314 CXIX. LORANTHACEE (SPRAGUE). | Loranthus. 
Dise } lin. high, slightly 5-lobed, lobes sparingly pilose-—L. Dregei, forma obtust- 
folia, Engl.in Eng). Jahrb. xxviii. 383, partly, not of Engl. Jahrb. xx. 105, 
' Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Uluguru Mountains,3300 ft., Goetze, 
162! Kinga (Livingstone) Mountains, Goetze, 1014! Nyasaland: Zomba, Purves, 
154! 
Near var. Sodenii, Engl., but with narrower leaves, remaining pubescent on the 
lower surface when fully developed, longer petioles and longer calyx and anthers. 
The bract usually has a foliaceous limb. 
Var, ovatus, Sprague. Leaves broadly ovate, rounded or very obtuse at the apex, 
cordate or subcordate at the base, more rarely rounded, 14-33 in. long, 1-2} in. 
broad, coriaceous, very coarsely pubescent with verticillate-branched hairs on both 
surfaces in a young state, upper surface glabrous, lower surface coarsely pubescent 
when fully developed ; petiole 24-6 lin. long. Peduncle 1-24 lin. long, tomentose. 
Corolla about 1} in. long, very densely rusty-villous. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Usambara; Amani, Braun, 1092! 
1970! Warnecke, 349! clearings in Rain forest, 3000 ft., on Citrus Aurantium, 
Linn., Engler, 707 ! : 
Differs from var. Sodenii in the larger ovate leaves and the very densely villous 
flowers. 
Var. foliaceus, Sprague. Leaves subsessile or petioled, elliptic or ovate, rounded 
or very obtuse at the apex, rounded or subcordate at the base, 13-27 in. long, 10- 
20 lin. broad, coriaceous, very coarsely pubescent on both surfaces in a young state, 
upper surface glabrous, lower surface pubescent when fully developed ; petiole up 
to 4 lin.long. Heads 4—6-flowered; peduncle 6-14 lin. long, coarsely and densely 
villous ; bract foliaceous or subfoliaceous, elliptic, 4-10 lin. long, very coarsely and 
densely pubescent on both surfaces. Corolla 1$—2 in. long. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Harar, Ellenbeck, 797! Walenzo, 6600 ft., Ellenbeck, 
1303! Djebel Haquim, Ellenbeck ! British East Africa: Kibwezi, 2600-3300 ft., 
Scheffler, 193! 346! Makindu River, Kdssner, 575! 
Near var. subcuneifolius and var. kerenicus, from which it may be distinguished 
by the foliaceous bracts. 
Var. jilimanjaricus, Sprague. Leaves elliptic or ovate-elliptic, rounded at the 
apex, cordate or more rarely rounded at the base, 14-2 in. long, #-1} in. broad, 
thinly coriaceous, glabrous on the upper surface, coarsely pubescent on the lower; 
petiole 24-4 lin. long. Heads solitary, axillary, 4—6-flowered, sessile or very shortly 
peduncled ; peduncle up to 3 lin. long, tomentellous; bract subspathaceous below, 
upper part foliaceous, suborbicular, 2-4 lin. in diam., flat or more or less concave or 
convex, tomentose with verticillate-branched hairs. Receptacle and calyx together 
elongate-cupular, 2} lin. long, basal villous band 13-2 lin. long. Calyx 12 lin. long. 
Corolla over 1} in. long; tube 7-8 lin. long, basal swelling clavate, 22 lin. long, 
glabrescent below, long-villous above; lobes 1-1} in. long. — Filaments inserted 
3j lin. above the base of the corolla-lobes, broadened above and grooved within ; 
anthers 13 lin. long; connective emarginate-mallet-headed. Disc 3 lin. high, 
glabrous. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro; Marangu, on Albizzia 
maranguensis, Taub., Volkens, 1984! 
Differs from var. foliaceus in the sessile or subsessile inflorescence, and from var. 
Sodenii in the bracts. 
Var. longipes, Sprague. Young branchlets rusty-tomentose. Leaves elliptic’ 
oblong or obovate-oblong, rounded, subtiuncate or emarginate at the apex, obtuse, 
rounded or subcordate at the base, $-1} in. long, 4—7 lin. broad, chartaceous or thinly 
coriaceous, densely pubescent on both surfaces in a young state; petiole 3-44 lin. 
