Loranthus. | CXIX. LORANTHACE® (SPRAGUE), 313 
calyx together tubular, 43 lin. long, basal villous band about 3 lin. long. Calyx 
truncate, about 4 lin. long, sparingly adpressed-villous outside. Corolla over 2} in, 
long, densely villous-tomentose outside, yellowish-green; tube orange. Berry 
oblong-ellipsoid, about 7 lin. long, adpressed-villous, apical cup 34 lin, long.—L. 
taborensis, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb, xx. 106, t. 2,fig. D; l.e. xxx. 801. Erianthemum 
taborense, Van, Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xlii. 248. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Unyamwezi; Tabora, Stuhlmann, 
573! Usafua; Beya Mountain, 6000 ft., on Bauhinia tomentosa, Linn., Goetze, 
1068! Lower Plateau, north of Lake Nyasa, Thomson! British Central Africa: 
Nyasaland ; Blantyre, Buchanan in herb, Wood, 6809! Zomba, Kirk ! and without 
precise locality, Buchanan, 257! 
Near the large-flowered specimens of var. subcuneifolia, from which it differs in 
the subsessile leaves, cordate or subcordate at the base. 
Var. Sodenii, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 105. eaves broadly elliptic or elliptic- 
oblong, rounded at the apex, cordate or subcordate at the base, more rarely obtuse, 
1-27 in. long, 3-2 in. broad, thinly coriaceous, upper surface pubescent in a young 
state, soon glabrous, lower surface rusty-tomentellous in a young state, soon pubes- 
cent, eventually glabrous ; lateral nerves 4-5 on each side, prominent in the adult 
leaves; petiole 2-4 lin. long. Heads 2-4-Hlowered; peduncle 1-2 lin. long or less, 
rusty-tomentellous; bract spathaceous-cupular, subtruncate, #-1 lin. long, some- 
times produced dorsally, at or $ lin, below the apex, into a horizontal rounded flap, 
$ lin. broad or less. Receptacle and calyx together elongatc-cupular, 14 lin. long, 
with a dense basal villous band 5-1 lin. long, upper part sparingly pilose outside 
or nearly glabrous. Calyx subtruncate, sparingly and minutely ciliate, 1{-13 lin. 
long, Corolla 13-13 in. long; tube 6-7 lin. long, basal swelling clavate, 24-24 lin. 
long; lobes about 1 in. long or more. Filaments inserted 23-3 lin. above the base 
of the corolla-lobes; anthers 13-1} lin. long; connective mallet-headed. Dise 
pentagonal, slightly 5-lobed, 3-4 lin. high, lobes sparingly pilose at the apex.— 
L. Dregei, forma obtusifolia, Engl. \.c., as to the Zanzibar and Usambara 
specimens, 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Mombasa, Wakefield! Witu, Thomas, 162! 
Mozamb. Distr. Zanzibar, on Citrus Aurantium, Linn., Hildebrandt, 2025! 
on Caryophyllus aromaticus, Linn., Kirk, 45! German East Africa: Tanga, 
Volkens, 182! Heinsen, 105! Gombelo, Holst, 2177! Bagamoyo, Kirk! Dar-es- 
Salaam, Hildebrandt, 1224! Portuguese East Africa: lower valley of the Shire 
River, Weller! 
Differs from typical Z. Dregei in the shape of the leaves, which retain their 
pubescence for a long time on the lower surface, and in the very shortly peduncled 
heads, The flowers are rather smaller than in the type. 
Var. xyasicus, Sprague. Leaves elliptic, obovate-elliptic or ovate-elliptic, rounded 
at the apex, rounded or obtuse at the base, more rarely subcordate, 14-2} in. long, 
#-+14 in. broad, thinly coriaceous, coarsely and densely pubescent on both surfaces 
in a young state, glabrous on the upper surfuce and pubescent on the lower when 
fully developed ; petiole 3-9 lin. long. Heads 3-4-tlowered; peduncle 1-1} lin, 
long, tomentellous; bract spathaceous-cupular, # lin. long, with or without a small 
horizontal foliaceous limb inserted }—% lin. below the edge of the cup; limb broadly 
elliptic or suborbicular, 1-1? lin. in diam., tomentellous on both surfaces. Recep= 
tacle and calyx together elougate-cupular, 23-23 lin. long, basal villous band 2 lin, 
long, upper part glabrescent. Calyx subtruncate, ciliate, 1} lin. long. Corolla 
about 2 in. long, rather thinly villous outside; tube 93-10 lin. long, basal swelling 
clavate, 34-4 lin. long, glabrvus below, long-pilose above ; lobes under 1} in. long, 
Filaments inserted 3-3} lin. above the base of the corulla-lobes ; anthers 1# lin. long, 
