex, subcordate or 
cordate at the base, 3-45 in. long, 17-3 in. broad, coriaceous, coarsely stellate 
pubescent on the lower surface. Heads or contracted spikes 4—8-flowered ; peduncle 
short, stout, tomentose; bract spathaceous-cupular, 24 lin. long. Receptacle and 
